Women — Employment.

  • School of hard knocks or, mallets with forethought

    Jan Albert hosts his program about the resumed construction (after a 37-year of hiatus) of the Cathedral of St. John the Devine in Manhattan, NY. Local men and women are being trained in the ancient art of stone masonry, and are well into the job of hand shaping the thousands of stones it will take…

  • The economics of oppression (Episode 5 of 7)

    Joan Jordan, a former factory worker who was replaced by automation and is now a student at San Francisco State College, speaks on “The economics of oppression” at a teach-in on the oppression of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. In this discussion, Jordan reveals statistics about how large the female…

  • Working class women (Episode 6 of 7)

    Two talks about “Working class women” given at a teach-in on the oppression of women at San Francisco State College on December 10, 1969. The first is by Lillian House, a member of the United Electrical Workers which was on strike against her employer, the General Electric Company, at the time she spoke. The second…

  • Dear brother Erika / Erika Seastrom ; interviewed by Bonnie Bellow.

    Erika Seastrom, a member for 20 years of the Printers Union, describes her life working under terrible conditions in an almost entirely male trade. In the first part of this program, Seastrom discusses her start in the printing business, the sexism she confronted on the job, her attempts to join the union, and working conditions…

  • What’s happening to the family?

    WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THE FAMILY : Produced by WBAI and Dave Metzger. Recorded on January 30 1978. CONTENT: Dave Metzger hosts Rosalind P. Petchesky (b. 1942), a Women’s Studies and Political Science professor at Ramapo College, Ellen Ross, a professor of European History and Women’s Studies at Ramapo College, and Ruth Meyerowitz, a professor of…

  • American dining : a working woman’s movement / by Jerri Allyn.

    Ongoing weekly program which introduces the work of leading performance artists, playwrights, new music composers, and radio producers who explore the creative potential of radio as an experimental medium.|AMERICAN DINING : A WORKING WOMAN’S MOVEMENT / By Jerri Allyn. – SERIES: New American radio| no. 15 – Ongoing weekly program which introduces the work of…

  • Women in the skilled trades / produced by Ami Wright.

    Woman welder, a bricklayer, a machinist, an electrician and a plumber discuss their work.

  • The Household worker and the employment agency / produced by Bonnie Bellow.

    Part of a series entitled “The Household Worker” that investigates the problems faced by household workers (broadcast on WBAI in December 1972). This episode reports on employment agencies that are currently bringing women from the Caribbean Islands to work as domestic workers for low wages and few benefits. Includes interviews with Irene Lord, former household…

  • Sexual shakedown : the sexual harassment of women on the job / Lin Farley interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth

    Helene Rosenbluth interviews author Lin Farley on her book “Sexual shakedown: the sexual harassment of women on the job” (Warner Books, 1980) on sexual harassment and how to organize against it. Topics include defining sexual harassment, the history of sexual harassment, how to stop it, what causes it, what the myths are surrounding it, and…

  • Workplace health and safety / Joan Bertin and Eric Frumin.

    Part nine in a thirteen part series which explores the state of the Supreme Court in the 1990’s, following the tremendous turnover during the Reagan and Bush years.|WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY / Joan Bertin and Eric Frumin. SERIES: Supreme court watch : the high court in transition : no. 9 Part nine in a thirteen…