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	Labor Express for 7-10-05 - Jerry Mead Follow up the legal situation of the 25 day laborers arrested in the Chicago suburb of Cicero in a Home Depot parking lot as they sought employment. Interview with Kim Scipes on AFL-CIO foreign policy and the "Building Trust & Unity Among Workers Worldwide Resolution". Keywords: labor; unions; workers; afl-cio Downloads: 46
	Labor Express for 7-3-05 - Jerry Mead Interview's with Stanley Aronowitz, labor activist & Sociology professor at CUNY, and Jose La Luz, AFL-CIO Assistant Organizing Director, about the "third position" in the AFL-CIO debate which argues neither the Change to Win Coalition, nor the current federation leadership is addressing the real crisis facing labor. Keywords: labor; workers; AFL-CIO; Unions Downloads: 43
	Building Bridges Radio: Laborâs Agenda to Fight Corporate Greed - Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg ************************* Laborâs Agenda to Fight Corporate Greed(27:54) with Richard Trumpka, Secretary- Treasurer, AFL-CIO William Scheuerman, President, National Labor College In a discussion on the agenda for the labor movement, Trumpka & Scheureman analyze the challenges workers face in an economy controlled by corporate interests who have rigged the system to their benefit at the exp... Keywords: labor; unions; working class; AFL-CIO Downloads: 26
	Jon Hiatt: "Community Labor Coalitions" at Tides Momentum 2008 - Tides Synopsis: Hiatt advocates for collaboration between the organized labor movement and an emerging labor movement of worker centers and community based organizations. Presentation of "Community-Labor Coalitions: Los Angeles Car Wash Campaign." Keywords: tides; momentum; 2008; jon; hiatt; jonhiatt; afl-cio; money
	Policy Resolutions, adopted Oct. 1969 by the Eigth Constitutional Convention pt. 2 - American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations Second half of the AFL-CIOs booklet of resolutions; note the contrast between their attitude on the Vietnam war here and the resolution they passed in 1965 (coming shortly) Keywords: trade unions; AFL-CIO; economics; working class Downloads: 2
	Policy Resolutions, adopted Oct. 1969 by the Eigth Constitutional Convention pt. 1 - American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations Resolutions adopted by the American labor movement at the end of the 1960s. Keywords: trade unions; AFL-CIO; economics; working class Downloads: 9
	Labor Looks At Congress 1973 - American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations An overview of labors attitudes toward issues facing congress in '73, including the impeachment of Pres. Nixon Keywords: trade unions; AFL-CIO; economics; working class; watergate Downloads: 60
	Policy Resolutions, adopted Nov. 1971 by the Ninth Constitutional Convention - American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations An overview of how the AFL-CIO felt about the political and economic situation in 1971 Keywords: trade unions; AFL-CIO; economics; working class Downloads: 21
	Policy Resolutions, adopted Nov. 1981 by the Fourteenth Constitutional Convention - American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations A set of policy resolutions from the American Labor movement at the dawn of the Reagan era. Keywords: trade unions; AFL-CIO; economics; working class Downloads: 19
	Policy Resolutions, adopted Oct. 1973 by the Tenth Constitutional Convention - American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations A review of issues facing America in the middle of the Watergate practice Keywords: trade unions; AFL-CIO; economics; working class; watergate Downloads: 11
	Southern Labor Story - AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Dept. A short history of trade union organizing in the US South Keywords: trade unions; AFL-CIO; economics; working class Downloads: 27
	Building Bridges National: Rethinking Infrastructure Stimulus; A Secretary for Labor? - Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg 27:59 ****************************** Rethinking the Infrastructure Stimulus with Stanley Aronowitz, Prof. of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center. Prof. Aronowitz instructs that the economic crisis is buried deep within the structure of capitalism and that that even traditional stimulus packages leave much to desire... Keywords: Thea Lee; AFL-CIO; Representative Hilda Solis; Secretary of Labor; economic stimulus; infrastructure; Stanley Aronowitz Downloads: 16
	LE12-23-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 12-23-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interview with Kim Moody, author of U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform from Above, The Promise of Revival from Below. This new book from Verso Press discuss the decline in union members and power over the past few decades and what can be done to turn the situation around. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs program... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; AFL-CIO; Change to Win; Kim Moody; reform Downloads: 78
	OMB Audio: Robert Haynes, President MA AFL-CIO - David Goodman, I.B.I.S. Radio Members of the Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification heard testimony from a dozen labor advocates and union and business leaders today, most of which lauded the work of the multi-agency task force. Governor Deval Patrick initiated the state effort last year in a bid to stop employers who exploit their workers by ignoring state laws and refusing to pay employment taxes, workers compensation, and health insurance premiums... Keywords: omb; open media boston; Robert Haynes; AFL-CIO; underground economy Downloads: 8
	Jim Hightower speaks at the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council AFL-CIO - Paper City Films Jim Hightower speaks at the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council AFL-CIO Keywords: Jim Hightower; speaks at the; Pioneer Valley; Central Labor Council; AFL-CIO Downloads: 69 Average rating: (0 review)
	2005 Workers Memorial - Neal Thomassen Leo Canty, Host, Sal Luciano, President AFSCME Council 4, Kevin Sullivan, Lt. Governor Connecticut, Ben Cozzi, President IUOE Local 478, Michael Fitts, Executive Director Connecticosh, Nancy Wyman, State Comptroller New Britain, Connecticut Hartford Capitol AFT Connecticut Keywords: Union; Labor; AFT; American Federation of Teachers; Connecticut Workers Memorial; AFL-CIO Downloads: 148 Average rating: (0 review)
	AcuffUSSF - Jerry Mead-Lucero Stewart Acuff, Organizing Director for the AFL-CIO, speaks at the Workers’ Rights in the Global Economy Plenary at the USSF. Always a powerful speaker, Acuff talks about a re-invigorated labor movement in terms rarely heard by officials of such high rank in the AFL-CIO. Acuff continues to be one of the best leaders in the organization. In particular, Acuff calls for the AFL to develop closer relationships with “non-traditional” forms of organizing workers... Keywords: labor; ussf; united states social forum; afl-cio; worker; rights; labor express Downloads: 139 Average rating: (0 review)
	Building Bridges: Wage Theft plus Trumka vs. Wall Street - Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition -28 minutes Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg ************************************** Labor President Trumka Takes Fight For Workers To Wall Street The new President of the AFL-CIO Richard Trumka called for tough new regulations on the financial industry and a new approach to making the U.S. economy responsive to working people... Keywords: Wall Street reform; Richard Trumka; AFL-CIO; Banking Reform; Wage Theft; John DeFilippis Downloads: 16
	Labor Beat: Resolution 53: How the AFL-CIO Stood Up Against the War - Labor Beat Labor Beat: Resolution 53: How the AFL-CIO Stood Up Against the War {LB484} [Complete in any one file here. Pick the MPEG2 file, 1 GB, for full DVD quality.] This Labor Beat documentary follows the story of the creation of a moment in labor history. At its 2005 Convention, the AFL-CIO for the first time passed a resolution against an ongoing war--the war in Iraq. The video shows the preparations for this breakthrough, how U.S... Keywords: Labor Beat; labor; workers; union; war; Iraq; peace; AFL-CIO; USLAW; laborbeat.org Downloads: 14,062 Average rating: (1 review)
	Labor Express for 7-17-05 - Jerry Mead This July is the 70th Anniversary of the Wagner Act which was suppose to guarantee workers the right to form unions. This week's Labor Express focuses on the "Right to Organize", and how that right barely exists in the U.S. today. Interview with Stewart Acuff, National Organizing Director for the AFL-CIO. Interview with Thai Nygen, a worker fired for trying to organize a union at Verizon Wireless. And an interview with IBEW Local 21 member Kevin Bealis on the anti-union tactics of Comcast. Keywords: labor; workers; unions; afl-cio; verizon; comcast; wagner act; ibew Downloads: 84 Average rating: (0 review)
	Mother Jones Radio 05-07-03: The Future of Labor - Mother Jones Radio This long Fourth of July weekend, we give thanks to the labor movement for bringing us weekends and holidays. But have today's unions lost all their power? Angie Coiro talks to journalist JoAnn Wypijewski, who writes about the labor movement's current crisis in the July/August issue of Mother Jones. Former UAW executive board member Jerry Tucker tells us why a much-ballyhooed shakeup at the AFL-CIO might just be "rearranging deck chairs on a ship that may or may not be sinking." International Lo... Keywords: Mother Jones; Radio; Interview; labor movement; unions; AFL-CIO; UAW; Longshoremen; workaholic Downloads: 2,642
	Stuart Acuff speaks at JwJ Mayday 2009 Stuart Acuff, Organizing Director for the AFL-CIO, speaks at the Jobs with Justice Mayday 2009 event at UMass Amherst Keywords: stuart acuff; afl-cio; umass; amherst; massachusetts; unions; labor; jobs with justice; jwj; mayday Downloads: 8
	LE10-7-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 10-7-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode we talk with Stewart Acuff, National Organizing Director of the AFL-CIO, about the state of the AFL-CIO and of the labor movement in general, 2 years since the historic 50th Anniversary convention of the federation which resulted in the split that formed the competing Change To Win coalition of unions. This is part one of our two part interview with Acuff... Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; AFL-CIO; Change to Win; Stewart Acuff; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero Downloads: 51
	Building Bridges National: Trumpka & Schmitt on Bosses ' Chutzpah in Organizing Law Battle - Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition -27:06 ************************************** Bosses' Chutzpah in Fighting Union Organizing Legislation with Richard Trumpka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO and John Schmitt, Senior Economist, Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and Author âDropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns" For decades employers have waged war on union organizing by firing workers, holding captive audience meetings to intimi... Keywords: employee free choice act; labor law reform; Richard Trumpka; AFL-CIO; John Schmitt; Center for Economic and Policy Research Downloads: 61
	ATU_Membership_Card_Arthus_1961 - Amalgamated Transport Workes Union This is a Membership Card created by the Amalgamated Transit Union; AFL-CIO; Locals 1056 and 726. 'issued to Napoleon Arthus'; 1 July 1951. Dimensions are: 3 1/2" width by 2 1/4" height. No Copyright Notice Evident, Public Domain as per Rule 5 of the United States Copyright Statutes. Etext created by Gerard Arthus. Keywords: ATU; nycta; AFL-CIO; amalgamated transit union; new york city transit authority; new york; frank r. kleess; william e. mangus; local 1056; local 726; napoleon arthus
	ATU_Membership_Card_Arthus_ - Amalgamated Transport Workes Union This is a Membership Card created by the Amalgamated Transit Union; AFL-CIO; Locals 1056 and 726. 'issued to Napoleon Arthus'; 1 July 1951. Dimensions are: 3 1/2" width by 2 1/4" height. No Copyright Notice Evident, Public Domain as per Rule 5 of the United States Copyright Statutes. Etext created by Gerard Arthus. Keywords: ATU; nycta; AFL-CIO; amalgamated transit union; new york city transit authority; new york; frank r. kleess; william e. mangus; local 1056; local 726; napoleon arthus Downloads: 2
	UMass GEO pickets Whitmore 4-11-01 UMass Amherst Graduate Employee Organization UAW Local 2322 pickets Whitmore Administration Building during fight for a fair contract. Keywords: umass amherst, university of massachusetts; graduate employee organization, uaw local 2322, afl-cio; protest, picket, march, blocking traffic, direct action gets the goods Downloads: 896 Average rating: (0 review)
	Labor Express Radio for 3-4-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full March 4th, 2007 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This program covers the rally organized by AFSCME Council 31 and held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Chicago, on Saturday 3-3-07. The rally highlighted the ongoing efforts of AFSCME to organize workers in the Resurrection Health Care hospital chain and celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Employee Free Choice Act... Keywords: labor; chicago; justice; worker; union; rights; elections; AFSCME; Obama; Barack; sweeney; AFL-CIO; Resurrection; hospital; nurse; Employee Free Choice Act Downloads: 70 Average rating: (0 review)
	Transit_Workers_Must_Be_Told_The_Truth - Amalgamated Transit Union This is a brochure created by the Amalgamated Transit Union; AFL-CIO; Locals 1056 and 726. 'Transit Workers Must be Told the Trtuh!! Why Transit Employee Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, Rejected the T.A. Offer.'. 2 January, 1972. No Copyright Notice Evident, Public Domain as per Rule 5 of the United States Copyright Statutes. Etext created by Gerard Arthus. Keywords: nycta, AFL-CIO; amalgamated transit union; new york city transit authority; new york; frank r. kleess; william e. mangus; local 1056; local 726 Downloads: 3
	Labor Express For 8-28-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero 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 Ric... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; AFL-CIO; Arise Chicago; workers center; Adam Kader; Stewart Acuff; John Sweeney; Richard Trumka
	20_Year_Half_Pay_Pension_Plan - New York City Transit Authority This is a brochure created by the Amalgamated Transit Union; AFL-CIO; Locals 1056 and 726. '20 Year 1/2 pay Pension Plan'. 1973. Dimensions are: 5 1/2" width by 8" height. No Copyright Notice Evident, Public Domain as per Rule 5 of the United States Copyright Statutes. Etext created by Gerard Arthus. Keywords: ATU, nycta; AFL-CIO; amalgamated transit union; new york city transit authority; new york; frank r. kleess; william e. mangus; local 1056; local 726 Downloads: 6
	SourceCode Season 2- Episode 1: Work/Organize - Free Speech TV Episode Work/Organize examines the condition of the worker under global empire, where it's every worker for himself. We'll take you to Bangalore, India call centers; meet workers from Immokalee, Florida forced-labor camps and find out what you can do to help; Liza Featherstone brings you inside the effort to unionize WalMart; join United for a Fair Economy in an anti-Cafta effort. Utah Phillips sings "Bread and Roses" and our friends at Buzzflash offer informed, biting, and very funny commentary... Keywords: free speech tv; independent media; participatory media; labor issues; workers struggle; labor union; walmart; AFL-CIO; Ken Nash; WalMart Watch; UFE; Liza Featherstone; The Nation; Utah Phillips; Buzzflash Downloads: 254 Average rating: (0 review)
	Labor Express for 2-22-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 2-22-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This episode is part of a series looking at the top 6 demands the labor movement is making of the new Obama administration. Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is clearly the number one priority for organized labor. Some of the country’s highest ranking labor leaders attended a Feb. 17th rally for passage of EFCA in Chicago... Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; AFL-CIO; Change to Win; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; Employee Free Choice Act; EFCA; Anna Burger; John Sweeney; Terence O’Sullivan, Laborers, Chicago Downloads: 6
	[August 09 2007] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Uh Oh! Have We Accidentally Created A Democratic State In Iraq? - Travus T. Hipp - Cabale News Service In The News: The Space Shuttle Endeavour gets off the ground with structural pieces for the International Space Station, and a teacher on board. Iraq: 3,679 Dead American Soldiers, as well as over 1000 paramilitary contractors & mercenaries. AFL-CIO holds a Democratic Presidential candidate forum at Soldiers Field, but they did NOT make an official endorsement of any particular candidate, apparently leaving the decision to the union locals... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California Keywords: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary; Cabale News Service; Travus T. Hipp; KPIG; News; Alternative News; Commentary; Philosophy; Satire; Spoken Word; Politics; History; Current Events; U.S. Foreign Policy; U.S. Domestic Policy; AFL-CIO; American Democracy; Body Bags; Body Count; Campaign Financing; Casualty Count; Chemical Warfare; Cindy Sheehan; Civil Rights; Class Action Suit; Class War; Corporate Ethics; Corporatism; Corruption; Democracy; Democratic Candidate; Department of Defense; Disaster Aid; Disaster Relief; Displaced Person; Education; Emergency Aid; Environmental Issues; Environmental Protection; FEMA; Formaldehyde; Health; Health and Wellness; Hurricane Katrina; International Space Station; Iraq; Iraq War; Jurisprudence; Kleptocracy; Labor; Labor Union; Mercenary; Middle East; Military Contractor; Nancy Pelosi; New Orleans; Occupation Army; Oil Wars; Paramilitary; Paramilitary Contractors; Pentagon; Preemptive War; Presidential Debate; Public Health; Refugee; Resource Wars; Social Issues; Space Technology; Technology; Toxic Trailers; US Casualty Count; US Presidential Campaign; Vietnamization; War Pigs Downloads: 83 Average rating: (0 review)
	[August 07 2007] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Confessing My Tendency To Defend The Underdog... The Lobbyists Of Washington... The 'K Street Kids'... Are The Most Important People In Washington - Travus T. Hipp - Cabale News Service In The News: President Bush signs 1/4 billion dollar emergency aid bill to get money to Minnesota for the bridge collapse. Fast response compared to the response to the Gulf States crisis after Katrina. The British government requests the return of 5 citizens from Guantanamo, because, according to the Red Cross, TORTURE WAS USED BY POLICY by the CIA... at abu Ghraib as well. The AFL-CIO is holding a Democratic candidate forum today @ Soldiers Field in Chicago... Source: KPIG Radio Freedom California Keywords: Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary; Cabale News Service; Travus T. Hipp; KPIG; News; Alternative News; Commentary; Philosophy; Satire; Spoken Word; Politics; History; Current Events; U.S. Foreign Policy; U.S. Domestic Policy; Abu Ghraib; Abuse Of Authority; AFL-CIO; al Qaeda; Black Muslim; Britain; California; Central Intelligence Agency; CIA; Congressional Malfeasance; Corporatism; Corruption; Covert Operations; Defense Intelligence; Democrat; Democratic Candidate; Department of Defense; Diplomacy; Diplomatic Pressure; Disaster Aid; Disaster Relief; Domestic Spying; Domestic Surveillance; Emergency Aid; FISA; FISA Court; FISC; Geneva Conventions; George W. Bush; Global Hegemony; Global War On Terror; Guantanamo; Guantanamo Detainees; GWOT; Human Rights; Hurricane Katrina; International Diplomacy; International Law; International Politics; International Red Cross; Islamophobia; Kleptocrat; Lobby Shop; Lobbying; Low Intensity Warfare; Middle East; Minnesota; Moral Turpitude; Oakland; Pentagon; Police State; POW; Prison; Prisoner Of War; Psychological Warfare; Psych-ops; Psy-War; Public Relations; Red Cross; Ron Dellums; State Terror; Surveillance; Terrorism; Torture; Urban Infrastructure; U.S. State Department; Vietnamization; War Crimes; War On Terror; War Pigs; Warrantless Wiretapping; Wiretapping Downloads: 168 Average rating: (0 review)