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Awake the State organizer previews major statewide rally in Orlando
05/25/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: labor, IBEW, Awake the State, Rick Scott
Welcome to the WMNF afternoon call-in show the Last Call. I’m Seán Kinane.
More than 4000 jobs were cut from the state budget that was recently passed by the Florida Legislature. Tomorrow in the Villages, Governor Scott will sign the budget and announce which line items he is vetoing.
Joining me in our studio today to talk about this is Jason Smith. He’s with the labor union IBEW Local 824 and also with the new group Awake The State.
They have a major statewide gathering on June 4...
Be the first to commentAssessing the damage of the 2011 FL Legislative session with USF St. Pete Professor Darryl Paulson
05/06/11 Lisa Marzilli, Beth BellLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida Legislature, Darryl Paulson, 2011 Legislative session, voting, education, environment, women's issue, labor
The 2011 Florida legislative session, scheduled to end Friday, reportedly progressed into the wee hours of Saturday morning and ended with GOP lawmakers turning on themselves. The St. Petersburg Times says "It was a rocky end to one of the most ambitious and ideological sessions in modern history..."
To help us better comprehend the relentless, 60 day GOP assault on women's rights, worker's rights, voting rights, healthcare, education and the environment we are joined on Friday's Last Ca...
Be the first to commentWorking people critical of Governor and Legislature
04/15/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: unions, Rick Scott, payroll deductions, merit pay, teachers, FCAT, tenure, BP, Jean Clements, Cheryl Shroeder, Stephen Sarnoff, Ann Vanek-Dasovich, labor
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll hear from local labor activists who are concerned about anti-union proposals being pushed by the Governor and being passed by the state legislature.
Our guests are: Jean Clements, President, Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association; Stephen Sarnoff, President, Communication Workers (CWA) 3179, represents city workers in Pinellas and Pasco Counties; Cheryl Schroeder, Executive Director, West Central Florida Fed...
Be the first to commentInterview with organizer of Tampa We Are One Rally starts the Last Call conversation today
04/04/11 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: We Are One, Jason Smith, AFL-CIO, unions, Florida, public workers, labor, Martin Luther King Jr., 2011 legislative session
Good afternoon, welcome to the Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei. We'll start today's program with an interview with Jason Smith of the Florida AFL-CIO who is organizing a We Are One rally today at Al Lopez Park in West Tampa.
At the time of his death on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was marching in solidarity with 1,300 black sanitation workers in Memphis; the public employees were defending their right to collective bargaining for better wages, working conditions, respect and dignity...
Be the first to commentAudio: Florida Democrat chastised for saying "uterus" on House floor listen
04/01/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Abortion, Dean Cannon, choice, Scott Randolph, uterus, state house, Florida Legislature, labor, unions, 2011 legislative session
Whether it’s busting unions, requiring ultrasounds for women seeking abortions, or drug-testing welfare recipients, these days, GOP lawmakers in Tallahassee have been offending a lot of people. But last week, it was a Democrat in the state house who made waves. After a lengthy debate over a bill affecting public employee unions, House Speaker Dean Cannon raised a stink over an anatomic reference that Orlando Representative Scott Randolph had made.
Cannon issued a statement warning his coll...
1 comments"Awake the State Rally" Protests Gov. Scott's Budget Cuts. listen
03/09/11 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Awake the State, Florida Consumer Action Network, Rick Scott, jobs, unions, labor, Charles McKenzie
Tuesday about a thousand pro-worker protesters marched to Gaslight Park in Downtown Tampa. Thousands more labor union workers, state employees, and teachers demonstrated in more than 30 cities across the state to protest the largest annual budget cuts to education in Florida’s history. The largest of the “Awake the State” protests was in Tampa Bay.
While Governor Rick Scott may have run an election platform for job creation that insisted, “Let’s get to work,” President of the local Centra...
Be the first to commentIn Tampa hundreds call for Publix to pay an extra penny per pound of tomatoes listen
03/07/11 Zack BaddorfWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Publix, labor, social justice, fair wages, farm workers, Student Farmworker Alliance, Tampa
Hundreds of farm workers and their supporters rallied outside the Publix grocery store on Dale Mabry Avenue in Tampa over the weekend, demanding better pay and working conditions for the 30,000-some tomato harvesters throughout Florida. The Coalition of Immokalee workers has asked the supermarket chain to sign a “Fair Food” agreement for those producing the $620 million tomato crop.
The protesters walked along the sidewalks just off Publix property, singing, chanting, and waving signs. The...
Be the first to commentMichael Moore says America is not broke, Wake the State Rallies, and pensions are not the problem
03/07/11 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Michael Moore, Madison, pensions, Awake The State, unions, labor
Good afternoon, welcome to The Last Call, I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll listen to part of a speech that film maker Michael Moore gave in Madison, Wisconsin this past weekend in which he placed the blame for the poor performance of the economy squarely on those at the top.
We'll also hear part of a story from the McClatchy newspaper chain which is headlined "[WHY EMPLOYEE PENSIONS ARE NOT BANKRUPTING THE STATES](http://...
1 commentsImmokalee farmworkers travel from Boston to Tampa to demand fair treatment listen
03/02/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Publix, labor, social justice, fair wages, farm workers, Student Farmworker Alliance
Farmworkers in Immokalee Florida have won concessions from retail outlets and from tomato growers in recent years. But they are still perusing fair wages and working conditions. This week they’re on a road trip from Boston to Tampa.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ tour ends in Tampa this week.
Marc Rodrigues is with the Student Farmworker Alliance.
[Previous WMNF coverage of farmworkers](http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories?tag=Coalition+of+Immokalee+Wo...
Be the first to commentJohn Avlon, radical centrist and Rich Templin of the Florida AFL-CIO
02/25/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: talk radio, wingnuts, John Avlon, Rich Templin, pensions, Florida AFL-CIO, labor, unions
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up two interviews.
First, John Avlon, author of “Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America” is currently senior political columnist for “The Daily Beast.” Prior to “Wingnuts,” Avlon wrote “Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics.” He's the speaker this coming Tuesday at Planned Parenthood of SW Florida's annual dinner in Sarasota at 6 p.m.
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