For half of the December 26^th   Labor Radio  show we have a segment on occupationally
disabled workers kicked to the curb by GM in Colombia, now posted at http://kboo.fm/node/32714

How GM Kicks Occupationally Disabled
Workers to the Curb in Colombia

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Labor Radio

program date: 

Mon, 12/26/2011

GM assembly workers in Colombia suffer occupational disabilities resulting from outdated equipment and production methods, then the company forces them out of their jobs.  The workers and their families fight back by occupying a spot right across the street from the US embassy.  In November they spoke with a Witness for Peace delegation about their struggle for justice.

Length: 12:37 minutes (11.55 MB)

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disabled workers kicked to the curb by GM in Colombia, now posted at http://kboo.fm/node/32714

How GM Kicks Occupationally Disabled
Workers to the Curb in Colombia

Categories:Labor

program: 

Labor Radio

program date: 

Mon, 12/26/2011

GM assembly workers in Colombia suffer occupational disabilities resulting from outdated equipment and production methods, then the company forces them out of their jobs.  The workers and their families fight back by occupying a spot right across the street from the US embassy.  In November they spoke with a Witness for Peace delegation about their struggle for justice.

Length: 12:37 minutes (11.55 MB)

• Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
  

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• Download audio file

John Walsh

Please call in and join the conversation.   
Studio Line   (503) 231-8187
The Labor Radio Collective Calendar  http://www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/PDXLaborRadio
A great photo album! http://computerresource.org/laborradio/   
Our blog: http://laborradiocollective.blogspot.com/
A Google Promo: https://sites.google.com/site/laborradiogroup/  
And more on KBOO here! http://www.theportlandalliance.org/kboo

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Monday, January 9th, 2012

Angela and I have lined up two guests for our Monday, January 9th 2012 show. 

One guest is Kris Humbird, one of the workers recently fired from Fund for the Public Interest (OSPIRG spinoff)
working on getting a first contract there. The other is John Langley from The Red and Black Cafe, to talk about
how they operate as a worker coop.

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Mon, 10/10/2011

 Al Bradbury and Angela MacWhinnie bring you a Very Special Episode of Labor Radio, all about the IWW.  Wobbly guests include:

• Daniel Gross, IWW organizer, co-founder of the Starbucks Workers' Union, and author of the preface to the new edition of Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology
• Brendan Phillips, Portland community organizer and frontperson of the band Fast Rattler, on the band's new album "Linger On," a tribute to Brendan's father, the legendary Wobbly storyteller and folksinger Utah Phillips
• Bill Adler, author of the celebrated new biography of Joe Hill, The Man Who Never Died
• Emmitt Nolan, Portland IWW member, on organizing in the food and retail industry, and the upcoming IWW Food & Retail Workers Union Founding Convention