Dr. Jessica Beard, Professor of Surgery and Director of Trauma Reaserach at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, joined the show to talk about the aftermath of violence that we don't talk about enough. https://medicine.temple.edu/jessica-beard

Evening WURDS 1.10.23 - Dr. Jessica Beard

It's a (nearly) all public worker episode of Work Stoppage this week. We start with a quick discussion of the excellent short job action by REI workers in Cleveland and a review of some recent stories in wage theft. Then we discuss last week's three day strike by city workers in Portland, where workers were falsely accused of violence on the picket line by Mayor Ted Wheeler. We discuss the ongoing strike by graduate student workers at Temple University where the school administrators have declared war on the students for the crime of demanding enough pay to afford food. We also discuss the recent strike by teachers in Woburn, Massachusetts where that city's mayor also viciously attacked striking workers. We finish off discussing last week's huge strike day in the UK when nearly 600k workers were on the picket lines at once, buoyed by the addition of over 300k teachers to the ongoing strike wave.

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Ep 143 - Public Workers Fight Back

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We start this week's episode checking in with the strike at Temple University, which may end this week as workers are voting on a potential agreement. We got big news that the country's longest strike at Warrior Met coal appears to be heading for an end as the union proposed returning to work. Recent attacks on farm workers in California have exposed the horrific living conditions these vital laborers face in our racist system. Tesla workers in Buffalo launched a union push with Workers United last week and faced immediate retaliation. Medieval Times workers in Buena Park, CA have struck against the company's illegal retaliation for unionizing. The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have sunk so low as to begin suing the city for not being violent enough against picketing workers. A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction against Starbucks' campaign of illegal retaliatory firings. Education workers in Northern Virginia won the largest new bargaining unit of the year so far. Finally, 3000 grad student workers at USC have joined the academic organizing wave.

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Ep 145 - The State's Not On Our Side

Temple University President Jason Wingard joined Wake Up With WURD's Solomon Jones to talk about the latest news with Temple University including the violence in and around Temple with the killing of Temple Officer Chris Fitzgerald, dealing with safety concerns, and how Temple University will move forward as they deal with grief.

Wake Up With WURD 2.23.23 - Jason Wingard

The Rowan Report is a weekly newscast that brings you a recap of the week's top headlines. This week's edition reports on immigrant rights groups upset with the handling of asylum seekers, and a Temple University police office was shot and killed.

02/25/23 The Rowan Report

A quick update on the Temple grad workers strike, which continues after they voted down the administration's last contract offer, gets us started this week. We also discuss the awful history of worker treatment and the way companies like Rich Products use drug tests to keep working from reporting injuries. A restaurant owner in Ohio was recently caught more or less enslaving his workforce. Mental health workers in Hawaii recently ended a 6 month strike, fighting Kaiser Permanente's policy of intentional understaffing. English language voice actors in the anime dubbing industry face an uphill battle for union recognition against Crunchyroll's near total monopoly. UK junior doctors have joined the mass workers movement, declaring their intention to strike over wages so low they can't afford to eat. Amazon workers at the company's air hub in Inland Empire have kept up the fight for a union, and won some important short term victories. Lastly, we get in some discussion of the UAW election as the union finally raised its strike pay to $500 a week, after reversing an earlier vote at last year's convention that would have done the same.

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Ep 146 - Running on Empty

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Graduate student workers have been organizing in droves across the country, fighting back against abysmal wages and impossible working conditions. Recently, the workers at Temple University won a hard fought strike that lasted over a month.  While we have covered many graduate worker strikes on the show, the level of repression unleashed by the university administration to try and crush the strike was truly unprecedented, which only made the new contract the workers won even more impressive. We're so excited this week to be joined by Alex Paparella, a PhD student and strike captain with TUGSA, to discuss their strike, their new contract, and the state of labor organizing in academia.

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PREVIEW: Interview with Temple University Graduate Students' Association

This week we are joined by Johnny and Pat from Subversive History while Dan is out. We follow-up with stories about how Chipotle was forced to compensate workers for closing the Augusta store, an expansion in the Buena Park Medieval Times Union to sound and lighting workers, and the forced resignation of Temple University's president. We also talk about REI workers in Chicago filing for a union election, and the massive "warning strikes" in Germany and a little history about the country. Finally we talk about the "illegal" GEO strike at the University of Michigan, as well as some updates on Starbucks since Howard Schultz testified for the Senate HELP committee.

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Ep 151 - Missing the GDR

Donovan Williamson, Safiya Totesau, Chris Maher, and Morgan Killian-Moseley discuss the resignation of Temple President Jason Wingard, and the lingering safety concerns at the university.

Music Featured: Embrace (Instrumental) by Nuisance, used with Creative Commons License.

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The Rowan Report is a weekly newscast that brings you a recap of the week's top headlines. This week's edition reports on a Johannesburg building fire killing over 70, and a teen was shot near Temple University.

09/02/23 The Rowan Report

Memorial service for 19 unknown African Americans.  Their remains, collected in the 1800s, had been in the Penn Museum since 1966.

Penn Honors and Buries Long Held Black Remains - reported by Stacy Landrum

Michael Coard is a criminal defense attorney with more than 25 years of state and federal trial experience. He joins the show to talk about the recent story of African American professors at Temple University being discriminated against in the liberal arts department, and how it relates to the history of racial bias in this country.

The Source w/ Andrea Lawful-Sanders | Michael Coard - 4.9.24

Join us on Behind the Lens as we sit down with Professor Paul Gluck, a veteran broadcaster, educator, and the driving force behind Temple University Television (TUTV). With decades of experience managing newsrooms at WCAU-TV and KYW-TV, consulting for major media organizations, and mentoring the next generation of media professionals, Professor Gluck shares his incredible journey through the ever-evolving world of media.

In this episode, we explore:

- His early career and the moments that shaped his passion for broadcasting.

- Memorable stories from managing high-pressure newsrooms during breaking news events.

- His transition from the industry to academia and the impact he’s had on students at TUTV.

- Insights into the challenges facing the media industry today and the importance of preserving media history.

- Advice for aspiring media professionals.

Whether you’re a student, a media enthusiast, or simply curious about the stories behind the screen, this conversation offers a unique glimpse into the life of a true media pioneer.

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Behind the Lens | Professor Paul Gluck Interview

In our latest episode Barry interviews Mark Gershon, a retired professor from Temple University and former chair of the Management Science and Operations Management Department. Barry and Mark discuss the value of consulting in Operations Management with several real world examples.

OM Podcast #33: The Value of an OM Consultant

Nikki Rengifo and Reese DeHaan are two athletes on the Temple Gymnastics team. They recently got injured, with Rengifo having a torn shoulder muscle and DeHaan having a torn achilles tendon injury, and are working towards recovery. Here in this story we take a look into what caused these injuries and what the two athletes are doing to get their strength back.


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