Labor unions

  • Labor fights for the ERA

    This episode of “Them and Us” is asking “Should labor unions support ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)?”. Hosts are Carmen Delle Donne and Karen Boyd. Guests are Lizzie Corban, Sarah Nelson, and Susan Holleran. Includes live call-ins. Broadcast 1-19-78 Thursday, 7:00pm-8:00pm.

  • Abortion and the working woman

    Speakers discuss the topic of abortion and the working woman. Recorded at District 1199 (New York?). Event took place as part of Abortion Rights Action Week, which took place in October 1979. Speakers include Ruby Jones, Education Director of Local 91 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Pat Gavitt[sp?], Executive Director of Religious Coalition…

  • Minority workers’ health and safety : a panel of experts from Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) (Part 2 of 2)

    Doctors from University of California, Los Angeles and Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) discuss the specific occupational health hazards that are particular to minority workers. The focus of the program was minorities because they have the dirtiest and most stressful jobs, and the lowest life expectancy. There are called-in questions from the audience regarding…

  • Democracy Now! September 2, 2002

    LABOR DAY SPECIAL: as dockworker s negotiations break down and a work slow-down looms, Bush threatens to bring in troops; LABOR DAY SPECIAL, part 2, immigrant workers: 100 airport workers are arrested in Los Angeles; hundreds of thousands flee Malaysian crackdown; LABOR DAY SPECIAL, part 3, Unjust Rewards : Washington rewards workplace safety violators with…

  • MORNING SHOW MARCH 20, 2002 : HOST SONALI KOLHATKAR’S INTERVIEW WITH MANUEL CRIOLLO, BUS RIDERS UNION.

    MORNING SHOW MARCH 20, 2002 : HOST SONALI KOLHATKAR’S INTERVIEW WITH MANUEL CRIOLLO, BUS RIDERS UNION. Contact Ph. for Manuel Criollo is 213 387-2800.

  • Harry Bridges Project : Produced By Ian Ruskin

    Harry Bridges Project : Produced By Ian Ruskin – An in-depth look at the life of Harry Bridges [1901-1990] and the impact he had on the American Labor Movement. Contents: the one man play “From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: the life and times of Harry Bridges” with Ian Ruskin. Presented by PRI,…

  • Democracy Now! October 4, 2001

    POWER/PEACE/PERIL: The Pacifica Report from Pacifica Network News Thursday 10/04/01 |Power/Peace/Peril: The Pacifica Report from Pacifica Network News Thursday 10/04/01 CONTENTS : Unions representing thousands of workers displaced by the September 11th bombings are organizing relief efforts to aid the victims. Their efforts are also recruiting new members to their union ranks

  • May Day And The American Labor Movement With Sabina Virgo.

    May Day And The American Labor Movement With Sabina Virgo. Vietnamese workers call for the end to the war in Saigon, 1966; Ex-Congresswoman Bella Abzug rocks the No Nukes Rally in 1979; and a 1971 May Day rally in support of the Black Panther Nine. The American labor movement is explored through clips from a…

  • Democracy Now! September 3, 2001

    Its Labor Day. Well talk to John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO about the state of the labor movement under the Bush Administration. Well go to Canada, where tens of thousands of workers are taking to the streets of Toronto today; and well continue our coverage of the UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban,…

  • Democracy Now! February 16, 1999

    American Airlines Sick-out; Violent Crime and Native Americans; Kurdish Rebel Leader Arrested |American Airlines Sick-out Most pilots with American Airlines have returned to work after a 10-day massive sick-out to protest the two-tiered pay scale imposed by the airline after it bought Reno Air, a smaller airline. After canceling 12% of its flights yesterday, American…