3:30 PM Pacific Time: Tuesdays
Want to know what’s really happening in labor? WorkWeek Radio provides news and in depth coverage of unions and working people in the bay area, California, nationally and internationally. WorkWeek gives an opportunity for rank and file workers and union officials to provide their viewpoints and perspectives about the sharpening class struggle in the US and around the world. It show also includes a weekly calendar of labor events in Northern California from strikes and rallies to educational meetings. WorkWeek seeks to break the information blockade of corporate media of the real role of workers and unions in our society.
WorkWeek examines the commemoration of Juneteenth and the continuing systemic racism against African American workers in the City and County of San Francisco, report on the June 14th general strike in Brazil, and the Port of Oakland and privatization.
Historian and geographer Gray Brechin talks about the effort to destroy the historic Victor Arnautoff murals at Washington High in San Francisco.
WorkWeek hears about the new San Francico Mime Troupe play Treasure Island in an interview with writer and actor Michael Sullivan. Next, WorkWeek investigates the Peer Assisted Review PAR program in Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles. We interview former Berkeley Federation of Teachers steward Brian Crowell.
WorkWeek looks at the issue of climate change and labor with ATU Vice President Bruce Hamilton. Hamilton has called for a general strike to transform the economy and deal with the growing emergency climate crisis. Next, WorkWeek discusses the attack on San Francisco freelance journalist Bryan Carmody in flagrant violation of the California shield law … Continued
WorkWeek looks at the ongoing corruption scandal at California Division Of Industrial Relations DIR Director Christine Baker. Next, WorkWeek hears about the issues on May Day for ILWU Local 10.
WorkWeek looks at the plan of Japan Prime Minister Abe to bring the Olympics to Fukushima. The government says it has been decontaminated. We interview a railroad worker from Doro-Mito, a former ambassador Murata and an anti-nuclear activist. Next WorkWeek hears a report on the struggle in Venezuela and peoples resistance to US imperialism. Additional … Continued
WorkWeek first hears a report about the Australian Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance supporting Assange and calling for his return to Australia. Next WorkWeek looks at the plans for 2019 May Day by ILWU Local 10 and the connection to gentrification and the proposed new A’s stadium at the Howard Terminal. We interview past ILWU … Continued
WorkWeek hears from students in the San Francisco State strike fifty years after the strike. On The 50th Anniversary Of The SF State Strike, Ex-Strikers from the strike of ’68 read from their works on the Strike of 1968.
At a press conference at San Francisco Treasure Island on March 14, 2019, Tetra Tech health and safety experts and Health Physicist and a Treasure Island Safety Officer talked about the systemic violation of health and safety standards and protection for the workers, residents and the public. They reported that Tetra Tech management was involved … Continued
WorkWeek hears from teachers who struck the Oakland Unified School District for living wages and against the continued privatization. Production of WorkWeek Radio workweek@kpfa.org
