This is the full 8-28-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
On this week’s program we continue our coverage of the 2009 AFL-CIO convention held Sept. 12th - 17th In Pittsburg. Will hear from an important figure in the federation, Stewart Accuf, formerly the director of organizing for the AFL-CIO and now assistant to the president of the federation, and his assessment of the convention, the close of the Sweeney era in the federation’s history and predications for the future under Rich Trumka’s leadership. Well also hear from Adam Kader about the Arise Chicago Workers Center and their efforts to fight wage theft.
Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Monday morning at 10:00 AM on Chicago's Sound Alliance, WLUW, 88.7 FM. For more information, see our website at… www.laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at… http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio
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