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Commentary: Busting Unions to Protect "National Security"
From: Dick Meister
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Despite their importance to our security, airport screeners aren't allowed to exercise their full civil rights.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1
Pastures of Plenty: The Future of Farm Labor
From: RGoodman group
Series: Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farm Workers
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Program 4 in a four-part series about farmworker history

Bought by KVMR, Northstate Public Radio, KZYX, WCBU, KSJD and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 15
"The Working Stiff -- That's Who!"
From: Dick Meister
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A tribute to labor leader Harry Bridges on trhe 17th anniversary of his death,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Pastures of Plenty: Destination El Norte: Braceros and Campesinos
From: RGoodman group
Series: Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farm Workers
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Program 3 in a four-part series on farmworker history

Bought by KVMR, Northstate Public Radio, KUSP, WCBU, KVMR and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 15
Slow is Beautiful - New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de vivre with Cecile Andrews
From: Deb Krumholz
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Author Cecile Andrews discusses how slowing down can create more connection and joy in our lives

  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 29:51
Pastures of Plenty: Hard Times in the Country: The Depression Years
From: RGoodman group
Series: Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farm Workers
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Program 2 in a four-part series on farmworker history.

Bought by Northstate Public Radio, KUSP, WCBU, KUOW, KAZU and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
The Belltown Hustle
From: David Weinberg
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Welcome to the world of the belltown posse...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 11:11
Pastures of Plenty: Sailing East: Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos in the Fields
From: RGoodman group
Series: Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farm Workers
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Program 1 in a four part series about farmworker history.

Bought by Northstate Public Radio, KUSP, WCBU, KUOW, KAZU and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 11
The American Dream and the Minimum Wage
From: WKNO
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Big dreams on a shoe-string budget: American optimism, or pure nonsense? WKNO producer Sarah Ledbetter takes a poke at our myths about the minimum ...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Fight for Union Rights
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the major battle that is shaping up in Congress over union rights.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands - Part 14
From: WCAI / WNAN
Series: Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands
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Youth Flight in Falmouth: If the next generation of teachers, nurses, and firefighters can't make the Cape their home, then who will serve and take...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:52
Hiring Illegal Immigrants: the Tyson Story
From: Tanya Ott
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Tyson Foods is accused of surpressing wages by hiring illegal immigants. The lawsuit points out problems in the government's handling of workplace ...

Bought by WAMC and KRFC


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
Timber! The Aftermath of the Washington Logging Collapse
From: Jessica Roberts
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What happens after an industry collapses?

  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 18:14
StoryCorps: Walter Fahey
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Retired police officer Walter Fahey [FAY-hee] tells his son Bill about his long career.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFOK-LP, KOSU, and WKMS


  • Added: Feb 06, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Wade Rathke
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Activist and union organizer Wade Rathke believes listening is a useful and important skill in life.

Bought by KJZZ and WUKY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: Sick Workers and Kids Need Our Help
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary notes the great need to provide paid sick leaves to the millions of American workers who can't afford to take time off even if they...

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 25, 2007
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Six Days When Seattle Stood Still
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the Seattle general strike that broke out 88 years ago.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Sit Down! Sit Down!
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary celebrates the 70th anniversary of the fledgling auto workers union's spectacular victory over mighty General Motors.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Religion: A New Union Between the Church and Labor
From: KALW
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Forget what you think you know about the religious right

  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
StoryCorps: Lendall Hill
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lendall Hill tells his daughter, Lori FitzGerald, about his father?s artificial leg.

Bought by WDET, Detroit Public Radio and KFOK-LP


  • Added: Jan 08, 2007
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2
Dancing in the Rain: The Oakland General Strike
From: Dick Meister
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a commentary marking the 60th anniversary of the Oakland general strike, one of the very few general strikes in U.S. history.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Job Corps Anniversary-St. Louis
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Look at Job Corps, 40 plus years later.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
Labor Won -- Big!
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the major role unions played in the Democratic Party's midterm sweep.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Nov 10, 2006
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Where Credit is Due
From: Sean Kelly
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A documentary about microcredit

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and Audible


  • Added: Nov 09, 2006
  • Length: 49:49
  • Purchases: 2
Grabbing that First Chance to Vote
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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First-time voter Autumn Campbell from Jeremiah, Kentucky hopes that her vote really counts this year, because she has a list of issues that she wan...

Bought by WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1

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