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Concession workers at San Francisco Giants AT&T Park hold one day strike (audio/mpeg 5.1MB) - by KPFA Evening News, 05.25.2013As the San Francisco Giants got ready to play the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, more than 700 concession workers at AT&T Park went on a one-day strike for job security and increased wages and benefits. The workers union, Unite Here Local #2, is currently negotiating with Centerplate. The concession worker spokesman told KPFA that Centerplate had called the workers "obnoxious" and filed a lawsuit against them. He also said that many of the concession workers live below the poverty level... Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 9:26AM
Setting the Standard Presents: Interview with Donaji with P.O.W.E.R about May1st in SF (audio/x-wav 94.5MB) - by pazSetting the Standard Presents: Interview with Donaji with P.O.W.E.R about May1st in SF Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:34PM
Black builders call on San Francisco School District to contract and hire in the 'hood (audio/mpeg 1.0MB) - by KPFA Evening News, 02.09.2013Rising Sun Developers, a coalition of Black builders in San Francisco's Bay View Hunters Point neighborhood, are protesting their exclusion and the lack of a fair bidding process for contracts to build the new Willie Brown Middle School in their own neighborhood.
Unlike the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco School District does not have a local-hire requirement that would guarantee contracts for local companies or jobs for local residents, including minorities. Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:18PM
US Sailors & Families In Japan Contaminated By Fukushima Meltdown While DOD Stops Registry (audio/mpeg 7.1MB) - by WorkWeek Radio KPFAKPFA WorkWeek radio which is part of the Morning Mix on KPFA Pacifica in Berkeley did an interview with US sailor Daryl Brooks who was contaminated in Japan while doing work to help the people of Fukushima and San Diego Attorney Paul Garner who is representing many sailors and their families who were contaminated during the meltdown. These sailors have sued the Tokyo Electric Power Company TEPCO which ran the nuclear plant. Many of these sailors were also on the U.S.S. Reagan Posted: Sat Feb 9, 2013 7:17PM
Longshore Workers In ILA And ILA Under Attack-WorkWeek Interview (audio/mpeg 6.6MB) - by WorkWeek RadioLongshore workers on the East Coast and West Coast are under attack. San Juan, PR ILA leader Jose Ojveda and ILWU Local 10 retired member Jack Heyman discuss the issue facing longshore workers on both coasts. Posted: Thu Feb 7, 2013 1:36PM
1/7 WorkWeek Radio Show-Texas Protest At Volero, Mi Pueblo Workers, Emancipation Proclamat (audio/mpeg 22.9MB) - by WorkWeek RadioWorkWeek radio on KPFA on 1/7/13 -Texas Protest At Volero with environmentalist and injured worker advocate Diane Wilson, Mi Pueblo Workers for for justice and unionization and the use of ICE by the owners to terrorize workers, WW also looks at the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and also interviews CNA RN Kay McVay On The CNA-NUHW affiliation. Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:11PM
Sutter Healthcare And the CNA Nurses, Bullying In SF City & Schools, Nuclear Whistleblower (audio/mpeg 23.1MB) - by WorkWeek RadioThis WorkWeek radio show on December 24, 2012 covers the struggle and 8th strike of the CNA sutter nurses, the epidemic of bullying against SF city and SFUSD school employees and the dangers to workers and the public at the San Onofre Nuclear plant including the retaliation against whistleblowers at the plant. Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:53PM
Stand with San Leandro Walmart Workers interview on Setting the standard kpfa (audio/x-wav 172.2MB) - by pazStand with San Leandro Walmart Workers, interview about the actions taking place on No.22nd and 23rd around the Bay to support workers rights. Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:56PM
SEIU 1021 activists arrested barricading de Young Museum entrance (audio/mpeg 1.5MB) - by KPFA Evening News/Ann Garrison, 09.07.2012On September 7th, 2012, 19 SEIU 1021 members were arrested barricading the entrance to "Friday Night at the deYoung," a weekly art event at San Francisco's deYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park, in support of museum workers engaged in bitterly contested contract negotiations for the past year. Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:04PM
Oakland rallies in support of Marikana miners (audio/mpeg 1.0MB) - by KPFA Weekend News, 08.25.2012On the evening of Friday, August 24th, labor, Occupy, and Third Party activists rallied in Oakland's Oscar Grant Plaza in solidarity with South Africa's striking miners, at least 34 of whom were massacred by South African police ten days earlier on August 12th, at the Lonmin Mining Corporation's platinum mine northwest of Johannesburg. Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:47AM
Harry Hay: Gay Liberation's Radical Founder (audio/mpeg 19.5MB) - by KPFA Women's MagazineGay activist and independent historian Joey Cain speaks with Kate Raphael about the life and legacy of Harry Hay, the Communist labor organizer who founded the country's first gay rights organization in the early 1950s. Audio 42:31 Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:08AM
May Day and the General Strike in a Time of Precarity / Relatos Zapatistas, May 6 2012 (audio/mpeg 101.2MB) - by Relatos ZapatistasDiscussion and analysis of May Day and the general strike in a time of precarity. Show features a short documentary on May Day actions in New York; a telephone interview with Irena from Decolonize Oakland; and a roundtable with Omar, Lauren, Steven, and Tony from Occupy Oakland. (mp3, ~2hrs) Posted: Tue May 8, 2012 2:00PM
Roundtable with Omar, Lauren, Steven, and Tony from OO (1 hr)(Attachment On: May Day and the General Strike in a Time of Precarity / Relatos Zapatistas, May 6 2012) (audio/mpeg 64.0MB) - by Relatos Zapatistas Posted: Tue May 8, 2012 2:00PM
Phone interview with Irena from Decolonize (12 min)(Attachment On: May Day and the General Strike in a Time of Precarity / Relatos Zapatistas, May 6 2012) (audio/mpeg 11.7MB) - by Relatos Zapatistas Posted: Tue May 8, 2012 2:00PM
Documentary on May Day in NYC (17 min)(Attachment On: May Day and the General Strike in a Time of Precarity / Relatos Zapatistas, May 6 2012) (audio/mpeg 15.8MB) - by Relatos Zapatistas Posted: Tue May 8, 2012 2:00PM
Report from May Day 2012 in NYC (Radio Zapatista) (audio/mpeg 15.8MB) - by radio zapatistaAs over 125 cities across the US and countless others around the world began to mobilize, Radio Zapatista headed into New York City to participate in the dense and diverse program of May Day activities. This special report features interviews and audio from the Free University at Madison Square Park; the "Pop-Up Occupation" at Bryant Park; the Occupy Guitarmy; the rally & concert in Union Square; and the massive march to Wall St... Posted: Tue May 8, 2012 12:27PM
Occupy Oakland May Day Rally (audio/mpeg 28.5MB) - by RubbleOccupy Oakland held a rally at Oscar Grant Plaza around 7PM on May Day, after groups from earlier rallies marched in from various locations. Speakers spotlighted local and national problems related to labor, education, police violence, and immigration. (31 minutes) Posted: Fri May 4, 2012 8:33PM
Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition cancels bridge occupation (audio/mpeg 1.2MB) - by KPFA Evening News, 04.28.201204.29.2010 On Saturday, April 28th, the Occupy the Bridge May Day coalition announced that the Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition, which represents bridge, ferry, and bus workers in 14 bargaining units, had asked them to call off the bridge action and redirect all efforts towards supporting May Day strike actions and picket lines. Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:56AM
Secretary's Day: Affirmation or Anachronism? (audio/mpeg 9.5MB) - by KPFA Women's MagazineAdministrative Professionals Day recognizes one of the least organized, most heavily female labor sectors in the country. What do the women and men who do the work think about this Hallmark holiday? audio 20:44 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:25PM
Recording of Iain Boal: "West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California"(Attachment On: Iain Boal: "West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California") (audio/mpeg 16.8MB) - by Ellen Schwartz Recording of Iain Boal: "West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California" Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:20AM |