KPFA - WorkWeek

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A look at the San Francisco battle with the tech moguls,  tech workers and those who are fighting for housing in San Francisco. Next it will be looking at the worldwide actions that are taking place on the 3rd anniversary of Fukushima. Nuclear workers and communities are still being contaminated and  the Abe government seeks to re-open Japan’s 50 nuclear plants. We will speak with No Nukes Activist Chizu Hamada and author Cecile Pineda.
Finally WorkWeek radio will look at the failed UAW effort to organize the VW Tennessee plant and the history of the UAW in the South with journalist Steve Early and “War Zone” organizer Mike Griffin.

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Today WorkWeek will look at the struggle of San Francisco education workers fighting for justice at the Martin Luther King Middle School in San Francisco. They recently went to Sacramento to speak at the California Commission On Teacher Credentials to speak about the physical abuse of students, racism  and bullying against teachers and staff.
We will hear the voice of Pete Seeger about  his visit to San Francisco in 1941 with Woody Guthrie and and their concert for the ILWU Local 10 strike committee.
WorkWeek will also go to South Africa and look at the largest union the National Union of Metal Workers and their call for a new socialist working class party in South Africa and what these new political developments will mean for the workers in South Africa.

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Today WorkWeek will look at the issue of income inequality, our social system and political alternatives with
Ralph Nader and Cindy Sheehan.
Next we will look at the role of Veolia Transportation and their water privatization policies
throughout the world and how they affect people in Northern California.
We will also examine the growing crisis for injured workers and why the Medical Director
of The California Division Of Workers Compensation says doctors should work for free.
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Nanotech/Biotech/Refinery Safety, Retaliation Against Public Agency Whistleblowers & South Africa Solidarity Action KPFA Pacifica WorkWeek will have an update on the end of the AC Transit ATU 192 cooling off period We will look at the growing health and safety crisis with nanotech materials and the lack of oversight and protection in the biotech, nanotech and  refineries in California. WorkWeek will also look at systemic retaliation against public worker whistleblowers who are responsible for oversight of public agencies funds and financial transparency. WorkWeek will discuss  the ILWU Local 10 bay area labor boycott of South Africa cargo in 1984 with some of the participants and what workers face today in South Africa.

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