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Episode 15 – May 7, 2007
In this week’s POWERcast, we report from a rally against Verizon and its union-busting ways - a perfect example of why the nation needs the Employee Free Choice Act. Hundreds of Steelworkers’ joined members of the CWA and IBEW to protest as the telecommunications giant held its annual shareholders’ meeting in Pittsburgh. Speakers include AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasure Richard Tumpka. We’ll also bring you a report from a Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony, where USW President Leo Gerard makes an eloquent argument for improved worker safety.
CWA President Larry Cohen helps make the case against this week’s Creep of the Week, a pair of top-level managers who have made an exorbitant amount of money while blocking rank-and-file employees from bargaining for a better life.
Episode 14 - April 30, 2007
In this week’s POWERcast, we bring you a report from the Steelworkers’ Rapid Response legislative conference in WashingtonD.C. More than 700 of USW’s most active members gathered to lobby legislators on behalf of working people and to learn more about important issues, including the Employee Free Choice Act and international trade. This episode includes interviews with noted author William Greider, Amicus leader Graham Goddard, Rapid Response Coordinator Tim Waters and USW President Leo Gerard. At the end of the broadcast, we reveal the Creep of the Week, a retail giant exercising corporate greed at its finest.
Episode 13 - April 26, 2007
In this week’s POWERcast, we bring you a report focusing on the Steelworkers’ global ambitions, including plans to study a merger with Great Britain’s largest private-sector union, Amicus. This episode takes you to Canada and Pittsburgh to hear from USW President Leo Gerard and Amicus’ leader, Derek Simpson. USW’s international relations director Jerry Fernandez also talks about why it’s so important for the Steelworkers to take its mission beyond borders.
Episode 12 - April 16, 2007
In this week’s POWERcast, our report looks at the escalating problem of unfair executive compensation and how new federal rules are helping to bring this issue to the forefront. This episode also includes a Workers’ Independent News interview with Dan Pedrotty, Director of the Office of Investment for the AFL-CIO, whose Web site paywatch.org gives people a valuable tool for researching the flawed executive compensation system.
And at the end of our broadcast, we’ll reveal the Creep of the Week. It’s a team of executives who have prescribed multimillion-dollar compensation packages for themselves while laying off thousands of rank-and-file employees.
Episode 11 - April 9, 2007
In this week’s POWERcast, our report focuses on unfair international trade, including how American workers got support from an unlikely source, and a special Workers’ Independent News interview with Rob Scott, a senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute who breaks down why all Americans should be concerned about trade and tariffs.
And at the end of our broadcast, we’ll reveal the Creep of the Week. It’s a multibillion-dollar corporation who says one thing but does another when it comes to being “green.”
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