by Mike Hall On Tuesday night, Telemundo’s hit telenovela “Pecados Ajenos” will spotlight construction worker safety. CPWR—The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) worked with the show’s writers and producers to help develop a storyline that has real life impact on the Latino community. CPWR’s latest edition of the Construction Chart Book (available […]
Cool Tools Highlights ‘Workingman’s Death’
With the annual Workers Memorial Day commemoration coming up next month, the AFL-CIO Cool Toolsselection is highlighting “Workingman’s Death,” a movie documenting six of the most dangerous, deadly and exploitive jobs on the planet. Filmmaker Michael Glawogger says he “wanted to make a movie where you sit in the cinema and actually feel the weight on your back.” […]
Zimbabwe: Harare is Tense after Tsvangirai Claims Victory
by Ndesanjo Macha While the whole world is waiting for the official announcement of election results in Zimbabwe, the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvagirai, is claiming victory. Amanda Atwood writes: But the MDC isn’t waiting. Ballot papers were counted at polling stations, and many of these have finished. Based on these preliminary results, the MDC is claiming victory. Bev […]
PBS Series Looks at How Inequality Is Making Us Sick
by James Parks, Mar 25, 2008 Americans spend more money on health care than any other country, but the benefits of our health care system are distributed unequally. We know 47 million Americans have no health care and the health care system is broken. Ninety-five percent of the 26,000 people who responded to the AFL-CIO/Working […]
New Abolitionists Fight Slavery in Tomato Fields
by James Parks, Mar 13, 2008 The slave trade in the United States was banned 200 years ago, but in the tomato fields of south Florida, modern-day slavery still thrives. Farm workers who pick tomatoes for the fast-food industry are among this country’s most exploited workers. They sometimes are held against their will, beaten and forced […]
Jorge Jurado Raps About Citizen Media
by David Sasaki Originally published on Rising Voices. Download MPEG4 Video (.mp4) Download Flash Video (.flv) Subscribe to Rising Voices Videos in iTunes I know, it probably sounds a little cheesy – someone rapping about video-blogging – but the lyrics of Jorge Jurado’s song ‘ConVerGentes’ are not only poetic, they also reflect a truth a about participatory […]
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