How should US law hold corporations accountable for worker rights?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the Supreme Court's recent decision to throw out the class action suit brought against Wal-Mart by several of its female employes. The plaintiffs jointly claimed widespread sex discrimination on the job, but the Court ruled they had insufficient commonalities to be considered a "class." So, where does that leave workers who want to file class actions? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How could the law change to better protect workers? It's Your Call with Hana Baba and you.

Guests:
Arcelia Hurtado, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates

Liza Featherstone, journalist and the author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker's Rights at Wal-Mart

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Your Call 071509 What have women contributed to American labor?

What have women contributed to the American labor movement? On the next Your Call, we'll look at the history of women in the labor movement. Women played an underappreciated role in many parts of this country's working history, including the building of the Bay Area's bridges. Where were women the pioneers in labor organizing? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. How significant is women's role in the labor movement today? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jo Kreiter, choreographer and artistic director of Flyaway Productions

Harvey Schwartz, a labor historian at San Francisco State University

Molly Martin, retired electrician, co-founder, Tradeswomen, Inc.

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Your Call 090408 Sex and Politics

How will questions about sex play out in the presidential election? On the next Your Call, we'll speak with historian Dagmar Herzog, author of Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has the nation talking about her teenage daughter's pregnancy. The news has become part of the political debate. What do the responses on the left say about what they get or don't get about how gender and sexuality works politically on the right? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Dagmar Herzog is professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and author of several books, including Intimacy and Exclusion and Sex after Fascism. Her most recent book is Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics.

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