![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | UE-Moline - Jerry Mead-Lucero UE Struggle in Moline IL. Keywords: UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 1 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Building Bridges National: Sitting In for Justice on the Job - Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg 27:22 ****************************** Chicago Strikers Stood Up for Justice by Sitting In with Ricky Maclin,VP L. 1110, United Electrical Workers(UE) Raul Flores,Steward,Local 1110,UE Mark Meinster, UE Field Organizer Joycleyn Campbell, Domestic Workers United Sara Rodriguez a striking Stella D'Oro Cookie Worker, L... Keywords: UE; United Electrical Workers; sit in; Republic Windows; economic crisis Chicago Downloads: 3 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Building Bridges National: Sitting In for Justice on the Job - Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg 27:22 ****************************** Chicago Strikers Stood Up for Justice by Sitting In with Ricky Maclin,VP L. 1110, United Electrical Workers(UE) Raul Flores,Steward,Local 1110,UE Mark Meinster, UE Field Organizer Joycleyn Campbell, Domestic Workers United Sara Rodriguez a striking Stella D'Oro Cookie Worker, L... Keywords: sit in strike; UE; United Electrical Workers; Republic Windows; Jobs with Justice Downloads: 27 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Joe Moore on Republic Windows Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Chicago Alderman Joe Moore announces that 15 members of the Chicago City Council are seeking to pass a resolution calling for the City to divest from Bank of America if the bank refuses to extend credit to the owners of Republic Windows & Doors. Republic management claims that it can not pay their workers the severance they are due under law, because the bank has refused them further credit. The workers are currently occupying the factory in protest. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 4 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Labor Express For 12-7-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 12-7-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, the workers of Republic Windows & Doors, a custom-crafted vinyl replacement window factory, were informed last Tuesday that as of 10 AM Friday morning, the factory would close down for good. The workers members of UE Local 1110, immediately contacted their union reps and began to organize a response... Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 10 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mark Meinster Day 4 of Republic Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Negotiations between the UE, the management of Republic Windows & Doors and Bank of America ended without a resolution on Day 4 of the workers occupation. Mark Meinster, International Representative for UE talks about the state of the struggle to win the Republic their just due. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 31 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Voices from Republic Occupation Victory - Jerry Mead-Lucero Voices from Republic Occupation Victory Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 11 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Carl Rosen City Hall Republic Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Carl Rosen, President of the Western Region of the United Electrical Workers Union (UE) talks at Chicago City Hall press conference on the ongoing occupation of Republic Windows and Doors by it's workers. He announces that the union is seeking a means to keep the factory in operation under new management. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 6 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Final Press Conference Republic Factory Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero Final Press Conference Republic Factory Occupation Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 16 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Building Bridges: Worker Arrests Fighting Wells Fargo: African American Firefighters Case - Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report National Edition -28 minutes Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg ************************************** Insult To Injury, Workers Fight Wells FargoTo Keep Jobs and Suffer Arrests with . Keith Schribner, Pres., Local 1174 United Electrical Workers(UE) . Leah Fried, UE Organizer UE Local 1174 members and supporters from other unions demonstrated at Wells Fargoâs Rock Island Illinois branch... Keywords: wells fargo; naacp legal defense and education fund; affirmative action; New Haven decision; black firefighters; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 35 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Jorge Mujica at BofA Rally - Jerry Mead-Lucero Jorge Mujica at rally at the Bank of America branch in the Chicago neighborhood of La Villta. Supporters of the workers occupying Republic Windows & Doors held the protest, threatening that members of the Latino community will pull their money out of Bank of America if the company refuses to ensure the Republic workers are paid what they are due under law. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 16 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Leah Fried on Republic Windows Factory Occupation - Jerry Mead-Lucero UE organizer Leah Fried discusses the decision of the workers at Republic Windows and Doors, members of UE Local 1110, to occupy their factory. The workers are demanding that the owners of the plant, which was official closed Friday morning pay them a severance mandated by law. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers; Leah Fried Downloads: 32 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Republic Windows Workers Occupy Factory - Jerry Mead-Lucero Melvin Maclin, Vice-President of UE Local 1110 and Lalo Munoz, a 34 year employee of Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago discuss what lead them to occupy their factory as they seek justice from a company that is closing it's doors without giving the notice mandated by law. Keywords: Republic Windows And Doors; occupy; occupation; factory; Chicago; labor; workers; rights; union; Labor Express; UE; United Electrical Workers Downloads: 31 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Labor Express For 7-26-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 7-26-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode we hear about a new book by Chicago journalist Kari Lyderson on the Republic Windows & Doors factory occupation which took place in Chicago last December. Also the workers at Quad Cities Die Casting in Moline, IL., members of UE Local 1174 are currently engaged in a fight to keep their plant from closing. Will hear from UE organizer Leah Fried about the state of that struggle... Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Quad City diecasting; UE; United Electrical Workers; Moline; Honduras; Leah Fried; Alexy Lanza; Republic Windows and Doors; occupation; Kari Lyderson Downloads: 2 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | LE11-25-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero This is the full 11-25-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Part 1 of our focus on the Chicago Committee Against No Match Letters and the ICE Raid Rapid Response Network. In this episode, Mark Meinster of the United Electrical Workers Union (UE) talks about the 1-888-Dignidad hotline and their strategy to fight the use of no-match letters by employers to intimidate immigrant workers. Keywords: UE; United Electrical Workers; Mark Meinster; labor; union; worker; rights; justice; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; 1-888-dignidad; rapid response network; no-match; immigrant Downloads: 45 |