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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 Radio hears from a Oakland Education Association OEA teacher fighting cutbacks and charter schools at the OUSD board meeting. Next, WorkWeek looks at the efforts to reform NAFTA by the AFL-CIO, Teamsters and other unions. President Trump has said he wants to make NAFTA better. We interview Alan Benjamin who is with the San … Continued
WorkWeek radio hears from teachers and parents who are fighting charters and privatization at the West Contra Costa School Board meeting on November 15, 2017. Over 500 teachers students and parents rallied against a Rocketship It was rejected by the board but many charters are coming into the district threatening public schools and leading to … Continued
KPFA WorkWeek Radio on the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution looks at the effect of the revolution on San Francisco and California labor and workers. On November 7, 1917 state power was seized by the Soviets in Russia. Historian John Holmes who is also a member of Peralta Federation of Teachers and CWA Pacific … Continued
WorkWeek looks at the privatization land grab at Laney college by the A’s owner John J. Fisher and also the proposed property development at the SF PUC owned Balboa Reservoir. Both projects would take public land that is needed by the community colleges for their students, staff and faculty. In Oakland, the owner of the … Continued
WorkWeek looks at the ongoing struggle in Puerto Rico for survival. We interview NNU CNA Alta Bates nurse Gregory Callison about his solidarity action and that of the NNU-CNA to help the people of Puerto Rico. The union sent a delegation of over 50 nurses. We also interview retired ILWU Local 10 longshoreman Jack Heyman. … Continued
WorkWeek looks at the growing attack on healthcare workers from nurses at Kaiser to UC nurses, service and technical workers. Healthcare workers face massive understaffing, stress and threats against their benefits and conditions. Protests were held at both Kaiser in San Francisco and UCSF to warn of the growing dangers in healthcare. First, we hear … Continued
WorkWeek looks at the crisis caused by the growing fires in Northern California. Thousands of working people and their families have lost their homes and their livelyhoods as a result of the Sonoma, Napa and Solano county fires. We talk with Jack Buckhorn who is the Executive Director of the North Bay Labor Council. We … Continued
WorkWeek hears about a national workers conference in Chicago on October 6, 7 &8 sponsored by Ford UAW Local 551 and other unions and organization that will focus on the attack on workers in the US and how to fight back. We hear from Scott Houldierson, VP of UAW 551 and Al Rojas who … Continued
WorkWeek radio hears a report from NNU CNA RN Response Network members Erik Hoagland and Amy Bowen. They are in Texas offering medical care to the people hit by the flood. Next, WorkWeek looks at the efforts by the Hearst owned San Francisco Chronicle to ban employees including reporters from all political activity not sanctioned … Continued
KPFA Pacifica WorkWeek radio hears from the trade unionists and others who protested the growth of fascists and other racists nationally and in the Bay Area. We hear from people in SF and Berkeley. Next, WorkWeek Radio interviews Eugene Hudson Jr. who was ousted from his elected position of National Secretary Treasurer of the American … Continued
