Labor

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 11, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    In recognition of Veterans Day, this Old Mole offers a rebroadcast of a 2022 episode of Against the Grain. Sasha Lilley talks with Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early about their book, Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends, and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affai... Read more

PSU Non-Tenure Faculty Fight Back

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Portland State University non-tenured faculty are facing massive layoffs just as their union contract is about to expire.  Labor Radio captures excerpts from a fight-back rally, prior to entering the bargaining room. Read more

In Memoriam

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
“I got involved in climate change organizing in particular because it seemed to me it was the overwhelming issue facing the world right now.” In this 2017 interview, Lowen Berman (1942-2024), who came of age as a Jewish labor organizer involved in Civil Rights organizing in... Read more

East County Educators Working Without a Contract

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with Sam Johnson of Gresham Barlow Education Association and Jessica Cantu of Reynolds Education Association and hear about their local's work to push their districts to agree to a fair contract. Read more

Boeing Machinists on Strike - Week Two

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2024 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
A Boeing worker, gives us an in depth analysis and the current mood on the eleventh day of 32,000 Boeing Machinists on strike. Read more

Boeing Machinists on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Host Jamie Partridge interviews six striking workers on days one and two of the strike at the Boeing manufacturing plant and paint shop in Portland, Oregon. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 2, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this Labor Day episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Lessons from Labor History: Laurie Mercier speaks with Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies and Professor of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy at Hofstra University, a... Read more

New Seasons Labor Union Ready to Strike

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
After nearly two years of struggle for a first union contract, after management's committing dozens of unfair labor practices and refusing to bargain in good faith, the New Seasons Labor Union is preparing to strike, possibly all eleven unionized stores in the Portland area... Read more

Keeping the Pressure on NEA to Support a Free Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
When big national unions take a stand on political issues, it's often not due to the desires or efforts of their leadership, but rather the pressure from rank and file members.  Join us as we speak with two educators about their organizing within NEA for Palestinian liberat... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 29, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast of a show from Against the Grain. How To Win: Jane McAlevey was an organizer, thinker and author dedicating her life to building working class power. “McAlevey believed that the left and labor mov... Read more