September 2 – Where the Labor Movement Stands Today; Rewarding the Bailed Out – Booted – and Busted CEO’s; Using the “Success” of Civil Rights Against Minorities

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Part 1	We begin on this Labor Day weekend with an analysis of where the labor movement stands and speak with Dr. Harley Shaiken who studies labor, information technology, the organization of work, global economic integration and trade. We discuss gains made by labor in California and the upcoming “open convention” of the AFL-CIO.
Part 2	Then, in contrast to the flat or falling wages for working Americans, we will look into the scandal of CEO pay and how corporate heads who either preside over massive failures and losses, are engaged in fraud and deception or are bailed out by the taxpayer – the bailed out – the booted – or the busted – are rewarded. Veteran labor journalist Sam Pizzigati joins us the discuss the new report released by the Institute for Policy Studies he co-authored “The 20^th Anniversary Executive Excess Report” that examines the “performance” of 241 corporate chief executives.
Part 3	Then finally we speak with long-time labor and social justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr., a columnist for BlackCommentator.com and author of “Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path Towards Social Justice”. We discuss this week’s celebration of the 50^th anniversary of the march on Washington in the context of both civil rights and economic justice and how the American right uses the success of having a black president and a black attorney general against minorities as an excuse for rolling back voting rights.