One of the most important features on the Workers Independent News website is our raw audio page. We provide the full audio of interviews we conducted with labor leaders, activists and working people so listeners can expand on stories we report. While most news organizations just give you one or two soundbites, we want you to have the whole story in the context it was presented. Here is a list of some of the most recent audio we have collected. Any of this can be used for your purposes as long as you credit the Workers Independent News.


(to see a complete list of Raw Audio, click here.)

• Sandra Day O'Connor was no moderate - decisions were anti-labor
  WIN's Doug Cunningham interviews labor activist Nathan Newman of the Agenda for Justice on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court nominee fight. Newman, who has a Yale law degree and a PhD in sociology from UC-Berkeley, says pressure should be put on Democrats for painting O'Connor asa moderate when she was so anti-worker rights on the court.




• WIN Interview: NEA President Reg Weaver (Part 1 of 2)
• WIN Interview: NEA President Reg Weaver (Part 2 of 2)
  WIN's Doug Cunningham talks with NEA President Reg Weaver about the court battle with the federal government over No Child Left Behind, the NEA's recent convention in Los Angeles and the variety of issues facing educators and teacher's union members.




• UAW President Ron Gettelfinger on AFL-CIO reform
  Excerpts from a recent press conference featuring UAW President Ron Gettelfinger responding to questions about AFL-CIO reform. The UAW is urging labor unity after the Chicago convention and is supporting John Sweeney for reelection as AFL-CIO president.




• NYC labor activist Harry Kelber runs for AFL-CIO VP (part 1 of 2)
• NYC labor activist Harry Kelber runs for AFL-CIO VP (part 2 of 2)
  WIN's Doug Cunningham interviews labor activist and writer Harry Kelber on Kelber's candidacy for AFL-CIO Vice-President. The 91 year old Kelber says there needs to be a voice at the convention raising dissent on behalf of the rank and file.