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involved with the station that the community oriented programming would be dropped. Shortly following the
University's announcement of its plans to resume management of the station, the station manager and program manager were replaced, creating even deeper suspicions about the future of the station's programming. When the transfer of management became official in the summer of 2008, dozens of station staff left the station, mostly those involved in music programming. So far, the community programming at WLUW has not changed and the new station management has indicated that no major programming changes will be coming for the foreseeable future.
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attracted growing attention, even at a national level, for its unique programming format and its devotion to remaining community controlled and funded. The station continued to expand its offerings of community programs devoting air time to a diversity of ethnic groups, including foreign-language programs for the
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movement in Chicago and on the national scene. When WLUW expressed its interest in broadcasting locally produced, community-focused programming, Heimbach seized the opportunity to launch the first labor oriented radio news program in the city in nearly 20 years.
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444:Trade unions
425:Unfree labor
415:Six-hour day
400:Right to sit
365:Minimum wage
310:Annual leave
302:Labor rights
236:New unionism
123:Lumpen Radio
117:Home station
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998:Rogers Park
990:progressive
667:South Korea
647:Netherlands
642:New Zealand
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271:Syndicalism
241:Proletariat
221:Decent work
152:of episodes
142:1993 –
128:Produced by
109:Language(s)
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1319:Categories
1136:References
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525:Green bans
518:newspapers
410:Sick leave
405:Sabbatical
78:Radio show
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662:Singapore
617:Hong Kong
592:Australia
345:Equal pay
266:Communism
261:Socialism
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657:Portugal
597:Barbados
555:Walkouts
530:Lockouts
380:Overwork
231:Timeline
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174:Part of
131:Chicago
1186:30 July
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622:Ireland
612:Georgia
160:Website
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44:improve
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