Labor

My Day Minutemen

Airs at: Mon, 05/03/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Mayday protests took place all across the world on Saturday, in honor of the rights of workers. This year’s May Day protests saw some of the largest turnouts in history, as the protests came on the heels of Arizona’s restrictive new anti-Immigrant law. In Portl... Read more

PGE Hearing public comment

Airs at: Thu, 05/06/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

While the majority of Oregon’s electric power comes from Hydropower, the city of Portland continues to be powered mostly by coal from the Boardman power plant. Earlier this week, Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality held of Oregon held public hearings on whether... Read more

Voices From the Edge on 05/06/2010

Airs at: Thu, 05/06/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

About the program… Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/29/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community? Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community? Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their f... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 4-22-2010

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

A Local Look at Environmental Justice On Earth Day, much attention will be paid to the long struggle to protect and preserve our ancient forests, wild salmon and pristine coastline. Less notice will be given to the fact that Oregon's least empowered communities ar... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04-15-10

Airs at: Thu, 04/15/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Near-Deadly Error: An interview with exonerated death row inmate Juan Melendez-Colon It is hard to imagine spending over 17 years on death row for a crime you did not commit. Juan Melendez-Colon did just that following his 1984 conviction and sentencing to death in th... Read more

Andy Stern Steps Down

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Kevin Card and Peter Shapiro interview Mark Brenner of Labor Notes about the mized legacy of Andy Stern, outgoing head of the Service Employees International Union and founder of the breakaway labor federation Change to Win. Read more

The Big Picture: Labor's Strategies on Global Climate Change and the Racial Wealth Divide

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Labor Radio often brings you stories on real specific, immediate struggles, but tonight's show is about the big picture. We talk with two longtime scholar-activists about labor's strategies to address two of the larger-scope problems we face. In the first half of the ... Read more

Class: What Do the Rich Owe the Rest of Us?

Airs at: Sun, 01/10/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

What's the class consciousness of middle management? Who really has the power to subvert our unfair economy? In the first half of the show we talk with local union member activist and campaign superstar David Delk, member of AFSCME Local 3135, about what Oregon ballot... Read more