![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | StewartAcuff2-3 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Section 3 of Part 2 of Stewart Acuff Interview.
Keywords: Labor Express
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| StewartAcuff2-2 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Section 2 of Part 2 of Stewart Acuff Interview.
Keywords: Labor Express
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| StewartAcuff2-1 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Section 1 of Part 2 of Stewart Acuff Interview
Keywords: Labor Express
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| GreggShotwellUAWStrike - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Gregg Shotwell is an auto worker, a member of UAW Local 1753, and one of the founders of Soldiers of Solidarity, an activist group in the UAW which opposes the union leaderships lack of militancy and concessionary bargaining. We started our interview with Greg providing a little background on SOSâ¦
Keywords: Gregg Shotwell; UAW; GM; strike; Labor Express
Downloads: 53 |
| IAM Spokesperson Connie Kelliher on Boeing Strike - Jerry Mead-Lucero
IAM (The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers)Spokesperson Connie Kelliher talkes about the issues behind the strike by 27,000 workers at Boeing.
Keywords: Boeing; IAM; Machinists; strike; labor express
Downloads: 26 |
| LE8-19-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 8-19-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; rights
Downloads: 50 |
| RonGettelfingerUAWStrikePressConference - Original: UAW / Edited: Jerry Mead-Lucero
Ron Gettelfinger, President of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), discusses at a press conference on Monday, Sept. 24th, 2007, why they choose to go on strike against GM. Orginal source of the audio is the UAW website... www.uaw.org
Keywords: UAW; strike; auto; workers; GM; Ron Gettelfinger; labor express
Downloads: 83 |
| Imelda Martinez Congress Hotel Striker - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Imelda Martinez, employee of the Congress Hotel in Chicago talks about attending the picket line 5 days a week for the past 5 years, at the 5th strike anniversary rally outside the hotel.
Keywords: union; labor; strike; chicago; UNITE-HERE; Congress Hotel; worker; Labor Express
Downloads: 48 |
| Henry Tamarin at Congress Hotel Strike 5th Year Anniversary - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Henry Tamarin, President of UNITE-HERE Local 1, talks about the massive turn out of workers and their supporters at the 5th anniversary rally of the Congress hotel strike in Chicago. The strike in now officially the longest running active strike in the country.
Keywords: union; labor; strike; chicago; UNITE-HERE; Congress Hotel; worker; Labor Express
Downloads: 93 |
| 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: 140
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| Ai-Jen Poo of Domestic Workers United at USSF - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Ai-Jen Poo of Domestic Workers United (DWU) announces the creation of a national coalition of domestic worker’s organizations at the USSF. This is one of the most powerful labor speeches I have ever heard. Ai-Jen talks about the domestic workers movement as providing new spirit and direction to the entire working class movement. DWU and the other domestic worker organizations represent some of the best labor organizing going on today.
Keywords: labor; ussf; united states social forum; domestic workers united; worker; rights; labor express, domestic
Downloads: 181
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| JillFriedbergOaxaca - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Documentary filmaker and community radio activist, Jill Friedberg, discuss the history of recent struggles of the teacher's union in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, and the current state of popular struggle against the corrupt state government.
Keywords: Oaxaca; Mexico; teacher; section 22; labor; labor express; justice; social movements; APPO; union
Downloads: 86 |
| 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
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SocorroLeos1 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Interview with Socorro Leos of MIRA!(Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance) about the struggles of workers in Pascagoula, MS. post-Katrina, and the conditions faced by guest workers in the shipyards of the Gulf Coast.
Keywords: immigrant; workers; labor; justice; katrina; Pascagoula; Mississippi; mira; labor express; gulf coast; jerry; mead-lucero; socorro; leos
Downloads: 29 |
| Alexis DeSimone at USSF - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Alexis De Simone with Casa of Maryland, one of the organizations involved in organizing domestic workers, talks about their work and the decision at the USSF to form a national coalition of domestic worker organizations. The national gathering of domestic workers organizations at the USSF was one of the highlights of the forum, and perhaps the most important labor movement development at the forum.
Keywords: labor; ussf; united states social forum; domestic workers united; worker; rights; labor express, domestic, casa of maryland
Downloads: 94
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| LE11-4-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 11-4-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Coverage of this years Teamsterâs for a Democratic Union (TDU) convention, including interviews with TDU National Steering Committee memberâs Frank Halsted and Nichelle Fulmore, Labor Notes editor Chris Kutalik, and newly elected International Longshoremanâs Association (ILA) Local 1588 Sectetary Treasurer, Tony Perlstein.
Keywords: TDU; Teamsters; ILA; Labor Notes; labor; union; worker; rights; justice; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; reform
Downloads: 28 |
| LE8-26-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Interview with documentary film maker Jill Friedberg (Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad, Granito de Arena & This is What Democracy Looks Like) about the history of the Teacherâs movement in Oaxaca, and the ongoing popular rebellion against the governor of the Southern Mexican state. Also, special presentation from Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash of Building Bridges on the Crandall Canyon mine disaster.
Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; rights; teacher; oaxaca; APPO; Jill Friedberg; Mexico; Crandall Canyon; mine; miners; UMWA
Downloads: 34 |
| Lower9thNewOrleans-July-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Post-Katrina Struggles in New Orleans: Katrina survivor, long time Lower 9th Ward resident, and Common Ground Collective activist Albert Bass, talks about living through the levee breach and the ongoing struggle for a right of return for Lower 9th Ward residents. Recorded in July of 2007.
Keywords: New Orleans; Katrina; lower 9th ward; common ground; labor express; justice; sustainable; ecological; race; housing; gentrification
Downloads: 94 |
| 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 |
| IVAWMarch08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Aaron Hughes, President of the Chicago Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War, talks about his opposition to the war in Iraq while taking part in an anti-war march on the war's 5th anniversary (March 19th, 2008).
Keywords: labor; justice; rights; worker; union; chicago; Iraq; war; veterans; Labor Express; Aaron Hughes; IVAW; anti-war
Downloads: 40 |
| IWW-Warehouse-sept07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) organizers, Alex van Schaick & Daniel Gross talk about the efforts of the IWW to organize warehouse workers in New York City. The IWW has assisted immigrant latino and asian workers in 8 New York warehouses to fight for better wages, improved working conditions and worker's power on the shop floor. Topics discussed include the unique organizing strategies of the IWW and it's relationship to new forms of worker organizing like worker centers.
Keywords: IWW; Industrial Workers of the World; labor; labor express; justice; new york; immigrant; latino; asian; warehouse; union; organizing; worker
Downloads: 68 |
| 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
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| 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: 13 |
| LE10-28-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 10-28-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interviews with Chrysler workers at the Belvidere, IL. assembly plant as the voted on a new contract. Live in studio appearance of Richard Berg, President elect of Teamsters Local 743. After years of fighting the corrupt old guard, the reformers swept the recent 743 elections.
Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; Teamsters; Local 743; UAW; Chrysler
Downloads: 15 |
| LE3-2-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 3-2-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Part 1 of our interview with Amjad Al-Jawhary, North American Representative of the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC). Al-Jawhary talks about the goals and purpose of the IFC and recent attacks on IFC HQ by U.S. Occupation Forces. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs program. News for working people, by working people...
Keywords: Iraq; labor; unions; rights; justice; war; occupation; Iraq Freedom Congress; Al-Jawhary; mead; lucero; labor express; chicago
Downloads: 75 |
| LE6-10-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 6-10-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interview with Michael Eisenscher, National Coordinator of U.S.Labor Against the War (USLAW), about the recent strike by Iraqi Oil Workers, their struggle against the Iraqi Hydrocarbons Law - an attempt to privatize Iraqâs oil, and the Iraqi workers tour, currently taking place in the United States.
Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; Iraq; oil; hydrocarbons law; USLAW; against war; iraq war; Michael Eisenscher
Downloads: 27 |
| 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: 39 |
| 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: 34 |
| 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
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| LE2-10-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 2-10-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. When UAW Local 3520 members at Freightliner, a truck manufacturer in Cleveland North Carolina, resisted company demands that they accept a concessionary contract, UAW International officials attacked their own members rather than support their efforts to combat concessions. The Freightliner 5 are Local 3520 leaders who have had to fight both the company and UAW officialdom in their effort to represent the membership of their lo...
Keywords: freightliner 5; cleveland 5; labor; unions; uaw; united auto workers; workers; concessions; north carolina; jerry mead-lucero; mead-lucero; labor express; Freightliner
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| Jerry Tucker on UAW Contracts 07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Jerry Tucker is a former director of Region 5 of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), former International Executive Board member, and was one of the leaders of the New Directions reform movement in the UAW. He is the co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. In this interview, Jerry Mead-Lucero of Labor Express Radio talks with Tucker about the 2007 contract negotiations between the UAW, GM, Chrysler & Ford...
Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; jerry tucker; jerry mead-lucero; center for labor renewal; new directions
Downloads: 77 |
| LE9-9-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 9-9-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interview with Tim Bell of The Chicago Worker’s Collaborative, about the proposed policies changes by the Dept. Homeland Security in-regards to the Social Security “no match letters”, which could result in massive firings of undocumented and documented immigrant workers. Socorro Leos of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA!), talks about the struggles of migrant workers on the Gulf Coast, post-Katrina.
Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; rights; Mississippi; MIRA!; immigrant; Socorro Leos; Katrina; Pascagoula; no match; social security; Tim Bell; Homeland Security
Downloads: 31 |
| Gregg Shotwell UAW Contracts 07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
Greg Shotwell is a GM worker, a member of Local 1753 of the UAW, and a leader in the Soldiers of Solidarity (SOS) organization within the UAW. SOS seeks to end the concessionary cooperation with management that typifies the UAW leadership in recent years and to stem the decline of wages, working conditions and benefits for auto workers by pushing for a militant fight back strategy against the boss...
Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; gregg shotwell; jerry mead-lucero; SOS; Soldiers of Solidarity
Downloads: 149 |
| Labor Express For 5-31-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 5-31-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Is the U.S. government helping bust the United Auto Workers Union (UAW)? What responsibility does the UAW have for the dire straits auto workers now find themselves in? What is the future for the U.S. auto industry and the UAW? All of this and more is discussed with Gregg Shotwell, retired GM/Delphi worker and founder of the Soldiers of Solidarity, a network of auto worker activist who have sought to fight the UAW’s concessio...
Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; gregg shotwell; jerry mead-lucero; SOS; Soldiers of Solidarity
Downloads: 10 |
| Labor Express for 4-19-09 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 4-19-09 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On Wednesday in Gary IN., employees of Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living, a community mental health clinic, who are members of Teamsters Local 743, held a rally in front of the center. The workers are currently in contract negotiations and are frustrated with management’s unwillingness to budge on wages, safety concerns and staffing levels...
Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; race; racism; steelworkers; Chicago; Teamsters; Local 743; Richard Berg; Charles Gilyard
Downloads: 30 |
| LE11-18-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 11-18-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Interview with Nathan Wilmers & Sarah Jankowski of Students Organizing United with Labor (SOUL) about there efforts to support campus workers, members of Teamsters Local 743, in their struggle for a fair contract. Also, an Interview with National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) executive director Oscar Chacon at the NALACC National Leadership Assembly in Cincinnati Ohio.
Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; NALACC; SOUL; University of Chicago; Teamsters; Local 743; students
Downloads: 102 |
| 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: 51 |
| LE5-20-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 5-20-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode, an interview with Dwight Kirk on the 36th Annual Meeting of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) and an interview with Peter Miller on his new documentary on Sacco and Vanzetti.
Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; african-american; black; coalition of black trade unionists; CBTU; Dwight Kirk; Sacco; Vanzetti; Peter Miller; Sacco and Vanzetti
Downloads: 80 |
| LE5-27-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 5-27-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Features an interview with Jorge Ramirez of the CFL about the historic victory of numerous labor supported Aldermanic candidates in the 2007 Chicago City Council Elections. Also features an Interview with Luis Gutierrez, Executive Director of Latinos Progressando, about the first ever Latin American Migrant Community Summit (Cumbre) held in April in Michoacán Mexico.
Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; election; immigrant; migrant; latino; Latin America; Cumbre; Aldermanic; Chicago; Luis Gutierrez; Latinos Progressando; Chicago Federation of Labor; Jorge Ramirez; CFL
Downloads: 37 |
| LE6-24-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 6-24-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode, a talk with Chicago Teacherâs Union (CTU) delegate Jackson Potter about the recent CTU elections and the upcoming contract negotiations. Michael Moore speaking at a National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) rally for national health care. Also, some audio from SEIUâs âDreams Across America Tourâ, for immigrant rights.
Keywords: labor; labor express; union; worker; justice; rights; immigrant; migrant; latino; Chicago; Michael Moore; NNOC; Nurses; SEIU; CTU; teacher; Jackson Potter; Dreams Across America
Downloads: 36 |
| LE12-9-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 12-9-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Part 2 of our focus on the Chicago Committee Against No Match Letters and the ICE Raid Rapid Response Network. In this episode, Tim Bell of the Chicago Workers Collaborative talks about the no-match crisis and efforts to make Chicago a no-match letter, ICE raid free zone. Also, Emmanuel Castro talks about his struggle against no-match firings at Utility Concrete Products in Morris IL., and the initial reluctance of his union, L...
Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; organizing; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; Chicago Committee Against No Match Letters; rapid response network; immigrant; ICE; Chicago Workers Collaborative; Emmanuel Castro; Tim Bell; Laborers Local 25
Downloads: 35 |
| 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
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| LE10-14-07 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 10-14-07 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode Gregg Shotwell - GM worker, member of Local 1753 of the UAW, and a leader in the Soldiers of Solidarity (SOS)- and Jerry Tucker - former director of Region 5 of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) and co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal, critique the new contracts between the UAW, and the big three U.S. auto companies...
Keywords: labor; union; worker; UAW; United Auto Workers; GM; Ford; Chrysler; auto; labor express; justice; strike; rights; jerry tucker; jerry mead-lucero; center for labor renewal; new directions; SOS; Soldiers of Solidarity; gregg shotwell
Downloads: 13 |
| LE2-24-08 - Jerry Mead-Lucero
This is the full 2-24-08 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. The newest phase in the Chicago Board of Education's (CBE) Renaissance 2010 plan (an effort to privatize 10% of Chicago's Public Schools) involves the closing of 19 more schools. Interview with education reform activist George Schmidt about this CBE decision and the voices of students and parents of schools that will be closed. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs program...
Keywords: labor; union; worker; rights; justice; teachers; students; chicago teachers union; ctu; Labor Express; Jerry Mead-Lucero; Chicago; education; schools; privatization; public; George Schmidt; public schools; board of education
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