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The VOZ workers rights education project and Jobs With Justice throw a party to have fun for a good cause. Romeo Sosa and Eliana Machuca tell us about it.

14:04 minutes (12.88 MB)

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The Campaign for a Fair Transfer Organizes for Bus Riders

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Transportation

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 10/24/2011

Maggie Long of SEIU Local 49 talks about the Campaign for a Fair Transfer by OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon

9:11 minutes (8.41 MB)

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Colombian Port Workers Describe How They Live and Work

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Labor

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 12/12/2011

The Unión Portuaria, the Colombian union of port workers, takes members of a Witness for Peace delegation on a tour of the modern Pacific coast port of Buenaventura, and then of the impoverished barrio in which the workers live.

13:54 minutes (12.72 MB)

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Winning Paid Sick Leave in Seattle

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Labor

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 11/28/2011

Dave Freiboth, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Martin Luther King County Labor Council, discusses Seattle's new paid sick leave ordinance and what it took to win it.

10:47 minutes (9.87 MB)

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How GM Kicks Occupationally Disabled Workers to the Curb in Colombia

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Labor

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 12/26/2011

GM assembly workers in Colombia suffer occupational disabilities resulting from outdated equipment and production methods, then the company forces them out of their jobs. The workers and their families fight back by occupying a spot right across the street from the US embassy. In November they spoke with a Witness for Peace delegation about their struggle for justice.

12:37 minutes (11.55 MB)

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Extrajudicial Executions in Colombia

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Human rights

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 01/23/2012

Participants in the Movement of Victims of Crimes of the State describe extrajudicial executions, also known as "false positives," in which the US-funded Colombian armed forces murdered civilians - often young men looking for work - in order to present their bodies as evidence of military success in the internal armed conflict. One of the speakers lost her brother, another her son, to such killings.

12:30 minutes (11.45 MB)

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An Immigrant Worker's Experience

Categories:

Immigration

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 02/27/2012

Why do workers immigrate to the U.S.? What do they go through to get here? How are conditions on the job? What does it take to stop the exploitation of workers? Hear one person's story.

12:55 minutes (11.84 MB)

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Fighting Corporate Impunity in the Global Economy: Dan Kovalik of the USW

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Labor

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 04/02/2012

Dan Kovalik of the United Steelworkers talks about holding corporations accountable in US courts for labor and human rights abuses in other countries. Dan has been counsel to plaintiffs in cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond, and Occidental Petroleum for alleged abuses including torture and murder in Colombia.

26:36 minutes (24.35 MB)

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Colombian GM Worker Leader Visits Detroit to Seek Solidarity from the UAW

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Labor

program:

Labor Radio

program date:

Mon, 05/28/2012

Jorge Parra, president of ASOTRECOL, the Association of Sick Workers and Ex-Workers of GM Colombia, talks with UAW staff at Solidarity House in Detroit. GM kicked these workers to the curb after they were hurt on the job, and they then occupied the curb - the one across the street from the U.S. embassy in Bogotá - where they have remained continuously since August.