9/1 Labor Day Specials on KPFA, 94.1 FM

Labor Day 2003, September 1, KPFA at 94.1 FM has an entire day of special programming devoted to labor history, news and culture.

From: http://www.kpfa.org/specials/index.htm
KPFA Labor Day Specials
Monday, September 1
In recognition of American labor, and the working class, and organizing struggles worldwide, KPFA pays tribute in this special Labor Day broadcast to the history of the labor movement, and covers breaking news in the labor movement today.

11:00 am
INTRODUCTION and Labor Day program overview by Steve Zeltzer

11:05 am
GAIL RYALL: "The Detroit Woolworth Sit-Down Strike." The story of a succesful strike in 1937 by the young women employees of the Woolworth chain of Five and Dime stores. An inspiring tale for those organizing today against large chains like Wal-Mart.

11:30 am
LABOR AND THE WAR: poetry.

12:00 noon
LIVE COVERAGE OF BREAKING NEWS IN LOCAL LABOR ACTIONS.
KPFA goes live to the protest at the Bank of America/Concord Technology Center. Steve Zeltzer talks to protesters and activists in the field.
Plus
CALENDAR OF LABOR DAY EVENTS in the greater Bay Area.

12:30 pm
FIRE ON PIER 32: Jack Rasmus' celebrated play in song and story of the Longshoremen's Union, of San Francisco's labor movement, of anti-union campaigns and general strikes, and of solidarity; based on the historic events of 1933 when rank and file longshore militants gathered on San Francisco's Pier 32 to burn their company union "blue books," giving rise to the ILWU.

2:00 pm
The hidden history of the US working class with Howard Zinn.

6:30 pm
Interview with labor educator Harry Kelber on the state of labor in the U.S.