WBAI Radio's Building Bridges: Your Community & Labor Report
Monday, August 18, 2008, 7 - 8 p.m. EST, over 99.5 FM ****************************************
The Real Losers On American Idol Are Its Behind Scenes Workers
with
Michael Winship, President, Writers Guild of America East and
Vince Waldron, documentary filmmaker and author

Georgia On My Mind
with
Peter Gowan, Prof. International Relations, London Metropolitan
University, editor New Left Review

Car Wash Employees Are Getting Hosed,
with
N.Y.S. Labor Commissioner Patricia Smith

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The Real Losers On American Idol Are Its Behind Scenes Workers
with
Michael Winship, President, Writers Guild of America East and
Vince Waldron, documentary filmmaker and author

The Writers Guilds of America and the Teamsters are conducting nation-
wide protests against "American Idol," "Million Dollar Password" "Farmer
Wants a Wife" and "America's Got Talent." Many of the workers on these
shows endure serious workplace exploitation including violations of state
and federal minimum wage and overtime laws and benefits below the
standard in the entertainment industry – how's that for reality TV?
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Georgia On My Mind
with
Peter Gowan, Prof. International Relations, London Metropolitan
University, editor New Left Review

Georgia and Russia have signed a truce, but uncertainty remains. While the
long-standing enmity between Ossetians and Georgians played a role as
did the visceral dislike between Moscow and Tbilisi in the commencement of
this short, but brutal war we go behind the news to root out its origins - and
oh yes the role of the United States.
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Car Wash Employees Are Getting Hosed,
with
N.Y.S. Labor Commissioner Patricia Smith A Department of Labor
investigation found 78% of the city's car washes have been seriously
shortchanging employees, violating minimum wage and
overtime laws. Now it's time they cleaned up their act.