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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.
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