Working classes — United States.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Let us now praise laboring men and women (Part 2 of 2)

    A collage of labor news, history, music, poetry and comment. Produced by Jim Berland of KPFK’s Public Affairs Department.

  • Discrimination at work: federal workers and equal opportunity

    On whether the federal government has successfully implemented its own equal opportunity program. Discussion by Roy Johnson, President of Government Employees United Against Racial Descrimination, and Roberto Tobias, General Council of the National Treasury Employees Union, and Mary Jo Binder, Federal Women’s Program Coordinator, U.S. Treasury Department. This program was produced by Rob Berlidge[sp?] and…

  • Let us now praise laboring men and women

    A collage of labor news, history, music, poetry and comment. Produced by Jim Berland of KPFK’s Public Affairs Department. Interviews by Mike Davis, Sam Kushner, Heather Dashner and Jim Berland. History and commentary written and read by Neil Goldberg. Section on Woody Guthrie written and read by Judy and Vic Wolfenstein. ‘This Land Is Your…

  • I know it’s your day off, dear, but / produced by Marsha Bartlett.

    Examination of domestic workers who manage the homes and children of other people. Intro: How does it feel to manage, maintain and otherwise be responsible for the homes and children of other people? A look at domestic workers through their own eyes and the eyes of those who place them in jobs, and of those…

  • Tradeswomen of color / produced by Cindy Madron.

    Examination of how women in England and the U.S. share experiences as non-traditional workers. Includes statements by tradeswomen of color who work in a male-dominated blue-collar occupation.

  • Zero work / Paul McIsaac.

    Discussion with the Zero Work Collective about work and working classes.

  • The Cotton worker’s strike / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson.

    Isaac Foster, Reverend Larry Walker, Tim Kelly and Sidney Roger discuss Southern labor activities.|THE COTTON WORKER’S STRIKE / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson. – Isaac Foster, Reverend Larry Walker, Tim Kelly and Sidney Roger discuss Southern labor activities. – RECORDED: 28 Sept. 1965. BROADCAST: KPFA, 3 Nov. 1965.