Category Archives: Labor/Jobs

How many D.C. taxicab drivers on the D.C. Taxicab Commission?

Posted on September 26, 2010 by admin

(video excerpted from DC Gov) Friday afternoon, at a hastily scheduled and poorly publicized roundtable hearing before Ward 7 D.C. Councilmember Yvette Alexander, D.C. taxicab drivers unanimously testified in opposition to the nomination of Elliot Ferguson to the D.C. Taxicab … Continue reading →

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“More Room on the Outside” on DCTV, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (Election Day)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by admin

Journalist Pete Tucker joined hosts Doctor Baruch and Toussaint Tingling-Clemmons for a discussion with guests Mama D and Bill O’Field. Mama D, an activist from New Orleans, discussed the man-made problems New Orleans faces five years after Hurricane Katrina. Bill … Continue reading →

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Michelle Rhee Unedited and Unapologetic

Posted on September 14, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO CHANCELLOR MICHELLE RHEE HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Friday evening, Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee hosted an upscale private celebration in the East Hall of Union Station for hundreds of District of Columbia Public … Continue reading →

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“More Room on the Outside”: Chris and Ben Bergfalk discuss their candidacies for president and vice president of the Washington Teachers’ Union

Posted on September 9, 2010 by admin

Chris and Ben Bergfalk joined Pete Tucker on “More Room on the Outside” on DCTV on September 7, 2010. Chris and Ben announced their candidacies for president and vice president of the Washington Teachers’ Union. “More Room on the Outside”: … Continue reading →

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A Teacher’s Take on Rhee’s Reign

Posted on September 8, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO CHRIS BERGFALK HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is regularly touted as a hero by the Washington Post for aggressively pushing so-called “school reform.” How do District of Columbia … Continue reading →

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Rhee: Media’s Favorite School ‘Reformer’

Posted on September 6, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO ZEIN EL AMINE HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 In 2007, in one of her first acts, newly appointed D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee moved to close 24 public schools. She succeeded in closing … Continue reading →

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“More Room on the Outside,” June 8, 2010: Chris Bergfalk

Posted on June 8, 2010 by admin

Chris Bergalk joined Toussaint Tingling-Clemmons and Pete Tucker for the hour on “More Room on the Outside” on DCTV on June 8, 2010. Bergfalk discussed how Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is playing games with the numbers in order to show … Continue reading →

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