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Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw refuses to meet with cycling Immokalee farmworkers listen
09/06/11 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Publix, Ed Crenshaw, labor, farm workers
Tuesday, under stormy skies, a group of tomato pickers from Immokalee, Florida ended their 200 mile bicycle ride from the fields of Immokalee to the Corporate Headquarters of Publix Supermarkets in Lakeland to discuss their wages.
The group of tired farmworkers, wet from today's torrential downpour, arrived at Publix headquarters just after noon with hopes of speaking directly to Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw and inviting him to visit Immokalee, sit down with the farmworkers, and come to an agree...
12 commentsSt. Pete opens first LEED certified fire station listen
09/06/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Petersburg fire department, Bill Foster, green building, LEED
St. Petersburg officials opened their third green building this morning near Lake Maggiore. The latest project built using Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification principles is a St. Pete’s fire station. It achieved green building classification by using energy efficiency program...
Be the first to commentLabor unions hard at work at Pinellas HOPE on Labor Day weekend listen
09/06/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: labor, labor unions, Labor Day, labor movement, homeless, Homelessness, pinellas, Pinellas Hope, Pinellas County, Pinellas Park, homeless shelter, unions
Many Americans marked Labor Day weekend as a start to the football season, a day to fire up the barbeque, and enjoy a national holiday away from work. But the holiday began to honor labor unions that fought for 8 hour work days, a minimum wage, and an end to child labor. Last Saturday the executive vice president of the labor union visited Pinellas Park, calling on local labor unions to help some of Florida’s unemployed get back to work.
Many...
Be the first to commentThe legacy of FDR's programs like WPA and CCC on Florida with historian Gary Mormino
09/06/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: WPA, CCC, Gary Mormino, The Depression, FDR, Stetson Kennedy
This Thursday President Obama makes an important speech outlining how he plans to reduce the nation's high unemployment rate. Almost 80 years ago President Franklin Roosevelt began several jobs programs (including the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps) that began to turn around The Depression's staggering 25% unemployment rate. The legacy of those WPA and CCC projects can easily be seen here in Florida. Here to talk about the legacy of FDR's jobs programs is Dr...
Be the first to commentLabor Activists Discuss The State Of Working Americans
09/05/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: labor, AFL-CIO, Arlene Holt-Baker, Lynne Webb, Richard Flamm, Aaron Carmella, Tom Tito, Unemployment, President Obama
Today is Labor day and we're honored to be joined by five members of the labor movement. Arlene Holt-Baker is executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO, Lynne Webb is President of the West Central Florida Federation of Labor, Aaron Carmella is the zone co-ordinator of the Florida AFL-CIO, Richard Flamm is a member of AFSCME, and Richard Tito is a member of UAW local 298 and he works at the Raytheon plant in Pinellas County.
Be the first to commentRestitch Tampa hosts competition to redesign Tampa's Hillsborough Riverfront listen
09/05/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday
Tags: Riverwalk, Tampa, hillsborough river, waterfront development, waterfront
Designers are imagining creative new ways to capitalize on Tampa’s downtown riverfront. An international design competition to enhance Tampa’s riverfront kicked off last night at the Tampa Museum of Art. It’s hosted by USF and the Tampa Downtown Partnership and several architectural models of a future riverfront were on display.
Green space has been a popular topic in city architecture and lan...
Be the first to commentState Rep. Ritch Workman on cohabitation law, HCC's Hawk Radio now on WMNF HD4 listen
09/02/11 Lisa Marzilli & Beth BellLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Representative Ritch Workman, cohabitation, Florida Constitution, Ed Ericsson, Hillsborough Community College, Hawk Radio
More than half a million couples in Florida are in violation of a law that has been on the books since the 1800's by virtue of their cohabitation. 104 people have reportedly been charged under the law in the last twelve months. One Republican state lawmaker has set his sites on changing that. On today's Last Call we hear...
Be the first to commentBill Foster speaks about transparency and the Rays stadium with St. Pete residents at "Mayor's Night Out" listen
09/02/11 Atecia RobinsonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mayors Night Out, Mayor Bill Foster, Bob Buckhorn, Tampa Bay Rays, Rays stadium
St. Petersburg's Mayor Bill Foster met last night with citizens who could speak face-to-face with city council members and the mayor about issues they want changed.
In a gymnasium at the Frank Pierce Recreation Center, a handful of St. Pete residents voiced their opinions to a number of city employees. Robert Danielson, St. Petersburg’s manager of communications, said one of Mayor Foster...
Be the first to commentMitt Romney opens Florida campaign headquarters in Tampa listen
09/02/11 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mitt Romney, Mark Sharpe, Pam Bondi, 2012 Election, 2012 GOP Convention
GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney swung through Tampa this morning. He spoke to Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Florida. Romney also attended the grand opening of his Florida campaign headquarters in downtown.
Mitt Romney shook some hands, grabbed a doughnut, and greeted the crowd of about 60 Republicans who gathered to celebrate the opening of his new campaign headquarters overlooking the Hillsborough River. Romney wasted no time in lashing out against Barack Obama and his h...
6 commentsU.S. Senate candidate Mike McCalister lists his priorities at Suncoast Tiger Bay listen
09/02/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mike McCalister, U.S. Senate, Tiger Bay Club, Suncoast Tiger Bay Club, Bill Nelson
U.S. Senate candidate Mike McCalister named off a laundry list of policies he thinks should be implemented in Washington during a speech at a Suncoast Tiger Bay Club today. The self proclaimed tea partier told members of the non-partisan political club his opinions on policies ranging from education to environmental issues. McCalister focused on those issues instead of his recent bout of negative media attention.
But that’...
Be the first to commentIs oil leaking from the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf?
09/01/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, Oil slick, Gulf of Mexico, Deepwater Horizon, Press-Register, wmnf, Mark Ferrulo, Progress Florida
The Mobile Press Register newspaper reported last week that:
Be the first to comment"Scientific analysis has confirmed that oil bubbling up above BP’s sealed Deepwater Horizon well in recent days is a chemical match for the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil that spewed into the Gulf last summer.
"The Press-Register collected samples of the oil about a mile from the well site on Tuesday and provided them to Ed Overton and Scott Miles, chemists with Louisiana State University.
"The pair did much o...
Hillsborough teacher's union continues contract negotiations with school board listen
09/01/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: teacher tenure, teacher's union, teacher pay, teachers, teaching, School Board, school boards, Hillsborough County School Board, Hillsborough County School District, Hillsborough County
Recently teacher’s have been under fire for their allegedly generous salaries, benefits, and tenure. But since Senate Bill 736 cut teacher pay and tenure this spring, teachers are looking for ways to protect their positions. The Hillsborough Classroom Teacher’s Association continued contract negotiations with the School Board Thursday morning.
Now that tenure no longer exists under Florida law, the Hi...
Be the first to commentBoy suspected of planning Freedom High bombing will be tried as an adult listen
09/01/11 wire servicesWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jared Cano, Freedom High, Tampa Police, Tampa City Council
The Hillsborough County State Attorney says the 17-year-old who planned to blow up Freedom High School will be tried as an adult. Jared Cano was arrested earlier this month after police found what they say are bomb-making materials and a “manifesto” outlining Cano’s plans at his home. Today, Tampa City Council recognized the officers and members of the bomb squad involved in the investigation. Council Member Lisa Montelione issued the commendation.
Tampa police chief Jane Castor said th...
Be the first to commentTampa Police say hands are tied to reduce noise complaints listen
09/01/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Police, noise ordinance, Tampa City Council
The City of Tampa has been trying to figure what to do about excessive noise complaints for a long time. At this morning’s City Council meeting, Tampa Police Assistant Police chief Marc Hamlin told council members that pulling drivers over for noise violations would be unconstitutional. Council member Frank Reddick laughed at the inability of officers to pursue offenders.
But the agency’s hands aren’t completely tied. They told city council the use of so-called soft letters is underway. ...
Be the first to commentTampa says wellness centers for city employees are a success so far listen
09/01/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wellness centers, Tampa City Council, Mary Mulhern, Lisa Montelione, Mike Saurez, Harry Cohen
Last year, Tampa City Council narrowly gave the go ahead for a program that would give city employees another health care option. Today, current city council members praised the city’s wellness centers for their initial success. Since the first one opened in February, supporters say the clinics have saved the city and its employees time and money.
Council member Lisa Montelione had the most personal reason to applaud the first reports of success fo...
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