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Oregon Nurses Association Stronger Together Slate

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2026 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Three candidates - for president, vice president, and treasurer - vying to lead the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), explain their vision, platform and experience.  (For comparison, listen to the December 22nd Labor Radio show, which features another slate for the same l... Read more

Klamath Falls Education Support Professionals Fight for a Living Wage

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with Klamath Falls educators Lisa Danskin and Peter Olson about their union's fight for a living wage. Support them by visiting https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566495355278. Read more

Beaverton Education Association United Slate

Airs at: Mon, 12/29/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Beaverton Education Association United Slate is challenging the current BEA leadership in a February union election.  Adam Oyster-Sands and Lauren McCartney discuss their struggle to bring an organizing culture, high participation,  transparency, and joint community-... Read more

Crisis in Higher Ed

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What’s at stake for the city of Portland if its flagship university is strangled by budget cuts? Laurie Mercier speaks with Bill Knight, Associate Professor of English at Portland State University and president of the PSU American Association of University Professors (AA... Read more

Oregon Nurses Caucus for Powerful Reform

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Labor Radio's guests, four rank-and-file caregivers, all from different units and employers, members of the Oregon Nurses Association, have helped form a new caucus within the ONA called the Caucus for Powerful Reform.  These healthcare workers describe the challenges an... Read more

Centennial Educators Fight for Smaller Class Sizes and Fair Compensation

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with Centennial educators Drew Rosa and Clarissa Buchholz about their union's fight for smaller class sizes and fair compensation. Read more

The sound of Squad Goals

Airs at: Fri, 11/28/2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Kiyan hosts this month's episode of Squad Goals featuring selected songs that we like to listen to! Read more

Starbucks Workers on Strike

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Starbucks baristas are on an open-ended nationwide strike for living wages, safe staffing, and respect.  Aspen Maxwell and Maggie Bolden, Portland-area Starbucks Workers United rank-and-file organizers, detail the conditions, their commitment and the years-long battles f... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 24, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers hosts this decolonial Thanksgiving week show, featuring an all Indigenous line up of musicians and the following segments:  “We need to dismantle settler colonialism in the United States. What Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Ba... Read more

Voices of the Ironfront Episode 1

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2025 at 2:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Voices of the Iron Front
Voices of the Ironfront is a fierce, uncompromising dive into the world of modern antifascism. Each episode breaks open the machinery of hate groups, white-supremacist movements, and far-right organizing in the United States while highlighting the communities fighting ba... Read more