Labor

Reviving the NLRB

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The National Labor Relations Board, charged with mediating labor disputes, became moribund during the Bush administration, but the Obama administration is trying to revive it by appointing new members.  The Old Mole's Tom Becker looks at an article by Dave Lindorff in Coun... Read more

What's Wrong With the Recovery? ...and... Car Wash Workers Organize

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
What's Wrong With the Recovery? First up: Why isn't the stimulus solving the economic crisis for working families?  Why is Wall Street so anxious to reassure us that things are looking up again?  Should working people be worried about deficit spending?  And what simple poli... Read more

What's Wrong With Recovery -- Extended Interview with Marty Hart-Landsberg (online exclusive!)

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Why isn't the stimulus solving the economic crisis for working families?  Why is Wall Street so anxious to reassure us that things are looking up again?  Should working people be worried about deficit spending?  And what simple policy change could eliminate Social Security'... Read more

EMBEDDED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR - Journalist Steve Early

Airs at: Sun, 07/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hosts Peter Shapiro and Jamie Partridge talk with Steve Early, author of EMBEDDED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR, Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home (Monthly Review Press).   Just retired from the national staff of the Communications Workers of America, Steve Early has... Read more

The July 27 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 07/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This edition of the Old Mole is hosted by Tom Becker (pictured here), and its topics include the global politics of climate change, the history and role of Bitch Magazine, the right to be irate when being arrested, healthcare workers' fight for their own union, and a set of... Read more

Fighting the SEIU

Airs at: Sun, 07/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) has been fighting for its right to represent healthcare workers in California, against the massive Service Employees International Union (SEIU).  Tom Becker talks with NUHW's vice-president John Borsos about the issues.  You ... Read more

Masters of the Universe, Redux

July 21, 2009 Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi gets to the heart of how one investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs, has engineered bubble after speculative bubble in the marketplace for years, always positioning itself to prosper in the wake of each disaster -- often at taxpayer... Read more

The July 20 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 07/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Hosted by Frann Michel (pictured here), this program deals with Israel-Palestine, a better way to think about taxes, a movie about walled-in globalization, and why the Democrats are not doing what we elected them to do.     For information about our theme music and our gr... Read more

What's Really Wrong With the Democrats

Airs at: Sun, 07/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In this illuminating commentary, Bill Resnick explains the real reasons why the Democrats won't legislate real reform.  Case in point: their failure to include the card-check provision in the Employee Free Choice Act.  The problem is much deeper than  campaign contribution... Read more

Movie Moles: "Sleep Dealer"

Airs at: Sun, 07/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
   A world in which people are divided by walls but their labor and imaginations are globally linked -- that's the dark vision of Alex Rivera's film Sleep Dealer,  opening on Friday, 7/24 at the Hollywood Theater in Portland.  Movie Moles Denise Morris and Frann Michel tel... Read more