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Our daily broadcast of labor news. We talk about the many struggles of working people reporting the stories and perspectives of the working class that are ignored by mainstream media. We have interviews each day usually with local, but sometimes with national community leaders, activists, students, union and a wide assortment of ordinary working people. Listen LIVE Monday thru Friday at 7:00 AM or download podcasts here and listen on your time.

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Archive for December, 2006

Medford Gospel Mission IS Workforce Housing

Brain Labor Report 12-20-2006 - Host Wes Brain interviews Michael Johnson, an employed SOU graduate who acquires lodging at the Medford Gospel Mission.
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“They just stopped the machinery and just sat down…”

Cynthia Zavatski remembers growing up in the 1930’s, Zavatski’s father was among those involved in the 1937 Flint Michigan sitdown strike. 
“they just stopped the machinery and just sat down…”
~ Cynthia Zavatski

  Brain Labor Report - Podcast #29 >>>  Listen Here

 

Colleen Mercer, on the Brain Labor Report

Host Wes Brain with guest Colleen Mercer, Labor Organizer with SEIU 503 http://www.seiu503.org, discuss Jackson County’s “$23 Million Shy” budget woes and the struggle for ONC funding

Brain Labor Report - Podcast # 28 >>> LISTEN HERE

 
Anne Feeney “War on the Workers” & “Have You Been to Jail for Justice?”
“Bushwhacked” by Steve Brooks
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“We banded together and the union prevailed…”

Brain Labor Report, December 15, 2006 - Wes interviews Smoki Donaldson, an activist with Oregon Action about women in telecommunications union (CWA) organizing and walking the picket line in the 1960s thru 1980’s.
“We banded together and the union prevailed…”
~ Smoki
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Wes and Jason on the Brain Labor Report

Wes Brain and Jason Houk discuss the Brain Labor Report, mainstream media and living in Ashland Oregon.
 
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Unions, women in the workforce and the impact of a lack of living wages in the Rogue Valley.

Brain Labor Report, Dec. 13, 2006 - Beverly DeLeonardis, activist with Oregon Action and Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice discuss unions, women in the workforce and the impact of a lack of living wages in the Rogue Valley.
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Brain Labor Report, Dec. 12, 2006

Host Wes Brain talks with Rosalie Pedroza, member leader/activist SEIU 503 about participatory government and her recent trip to Venezuela and Colombia.

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Peter Buckley on Brain Labor Report, Dec. 11, 2006

State Rep. Peter Buckley discusses the new legislative session, workforce housing, the Oregon Housing Alliance, inclusionary zoning, real-estate transfer tax and the Road Map for Oregon’s Future with host Wes Brain.
Road Map for Oregon’s Future, healthcare for all children in the state. All school districts fully funded, increase school stablility and rainy day fund.
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Jaelle Dragomir on Brain Labor Report

Brain Labor Report, Dec. 8, 2006 - Jaelle Dragomir, activist, talks about globalization and labor with host Wes Brain.
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Brain Labor Report, December 7, 2006

Arthur Stamoulis of Oregon’s Fair Trade Campaign discuss job loss due to “free trade” policy with host Wes Brain.
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