| MMP News Breaks This Week (12/12/10) |
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G-town Radio is proud to present news breaks from the Media Mobilizing Project. You will hear new pieces each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays (noon & 5 PM). Labor Justice Radio this week features a piece called Longshoremen Fight to Restore Safe, Union Jobs. Del Monte Fresh Produce Company recently left their union-run Camden operation for a non-union competitor. The move is expected to cost the International Longshoremen's Union 200-300 local jobs and result in lower safety standards for workers. In the words of one union member who has worked for Del Monte in Camden for more than a decade, "In the end it will create more working poor." In response, the International Longshoremen's Association has called for a boycott of Del Monte. In this piece, William Kevin Jones, a member of International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), speaks about his union's battle with Del Monte. Amendu Evans produced this story. A second Labor Justice Radio piece this week is called New Rights for Working Moms. Hourly workers wishing to feed their infants breastmilk are now protected by law to take unpaid breaks and have a private space that is not a bathroom to pump milk while at work. As of March 23, the Affordable Care Act, known as health reform, began requiring employers to support breastfeeding employees. Three local businesses are models of how employers can give the time and space necessary to support working mothers in providing the best nutrition to their babies. For more information, visit www.momobile.org. Produced by Kistine Carolan. There will be no On Blast segment this week. |
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