In a series of short interviews on the Kaiser Workers Strike Line, October 14-19, we hear from nurses, a mental health professional, caring kids, and a nurse from Providence on the line in solidarity. Staffing, wages, schedules and control over the work are chronic issu...
Join us as we speak with Lane Community College educator and union leader Adrienne Mitchell about the fight against a nasty attack by the LCC administration.
Join host Dr. Audrey Terrell, Deborah Hall and Tina Turner-Morfitt in an interview with President Graham Trainor discussing the historic growth of represented workers and the current “state of the union for organized labor in Oregon”. We discuss labor’s clap back on fede...
Sophia Jones of the University of Oregon Student Workers and Chris Sinclair of the United Academics of the U of O discuss the impending layoffs of faculty and other campus workers, the reasons behind these and other attacks on Oregon's universities and the union fightback.
Maleah Paisley and Allister Brister-Smith, medical lab workers for Labcorp, a for-profit, multi-national corporation, discuss their struggle for a first union contract. Labcorp recently took over the labs at non-profit Legacy and Providence facilities, driving down work...
Join us as we speak with the Mindy Troffer-Cooper, union president of the Evergreen Public School Employees, or PSE, which represents the 1400 classified workers in the Evergreen School District who are currently on strike.
Join host Dr. Audrey Terrell, Deborah Hall and Tina Turner-Morfitt in an interview with President Graham Trainor discussing the historic growth of represented workers and the current “state of the union for organized labor in Oregon”. We discuss labor’s clap back on fede...
Lela Schwartz and Mike Edera of the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) Housing Working Group lay out their campaign for the Renters Bill of Rights, a nine-point program soon to be brought to the Portland City Council to adopt as an ordinance. Copied largely from a s...
Join host Dr. Audrey Terrell, Deborah Hall and Tina Turner-Morfitt in an interview with Cameron Whitten, Founder and CEO of Brown Hope. Check out his attributions to Federick Douglass as the causal effect of his unyielding desire to build “a wild dream for justice and he...
Hunter Buen, bass player and organizer with the American Federation of Musicians. local 99, discusses the struggles of musicians in the Rose City, especially those who work in bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels as independent contractors. Among many initiatives, the un...
Join us as we discuss the recent win by Coquille educators after their district tried to force an unpopular change on them, and see what a great example this was of demonstrating that with effective organizing, community outreach, solidarity, and strike readiness, the ru...
Join host Dr. Audrey Terrell, Deborah Hall and Tina Turner-Morfitt in a discussion with Dr. Gwendolyn Avington regarding the power of vocal persuasion. She is Founder/CEO of Avington Consulting and the D7 District Director for Toastmasters International.
Nydia Caballero, union electrician, and Geovanny Tolentino, union teacher, discuss what's behind Trump's mass deportation campaign, popular resistance and the role of labor unions in this fight.