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Broadcast Date: 06.05.2005 Show Number: 23 |
| Features: Charles Griffith, director of the Ecology Center, talks about the benefits of hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, including the Ford Escape and diesel version of the Jeep Liberty made by UAW members. | |
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Broadcast Date: 06.05.2005 Show Number: 23 |
| Features: U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-9, Ohio) discusses global oil resources and prices. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.29.2005 Show Number: 22 |
| Features: Judge Burt Griffin discusses workers’ rights and legal remedies when they are unfairly discharged. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.29.2005 Show Number: 22 |
| Features: Bob Stallsmith worked at a company for 29 years when he was fired for trying to organize a union. Five years later, there is still no resolution to his case before the National Labor Relations Board. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.22.2005 Show Number: 21 |
| Features: Zach Schiller of Policy Matters Ohio talks about the deep cuts in funding for Medicaid, schools and other vital services in the new state budget. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.22.2005 Show Number: 21 |
| Features: Connie Webert’s daughter was dropped from an insurance program for children with medical handicaps due to state budget cuts. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.15.2005 Show Number: 20 |
| Features: UAW International Representative Denise Osgood explains how the UAW’s Work and Family Resource Unit helps working families with their child and elder care needs. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.15.2005 Show Number: 20 |
| Features: Bernie Quilter, a member of the “sandwich generation,” talks about the challenges of caring for both children and parents. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.08.2005 Show Number: 19 |
| Features: U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-9, Ohio) discusses how passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) will cause further job loss in the state. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.01.2005 Show Number: 18 |
| Features: Chris Huddleston tells how workers compensation benefits helped his family get by after he was injured on the job. | |
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Broadcast Date: 05.01.2005 Show Number: 18 |
| Features: Reality Check explores workers compensation in Ohio, as well as proposed changes to the program that would reduce benefits to injured Ohio workers. | |
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Broadcast Date: 04.24.2005 Show Number: 17 |
| Features: UAW Health & Safety Dept. Director Dr. Frank Mirer on workplace injuries and fatalities. | |
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Broadcast Date: 04.17.2005 Show Number: 16 |
| Features: Former state Sen. Greg DiDonato and former congressional candidate Capri Cafara discuss the disparity in education quality among Ohio's school districts and suggest alternatives to the property tax for funding public education. | |
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Broadcast Date: 04.17.2005 Show Number: 16 |
| Features: Running back Matt Naliborski and his teammates at Normandy High School are facing possible elimination of their sports programs because of funding cutbacks. | |
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Broadcast Date: 04.10.2005 Show Number: 15 |
| Features: Red Cross volunteer Deb Shufelt, UAW Local 12, talks about the importance of helping those in need. | |
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Broadcast Date: 04.10.2005 Show Number: 15 |
| Features: UAW Local 12 member John Garcia, a volunteer with the Red Cross, and Tim Yenrick, executive director of the American Red Cross in Toledo, on the minutes that matter when disaster strikes. | |
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Broadcast Date: 04.03.2005 Show Number: 14 |
| Features: Chuck Gayney, director of the UAW Social Security Department, and Pam Rosado of Policy Matters Ohio, discuss the vital role Social Security plays in keeping older and disabled Americans out of poverty. | |
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