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Elise Bryant, Executive Director of the Labor Heritage Foundation March 24, 2020 Listen to the program: https://exchange.prx.org/p/313935 Interview by Gary Kanter: Elise gives her history and describes what the Labor Heritage Foundation is all about. For more information, go to https://www.laborheritage.org/. We Do The Work Comments: > Unions are vital. > The extreme wealthy have […]
Don McIntosh, Senior Staff Reporter, Northwest Labor Press March 17, 2020 Interview by Ken Winkes: Don gives us the history of the 100-year-old Northwest Labor Press newspaper and some current issues. For more information, go to https://nwlaborpress.org/. We Do The Work Comments > Here’s a wake-up call for the American workers. > The […]
Hannah Fishman, Organizer for SEIU 1199NW & Kim Deans, CNA/Member of Negotiating Team March 10, 2020 Interview by Lori Province: Hannah and Kim talk about the workplace issues at Island Hospital. For more information, go to http://supportislandcaregivers.org/, https://www.facebook.com/SEIUHealthcare1199NW/, https://twitter.com/SEIU1199NW, #UpliftIsland! or https://www.seiu1199nw.org/. We Do The Work Comments: > Corporations have captured our government. > Working […]
Lisa Ayrault, Director of Fair Vote Washington March 3, 2020 Interview by Gary Kanter: Lisa explains ‘Ranked Choice Voting.’ For more information, go to https://fairvotewa.org/ or info@FairVoteWA.org or https://www.fairvote.org/ or https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/tags/rcv. We Do The Work Comment: Our President is a law breaker in chief. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ About We Do The Work A weekly local […]
Margaret Cary & Cliff Cawthon, MLK County Working Families Party, Marco Morales, Local Leader, Part 2, February 25, 2020 Interview by Ken Winkes: Margaret and Cliff tell us all about the Working Families Party and Marco gives us his concerns and aspirations. For more information, go to http://workingfamilies.org/ or https://workingfamilies.org/states/washington/ or https://www.facebook.com/MLKWFP/. We Do The […]
Margaret Cary & Cliff Cawthon, MLK County Working Families Party, Marco Morales, Local Leader, Part 1, February 18, 2020 Interview by Ken Winkes: Margaret and Cliff tell us all about the Working Families Party and Marco introduces himself. For more information, go to http://workingfamilies.org/ or https://workingfamilies.org/states/washington/ or https://www.facebook.com/MLKWFP/. We Do The Work Comments: > […]
David Groves, Communications Director for the WSLC, and Editor of The Stand February 11, 2020 Interview by Gary Kanter: David describes the Website/email news, The Stand, and various other worker issues. For more information, go to http://www.thestand.org, for twitter and Facebook—use ‘The Stand,’ or www.wslc.org. We Do The Work Comments: > There have been many […]
Laura Clawson, Assistant Managing Editor for the Daily Kos February 4, 2020 Interview by Ken Winkes: Laura explains the history, how the group blog and internet forum functions, and adds her views to current issues. For more information, go to https://www.dailykos.com/user/Laura%20Clawson or https://www.dailykos.com/. We Do The Work Comments: > Unions are vital. > There are […]
Larry Brown, President of the WA ST Labor Council, and Leonard Kelley, Secretary-Treasurer of the Snohomish & Island Counties Labor Council January 28, 2020 Interview by Gary Kanter: Larry and Leonard talk about the effects of the Janus decision 2 years later and more. For more information, go to http://www.thestand.org, www.wslc.org, lbrown@wslc.org, 206-281-8901, http://www.snolabor.org/, or […]
Stan Sorsher, Retired Labor Representative for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace January 21, 2020 Interview by Ken Winkes: Stan’s extension knowledge of Boeing helps reveal what happened with Boeing’s 737 Max. For more information, go to https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/what-will-it-be-boeing-great-airplanes-that-generate-cash-flow-or-great-cash-flow-period/, https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/boeing-needs-a-massive-culture-change/, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/business/boeing-737-employees-messages.html, or https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/the-case-against-boeing. We Do The Work Comments: > Trump’s privatizers are only out […]