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US Postal Service - Crisis and Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Host Fernando Gapasin interviews retired letter carrier and organizer with Communities and Postal Workers United, Jamie Partridge.  Partridge describes the battles of the past four years to resist the dismantling and privatization of a national treasure, the US Postal Servi... Read more

Labor Radio on June 20th 2016

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2016 at 6:00pm - Wed, 07/20/2016 at 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The topic is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its impact on labor. Read more

Murders of People of Color in the U.S. and the Worker's Law in France

Airs at: Fri, 07/08/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: Guest host Kevin Pena invited special guest, Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson, Oscar Grant's uncle, to join him to discuss the ongoing murder of people of color by police forces across the US. He also speaks with a journalist in France about the so call... Read more

The State of Policing in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2016 at 10:00am - 11:30am
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty features an update on the state of policing in Portland.  Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 4, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this 4th of July episode and plays The Rent is Too Damn High, in addition to more great music and these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Patricia Smith, former union organizer and lobbyist, about the plight of school-workers who make less than $15 and ... Read more

School Workers

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Tricia Smith. She started in politics as a community activist in Keizer-Salem, got fed up with the state legislature, ran against the Republican leader and, shockingly, won, got recognized as tireless bulldog for working people. She was defeated w... Read more

Justice for Janitors

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Janitors working in Portland's big office buildings and at Intel in Hillsboro are represented by the Service Employees local 49.  On June 15 they held a spirited rally and march through downtown.  On June 30, their union contract expires.  The janitors are demanding a $15 w... Read more

Racist Sandwich

FOOD x RACE x GENDER x CLASS What is it like to be a chef of color cooking in America’s whitest major city? Chef Soleil Ho and journalist Zahir Janmohamed tackle this question and many more in their bi-weekly podcast from Portland, Oregon that examines the intersection b... Read more

Global Trade in the Election year

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Following the recent release of a report from the US International Trade Commission Concerning the Likely Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, Bill Resnick talks with Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch about why US trade policy has become a central ... Read more

Black Lives Matter to Jobs with Justice

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Dr. Melina Abdullah, Los Angeles based activist and academic, founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, addresses the Portland Jobs with Justice 25 year celebration, June 3, 2016 Read more