On Labor Beat, starting Thurs. Nov. 1:
Cook County Nurses and the Fight for Public Health

A Three-segment show:

1. "Cook County Nurses and the Fight for Public Health". The recent campaign by California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee in Chicago to stop Stroger's cuts in Cook County health care. A study on how the local media covered this campaign.

2. On Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 a spirited rally took place at the University of Chicago in support of campus workers and members of Teamsters Local 743. The University had offered their workers a sub-standard contract. The rally was organized by Students Organizing United with Labor (soul.uchicago.edu) and was attended by campus workers, students, faculty and community members.

3. Sept. 5, 2007. Hundreds of Professor Norman Finkelstein's supporters try to escort the fired teacher onto campus of DePaul University in Chicago. Finkelstein, denied tenure by pro-Zionist administration because of his questioning of Israeli foreign policy, gives a statement (excerpts) after his final meeting with University officials.

Chicago Cable Channel 19, CAN TV
Thurs., Nov. 1, 9:30 pm
Fri., Nov. 2, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Nov. 8, 9:30 pm
Fri., Nov. 9, 4:30 pm

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