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WORKERS DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:36:30 +0000

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Mon, 03/19/2012

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WORKERS DEMOCRACY in VENEZUELA

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Since 1999 and the election of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan workers have been creating a participatory democracy which they call “Socialism for the 21^st Century”. Host Jamie Partridge interviews former Portland organizer Patrick Leet, who has spent the past five years in the midst of this “Bolivarian Revolution.” Leet covers a range of topics, from the Venezuelan labor movement, education system, the media, and housing law to the Latin American common market and neoliberal economics.

27:22 minutes (37.59 MB)

The Mother of All Strikes: Botswana 2011

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:07:41 +0000

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Mon, 03/12/2012

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Pnina Werbner on the Botswana Public Service Workers Strike 2011

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You probably didn't read about it in the paper, but last spring, more than 90,000 public employees in Botswana walked out on a record-breaking two month strike. Pnina Werbner, professor emerita of social anthropology at Keele University in the UK, was there, and she joined us in the studio to talk about it.

29:32 minutes (20.28 MB)

Paper recycling jobs and taxi worker organizing

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:20:50 +0000

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Mon, 03/05/2012

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Steve Hughes and Greg Pallesen on paper recycling jobs, Kedir Wako on taxi driver organizing

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Have you ever wondered where your recyclable paper goes after you place it in the bin at the curb in Portland? As it turns out, most of it is shipped off to China for reprocessing. Local paper mill workers are asking, why not process it locally and create local jobs? And how can we hold our legislators accountable for those choices?

29:48 minutes (20.46 MB)

An Immigrant Worker's Experience

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:39:40 +0000

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Mon, 02/27/2012

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An Immigrant Worker's Experience

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Why do workers immigrate to the U.S.? What do they go through to get here? How are conditions on the job? What does it take to stop the exploitation of workers? Hear one person's story.

12:55 minutes (11.84 MB)

Oregon educators fight to improve our schools, and Portland Occupy activists take on corporate giants

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:03:51 +0000

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Mon, 02/20/2012

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Oregon educators fight to improve our schools, and Portland Occupy activists take on corporate giant

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Tonight's show is about how people in Oregon are taking action on two fronts. First we speak with Hanaa Vaandering, a physical education teacher and vice president of the Oregon Education Association, about today's action in Salem and the fight to improve our schools.

27:08 minutes (18.63 MB)

Longshore Battle Looms in Longview

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:11:56 +0000

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Mon, 01/23/2012

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Longshore Battle Looms in Longview

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The Interntional Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) local 21 in Longview, Washington has put out the call to all working class people to come to Longview for an historic protest. EGT, a giant multi-natiional corporation which controls one-third of the world's grain trade, is trying to bust the ILWU, one of America's most progressive and powerful unions. EGT's first grain ship will be docking soon, escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard. Host Jamie Partridge interviews Meredith Reese from the Labor Solidarity Committee of OCCUPY Portland about organizing for this pivotal battle of the 99% vs the 1%.

9:23 minutes (12.89 MB)

Longview Longshore Showdown Near

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:36:33 +0000

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Mon, 01/23/2012

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Longview Longshore Showdown Near

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Longshore workers in Longview, Washington are fighting an historic battle to save their union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) local 21. EGT, a huge multinational grain trading corporation, is trying to load the first ship at their new high tech terminal with non-ILWU scab labor. Host Jamie Partridge interviews OCCUPY Portland spokesperson, Kari Koch, about the massive caravan now being organized in response to the call from local 21 for solidarity.

6:29 minutes (8.91 MB)

Extrajudicial Executions in Colombia

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:18:16 +0000

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Mon, 01/23/2012

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Participants in the Movement of Victims of Crimes of the State describe extrajudicial executions

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Participants in the Movement of Victims of Crimes of the State describe extrajudicial executions, also known as "false positives," in which the US-funded Colombian armed forces murdered civilians - often young men looking for work - in order to present their bodies as evidence of military success in the internal armed conflict. One of the speakers lost her brother, another her son, to such killings.

12:30 minutes (11.45 MB)

Union-busting at the Fund for Public Interest, and the inner workings of the Red & Black Cafe collective

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:30:50 +0000

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Mon, 01/09/2012

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Unionbusting OSPIRG affiliate, Red & Black worker collective cafe

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Kris Humbird and his coworkers at the Fund for the Public Interest call center -- which raises funds for OSPIRG and Environment Oregon -- formed a union with CWA Local 7901 this past October. Kris joined us in studio to talk about the job he loves, the trouble with fundraising quotas, and the ugly union-busting side of these beloved progressive organizations.

23:55 minutes (9.58 MB)

How GM Kicks Occupationally Disabled Workers to the Curb in Colombia

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:47:21 +0000

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Mon, 12/26/2011

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How GM Kicks Occupationally Disabled Workers to the Curb in Colombia

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GM assembly workers in Colombia suffer occupational disabilities resulting from outdated equipment and production methods, then the company forces them out of their jobs. The workers and their families fight back by occupying a spot right across the street from the US embassy. In November they spoke with a Witness for Peace delegation about their struggle for justice.

12:37 minutes (11.55 MB)

OCCUPY THE POST OFFICE D19

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:00:12 +0000

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Mon, 12/26/2011

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OCCUPY THE POST OFFICE

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The Postmaster General has announced the imminent closure of 41 rural post offices in Oregon. The PMG claims the postal service must shrink due to its financial crisis, but he is restricted by law from closing post offices for "economic reasons". The Rural Organizing Project has stepped up to fight back. KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge was in front of the Scappoose Post Office on December 19th, the day ROP organized to OCCUPY THE POST OFFICE.

8:22 minutes (11.49 MB)

Labor Strife at OSPIRG

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:34:08 +0000

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Thu, 12/15/2011

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Labor Strife at OSPIRG

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Two progressive advocacy groups, OSPIRG, the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, and Environment Oregon, are experiencing labor strife. Today, outside the call center for the Fund for the Public Interest, at the Portland Telephone Outreach Project, where telephone workers fundraise for these two groups, union activists staged an informational picket. KBOO labor reporter Jamie Partridge has the story.

3:05 minutes (4.24 MB)

Colombian Port Workers Describe How They Live and Work

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:58:07 +0000

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Mon, 12/12/2011

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Unión Portuaria of Colombia describes the conditions under which they work and live in Buenaventura

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The Unión Portuaria, the Colombian union of port workers, takes members of a Witness for Peace delegation on a tour of the modern Pacific coast port of Buenaventura, and then of the impoverished barrio in which the workers live.

13:54 minutes (12.72 MB)

Longshore Workers in the Fight, from Longview, Washington to Buenaventura, Colombia

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:01:05 +0000

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Mon, 12/12/2011

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Dan Coffman ILWU 21 on Longview struggle, Colombian port workers in Buenaventura

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Tonight's show features the current struggles of workers in two ports. First we speak with Dan Coffman, President of ILWU Local 21, about the Longview workers' courageous fight against the transnational corporation EGT, and how their community has mobilized and braved police brutality to stand up for good local jobs.

29:36 minutes (20.33 MB)

Take Back the Capitol with Kimberly Bacon

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:26:21 +0000

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Wed, 12/07/2011

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Take Back the Capitol with Kimberly Bacon

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Fifty Oregonians joined thousands of activists from across the country to Take Back the Capitol this week in a campaign sponsored by the OCCUPY movement, Jobs with Justice, and the Service Employees International Union. Under the banner of "Good Jobs, Not Cuts. Extend Unemployment Benefits" the local contingent was organized by We Are Oregon, Oregon Action, and SEIU locals 49 and 503. KBOO reporter Jamie Partridge was in Washington DC Tuesday and has a word with one of the unemployed workers in the Portland contingent, Kimberly Bacon.

4:36 minutes (6.31 MB)

Black Women in the Trades

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:09:44 +0000

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Mon, 11/28/2011

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Black Women in the Trades

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Fewer Black women are entering and staying in the building and construction trades than in the 1970s. Portland State University Professor Roberta Hunte provides insights into institutional barriers and survival strategies for our sisters of color. Jamie Partridge co-hosts.

17:12 minutes (23.62 MB)

Winning Paid Sick Leave in Seattle

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:54:01 +0000

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Mon, 11/28/2011

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Dave Freiboth discusses Seattle's new paid sick leave ordinance and what it took to win it.

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Dave Freiboth, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Martin Luther King County Labor Council, discusses Seattle's new paid sick leave ordinance and what it took to win it.

10:47 minutes (9.87 MB)

Capitalism and Its Discontents; and Cops for Labor?

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:10:10 +0000

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Mon, 11/14/2011

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Capital and Its Discontents, Cops for Labor?

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We talk with author Sasha Lilley about her book Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult (Spectre), Occupy Oakland, and her activism as a shop steward at KPFA radio station in Oakland, California, where she co-produces and co-hosts the program Against the Grain.

27:21 minutes (10.96 MB)

New Workers' Center - Vecinos Unidos

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:25:15 +0000

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Mon, 10/24/2011

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New Workers' Center - Vecinos Unidos

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A new Workers’ Center for residents of Rockwood and Gresham is called Neighborhoods United (Vecinos Unidos), All in One Community Worker’s Center. Sponsored by We Are Oregon, the center aims to help working families in east county organize against wage theft & evictions, for jobs & food access, for youth, art, music and story telling. Host Jamie Partridge interviews several of the center’s leaders.

13:52 minutes (19.05 MB)

The Campaign for a Fair Transfer Organizes for Bus Riders

december24th@gmail.com (Labor Radio Collective) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:56:00 +0000

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Mon, 10/24/2011

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Maggie Long of SEIU Local 49 talks about the Campaign for a Fair Transfer for bus riders on TriMet

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Maggie Long of SEIU Local 49 talks about the Campaign for a Fair Transfer by OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon

9:11 minutes (8.41 MB)