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Former UAW Official Jerry Tucker On The Crisis Facing U.S. Autoworkers - 05/03/07

WIN's Doug Cunningham interviews Jerry Tucker, a former member of the UAW International Executive Board. Tucker is co-foundr of the Center For Labor Renewal. He says the UAW needs a new strategy to confront concessionary demands from U.S. automakers. The UAW, he says, must abandon "jointness" in favor of smart strategic and tactical confrontation with the global auto giants to defend hard-won gains of the autoworkers. Tucker says the UAW still has the power and ability to "freeze" the demands for further concessions.Runtime is 17 minutes, 24 seconds. (15.94 MB)

Former UAW Official Jerry Tucker On The Crisis Facing U.S. Autoworkers - 05/03/07

WIN's Doug Cunningham interviews Jerry Tucker, a former member of the UAW International Executive Board. Tucker is co-founder of the Center For Labor Renewal. He says the UAW needs a new strategy to confront concessionary demands from U.S. automakers. The UAW, he says, must abandon "jointness" in favor of smart strategic and tactical confrontation with the global auto giants to defend hard-won gains of the autoworkers. Tucker says the UAW still has the power and ability to "freeze" the demands for further concessions.Runtime is 17 minutes, 24 seconds. (15.94 MB)

WIN's Doug Cunningham On The Thom Hartmann Show - 12/11/06

Workers Independent News Anchor/Reporter Doug Cunningham guests on the Thom Hartmann national radio talk show. Topics include the AFL-CIO Organizing Summit, the Employee Free Choice Act, labor's call for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and the Goodyear strike. (5.79 MB)

AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff On The Organizing Summit

AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff talks with WIN's Doug Cunningham about the labor federation's Organizing Summit in Washington, D.C.and the federation's push for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. (11.6 MB)

WIN's Doug Cunningham Interviews Teamsters President James Hoffa

Workers Independent News anchor/reporter Doug Cunningham interviews Teamsters President James Hoffa on where Hoffa plans to take the Teamsters in the next five years, the effort to rid the Teamsters of government control, and the discontent UPS workers feel about their contracts with regard to pensions and health care. (8.39 MB)

CWA President Larry Cohen On Restoring Collective Bargaining Rights In America

Workers Independent News anchor/reporter Doug Cunningham talks with Communcation Workers of America President Larry Cohen about the restoration of collective bargaining rights in the United States. (6.19 MB)

WIN's Doug Cunningham On Stan Milam Show - 11/17/06

Workers Independent News anchor/reporter Doug Cunningham guests on the Stan Milam radio talk show on WCLO-AM in Janesville, Wisconsin. Health care, the auto industry, two-tier wage systems and union militancy are discussed. (9.77 MB)

USW's Wayne Rannick On The Goodyear Strike: We Have To Say No To Exporting All Our Jobs!

Workers Independent News anchor/reporter Doug Cunningham talks with United Steelworkers spokesman Wayne Rannick about the Goodyear strike. The USW left talks with Goodyear in Cincinnati last week because the company was offering nothing substantially different than its position that more plants must be closed and retiree benefits must be cut. Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at 16 North American Goodyear plants October 5th. (5.04 MB)

AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel On Labor's Agenda In The New Congress

WIN's Doug Cunningham speaks with Bill Samuel, Legislative Director of the AFL-CIO, about labor's agenda in the new Democratic-majority Congress. Samuel says look for a minimum wage increase and serious attempts to address key working family issues, including health care and getting out of Iraq. (7.9 MB)

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee: Red-Hot Anger Turned In To Blue Votes

Gerald McEntee, President of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, says labor played a decisive role in getting Democrats elected to advance a working families political agenda. McEntee says labor will hold these politicians accountable for results on that agenda. (7.12 MB)