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Daze of Labor, Days of Change
August 31, 2005
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For most, Labor Day is just another national holiday - a day off from work, time to spend with families and friends. The beaches and parks are packed and the roads congested, as everyone says goodbye to another summer gone by.
But on this edition of Making Contact, we focus on the root of this American holiday: the contemporary condition of American labor.
Includes: Day laborers and discrimination in Seattle, WA; the recent AFL-CIO rift; music and labor activism.
Featuring:
Hilary Stern, director, CASA Latina; Orfilia, owner, Salon de Orfilia; Gary Aburub, café owner; Daniel Anguiano, coordinator, Day Worker Center; Karen Keiser, communications director, Washington State Labor Council; Mike Zuver, security guard and SEIU organizer; Tom Leedham, treasury secretary, Teamster's Local 206 in Portland; Steve Williamson, King County Labor Council; Julius Margolin, labor activist and former merchant marine; Faith Petrick, folk singer; Liliana Herrera, musician; Rick and Memo, hip hop artists.
This week's host: Tena Rubio. Contributing producers: Sarah Gustavus, Tom Herriman, Douglas Calvin.
For more information:
CASA Latina
220 Blanchard St.
Seattle, WA 98121
206-956-0779; info@casa-latina.org
www.casa-latina.org
Day Worker Center
2330 Western Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
206-229-2272
Washington State Labor Council
www.wslc.org
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
1313 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-898-3200
www.seiu.org
King County Labor Council
2800 First Avenue, Suite 206
Seattle, WA 98121
206-441-8510; kclc@igc.org
www.kclc.org
Change to Win Coalition
www.changetowin.org
Review of this program on PRX (Public Radio Exchange):
Posted: 12-4-2005
Reviewer: Yolette Garcia, Director of Community Engagement, KERA
This segment of "Making Contact," The National Radio Project's magazine program, attempts to bring contemporary national and local labor movements into focus. The producers do a good job in giving a snapshot history of Labor Day and moving into current issues, such as undocumented workers in Seattle and the rift within the AFL-CIO. The reports are interesting and offer varied perspectives. The last piece on the songs and poetry of the labor movement felt a little trite and wasn't as meaty as the other reports, but shows a bit of history, which can be helpful. Of course, running this on Labor Day would be optimum, but can hold a listener's interest beyond September. Programmers need to be careful about the news pegs getting outdated.
Rating: 3/5
Adjectives: Informational, Political, Thoughtful