Labor

Taxes and Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Do higher taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals drive down investment and cost us jobs?  Not at all, according to Karen Kraut of United for a Fair Economy in this wide-ranging discussion with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick.  In fact, higher taxes keep surplus wealth out... Read more

Wake Up and Smell The Boot Polish

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe is by himself, and he opens the show with a reading of an article from August of 1993 that was printed in a small independent rag called PDXS.  The article was entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Boot Polish," and warned us of a pe... Read more

Kicking Us While We're Down: News & Views on Grocery Worker and Philly Transit Worker Struggles

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Tonight's show is about employers who seize the current economic crisis as an opportunity to pit working people against each other and undermine longstanding union rights.  First, we speak with Karyl Feliciano, a Fred Meyer employee, and Jenny Reed, United Food and Commerci... Read more

Union for 14 PSU Student Workers Files Unfair Labor Practice Complaint

Airs at: Fri, 08/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A union representing fourteen part-time recycling specialists at Portland State University has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Chancellor George Pernsteiner and the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.They say the University refused to include the recycl... Read more

KBOO Evening News: November 2nd, 2009 Airing

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Listen to the November 2nd, 2009 airing of the KBOO Evening News in its entirety! ^__^ Read more

Bob Bussel remembers the J.P. Stevens boycott

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Thirty years ago, labor historian Bob Bussel worked on the organizing drive at J.P. Stevens, a violently anti-union Southern textile manufacturer--a campaign the inspired the movie Norma Rae. Besides giving actress Sally Field a career-defining role, the J.P Stevens drive g... Read more

New Census Reveals Highest Poverty Rate in Twelve Years

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
New Census numbers have revealed that the number of people living in poverty has increased to over thirteen percent, which is the highest poverty rate in twelve years.KBOO’s Rebecca Nay spoke with Alice O’Connor, who is a History Professor at UC Santa Barbara.  Read more

Fred Meyer Firing Policy Fiasco

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A seventy Year Old grandmother and a Nineteen year Exemplary Employee was fired by Fred Meyer on June 29th.  The reason behind the firing was a twelve dollar cash handling mistake.Kboo’s Crystal Leighty spoke with Larry Hall from The Grocery Workers Union.  Read more

National Association of Black Veterans Employment Expo

Airs at: Fri, 10/30/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Although the unemployment rate dropped slightly this month in Oregon, the rate of home foreclosures continues to increase.  Oregon had the second-highest unemployment rate in the nation this summer.  Now the state is down to about tenth place, but job seekers take little c... Read more

Dolores Huerta on issues facing immigrants and labor organizers.

Airs at: Thu, 10/22/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Last night in Salem, renowned labor rights activist Dolores Huerta spoke to a packed crowd about the issues facing immigrants and labor organizers today. Here’s a clip from that talk: Read more