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Old Mole Variety Hour for December 5, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Grad Students on Strike: Grad student teachers, researchers, teaching assistants, and more, 48,000 of them, are now on strike across the University of California system. It’s the large... Read more

Grad Students on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Grad student teachers, researchers, teaching assistants, and more, 48,000 of them, are now on strike across the University of California system. It’s the largest strike in the History of American higher ed, and what happens at the University of California will set the stand... Read more

City Workers Authorize a Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Portland City workers from three bureaus - transportation, parks, and environmental services - have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike for higher wages and improved safety. James O'Laughlen, former wastewater treatment worker, now union representative, tells Labor ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 21, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes a re-broadcast from Against the Grain about the Labor of Veterans. Veterans are a prominent symbol in U.S. politics, evoking patriotism and military might. The right recruits them and they populate the police,... Read more

Labor Radio

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Join hosts Tina Turner-Morfitt , Dr. Audrey Terrell and Deborah Hall for the Oregon Coalition of Black Trade Unionists segment of Labor Radio for our monthly show. The featured guest is Stacey Viryra-Braendle, an occupational therapist and a member of OFNHP, who lives in Sa... Read more

Learning to Thrive - Finding Your Path

Airs at: Wed, 10/26/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: When the BioMass Hits the Wind Turbine

1st Half: Most of us are just getting through the day. But there are a few among us who seem to thrive, embracing each new dawn as a joyous opportunity. How do they do it? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the realities of sustainable liv... Read more

New Seasons Workers Organize

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Isaac Byrd, Janet Shek, Will, and Mary Ellen of New Seasons Labor Union, discuss the wave of organizing sweeping New Seasons Markets in the past month and why they decided to launch an independent union. Read more

Overcoming Your Time Management Woes

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Encouragementology

On this show, we will get up on the first alarm, check in with our personal goals before we dive into work, and evaluate our priorities all in the attempt to overcome our time management woes. Am I speaking to you? Are you chronically late, overwhelmed, and feeling guilt... Read more

355 Mile Farmworker Pilgrimage - Part 1 of 4

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. -- Part 1 of 4 Limited Series about the 355-Mile Farmworker Pilgrimage -- Produced and... Read more