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SF Labor Council Calls For Reinstatement Of KFPA Pacifica "Morning Mix" Show
The San Francisco Labor Council called for the reinstatement of the KPFA Pacifica "Morning Mix" show which was cancelled unilaterally by the interim manager Richard Pirodsky with the support of Pacifica Board Chair Margy Wilkinson, KPFA "Upfront" host Brian Edward-Tiekert, Pacifica Interim Executive Director Bernard Duncan and the KPFA News Department heads Eileen Alfandary and Mark Mericle.
SF Labor Council Calls For Reinstatement Of KFPA Pacifica "Morning Mix" Show
Resolution to Reinstate the "Morning Mix" Drive-Time Radio Show & Say No to Cuts in Labor/Community Programming on KPFA Radio
Whereas, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, with a powerful radio transmitter, has been a megaphone for community free speech radio throughout northern California for over 65 years, and is the flagship station of the Pacifica Radio Network; and
Whereas, for the last 3 and a half years KPFA has aired a ground-breaking labor and community program called the Morning Mix - broadcasting at a time when more working people could hear it, during "drive time" from 8 to 9 AM, Monday to Friday; and
Whereas, the rotating hosts of the Morning Mix radio shows on KPFA have featured the voices of Bay Area working people and their issues, to a degree not found on any other Northern California station with the reach and power of KPFA. This included regular reporting on labor and community struggles - about the postal workers' fight against privatization; the concerns of teachers, dockworkers, transit and healthcare workers, and immigrant workers; as well as the community fight in the city of Richmond against toxic pollution by Chevron Corporation; and
Whereas, the Morning Mix provided regular announcements of Bay Area labor and community events, so working people could be aware of these activities and participate; and
Whereas, late in the evening on May 21, KPFA and Pacifica management abruptly, and without proper consultations, cancelled the Morning Mix and replaced it with a syndicated program "Uprising" produced in Los Angeles that doe over Bay Area issues and events; and;
Whereas, we need more local labor and community programming on KFPA radio, not less - especially since working peoples' stories are almost completely ignored by the mainstream media. This program change is a tremendous loss for the radio listeners in the Bay Area.
Therefore be it Resolved, that the San Francisco Labor Council calls on KPFA/Pacifica management to reinstate the Morning Mix drive-time radio show. We need more labor and community programs on the radio—not less!; and
Be it Finally Resolved, that this resolution be submitted to Bay Area labor Councils and the California Labor Federation for concurrence and action.
Submitted by NALC 214 and adopted by the San Francisco Labor Council on June 9, 2014. Respectfully,
Tim Paulson Executive Director
OPEIU 3 AFL-CIO 11
Executive Director
Tim Paulson
President
Mike Casey Unite Here 2
Secretary Treasurer
Olga Miranda SEIU 87
VP for Affiliate Support
Larry Mazzola, Sr. Plumbers 38
VP for Community Activities
Conny Ford OPEIU 3
VP for Political Activities
Alisa Messer AFT 2121
Executive Committee
Alan Benjamin OPEIU 3
Danny Campbell
Sheet Metal Workers 104
Vince Courtney Laborers 261
F.X. Crowley IATSE 16
Tim Donovan IBEW 6
Maureen Dugan CNA
Mark Gleason IBT 665
Art Gonzalez IAM 1414
Rudy Gonzalez IBT 856
Maria Guillen SEIU 1021
Dennis Kelly UESF
Gunnar Lundeberg SUP
Margaret Mann AFSCME 3299
Frank Martin del Campo LCLAA
Larry Mazzola, Jr. Plumbers 38
Robert Morales IBT 350
Bob Muscat IFPTE 21
Thomas O’Connor IAFF 798
Fred Pecker ILWU 6
Dan Prince
Iron Workers 377
Michael Sharpe UFCW 648
Denise Solis SEIU USWW
Michael Theriault
SF Building Trades Council
Joe Toback
Sign & Display 510
John Ulrich UFCW 5
Sergeant at Arms
Hene Kelly CARA
Trustees
Ron Lewis, IBEW 6
David Williams, SEIU 1021 Claire Zvanski, IFPTE 21
1188 Franklin Street, Suite 203
San Francisco, CA 94109
Printed on 100% PCW paper using soy inks at a fully wind-powered sho
http://www.sflaborcouncil.org
Online Petitions To Bring Back "Morning MIx"
Online Petitions To KPFA Pacifica Management & Sonali Kolhatkar "Bring Back The Morning Mix"
Online Petition To KFPA Pacifica Management And Board Chair "Bring Back The Morning MIx"
https://www.change.org/petitions/richard-pirodsky-bring-back-the-morning-mix-now-on-kpfa
Online Petition To Sonali Kolhatkar "Don't Replace The Morning Mix"
https://www.change.org/petitions/sonali-kolhatkar-don-t-replace-the-morning-mix
Resolution to Reinstate the "Morning Mix" Drive-Time Radio Show & Say No to Cuts in Labor/Community Programming on KPFA Radio
Whereas, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, with a powerful radio transmitter, has been a megaphone for community free speech radio throughout northern California for over 65 years, and is the flagship station of the Pacifica Radio Network; and
Whereas, for the last 3 and a half years KPFA has aired a ground-breaking labor and community program called the Morning Mix - broadcasting at a time when more working people could hear it, during "drive time" from 8 to 9 AM, Monday to Friday; and
Whereas, the rotating hosts of the Morning Mix radio shows on KPFA have featured the voices of Bay Area working people and their issues, to a degree not found on any other Northern California station with the reach and power of KPFA. This included regular reporting on labor and community struggles - about the postal workers' fight against privatization; the concerns of teachers, dockworkers, transit and healthcare workers, and immigrant workers; as well as the community fight in the city of Richmond against toxic pollution by Chevron Corporation; and
Whereas, the Morning Mix provided regular announcements of Bay Area labor and community events, so working people could be aware of these activities and participate; and
Whereas, late in the evening on May 21, KPFA and Pacifica management abruptly, and without proper consultations, cancelled the Morning Mix and replaced it with a syndicated program "Uprising" produced in Los Angeles that doe over Bay Area issues and events; and;
Whereas, we need more local labor and community programming on KFPA radio, not less - especially since working peoples' stories are almost completely ignored by the mainstream media. This program change is a tremendous loss for the radio listeners in the Bay Area.
Therefore be it Resolved, that the San Francisco Labor Council calls on KPFA/Pacifica management to reinstate the Morning Mix drive-time radio show. We need more labor and community programs on the radio—not less!; and
Be it Finally Resolved, that this resolution be submitted to Bay Area labor Councils and the California Labor Federation for concurrence and action.
Submitted by NALC 214 and adopted by the San Francisco Labor Council on June 9, 2014. Respectfully,
Tim Paulson Executive Director
OPEIU 3 AFL-CIO 11
Executive Director
Tim Paulson
President
Mike Casey Unite Here 2
Secretary Treasurer
Olga Miranda SEIU 87
VP for Affiliate Support
Larry Mazzola, Sr. Plumbers 38
VP for Community Activities
Conny Ford OPEIU 3
VP for Political Activities
Alisa Messer AFT 2121
Executive Committee
Alan Benjamin OPEIU 3
Danny Campbell
Sheet Metal Workers 104
Vince Courtney Laborers 261
F.X. Crowley IATSE 16
Tim Donovan IBEW 6
Maureen Dugan CNA
Mark Gleason IBT 665
Art Gonzalez IAM 1414
Rudy Gonzalez IBT 856
Maria Guillen SEIU 1021
Dennis Kelly UESF
Gunnar Lundeberg SUP
Margaret Mann AFSCME 3299
Frank Martin del Campo LCLAA
Larry Mazzola, Jr. Plumbers 38
Robert Morales IBT 350
Bob Muscat IFPTE 21
Thomas O’Connor IAFF 798
Fred Pecker ILWU 6
Dan Prince
Iron Workers 377
Michael Sharpe UFCW 648
Denise Solis SEIU USWW
Michael Theriault
SF Building Trades Council
Joe Toback
Sign & Display 510
John Ulrich UFCW 5
Sergeant at Arms
Hene Kelly CARA
Trustees
Ron Lewis, IBEW 6
David Williams, SEIU 1021 Claire Zvanski, IFPTE 21
1188 Franklin Street, Suite 203
San Francisco, CA 94109
Printed on 100% PCW paper using soy inks at a fully wind-powered sho
http://www.sflaborcouncil.org
Online Petitions To Bring Back "Morning MIx"
Online Petitions To KPFA Pacifica Management & Sonali Kolhatkar "Bring Back The Morning Mix"
Online Petition To KFPA Pacifica Management And Board Chair "Bring Back The Morning MIx"
https://www.change.org/petitions/richard-pirodsky-bring-back-the-morning-mix-now-on-kpfa
Online Petition To Sonali Kolhatkar "Don't Replace The Morning Mix"
https://www.change.org/petitions/sonali-kolhatkar-don-t-replace-the-morning-mix
For more information:
http://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploa...
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