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Arlene Engelhardt out, layoffs retracted; yet future of Pacifica remains uncertain
KPFA’s paid and unpaid workers celebrated the decision by the Pacifica National Board (PNB), under pressure, to not renew the contracts of Pacifica Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt and Chief Financial Officer LaVarn Williams. Engelhardt subsequently sent a letter to KPFA’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arlene Engelhardt, CWA, KPFA, LaVarn Williams, layoffs, programming, recall Tracy Rosenberg, Tracy Rosenberg, union busting, unions, unpaid staff Tagged anti-union management, Arlene Engelhardt, CWA, KPFA layoffs, layoffs, Pacifica, paid staff, recall Tracy Rosenberg, unions, unpaid staff, volunteers Leave a comment
Layoffs imminent at KPFA: vote YES on the KPFA recall to stop the next purge
[We received this message from KPFA's Brian Edwards-Tiekert on June 29, 2012.] Hi everyone, If you’re a KPFA member, you should have just received what may be the most important KPFA ballot you ever get. It asks whether or not … Continue reading
Posted in Arlene Engelhardt, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, censorship, CWA, financial, fundraising, KPFA, KPFA Morning Show, KPFA recall, labor, Pacifica, programming, recall Tracy Rosenberg, Tracy Rosenberg, union busting, unpaid staff Tagged anti-union management, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, CWA, KPFA, labor, Pacifica, recall Tracy Rosenberg, SaveKPFA, unpaid staff Leave a comment
KPFA’s interim general manager abuses station’s email list for partisan purposes
While Pacifica continues to stall the listener-initiated recall process, KPFA’s interim general manager is pouring out incorrect and highly-partisan material onto KPFA’s own subscriber email list, in violation of the network’s fair election rules. On December 26, 2011, Andrew Leslie … Continue reading
Pacifica spins pension misappropriation, hires yet another law firm
Two months after KPFA’s union discovered that the station’s parent corporation Pacifica was illegally raiding the 403b pension funds of its union members for as long as 18 months, the network has finally admitted to workers that “during the past few … Continue reading
KPFA union workers vote to support Oakland general strike
KPFA’s union workers have passed a resolution endorsing the Oakland general strike on November 2nd and supporting the movements across the country opposing corporate greed. “KPFA’s union stands in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement around the country and … Continue reading
Posted in CWA 9415, KPFA, KPFA recall, KPFA unpaid staff, Tracy Rosenberg Tagged KPFA, KPFA unpaid staff, Occupy, Pacifica, recall Tracy Rosenberg Leave a comment
KPFA interim general manager promotes right-wing conspiracy theories
Interim general manager Andrew Phillips promoted a questionable “thank you gift” to listeners who subscribed to the station during KPFA’s 2011 autumn fund drive. On Wednesday, October 12th, Phillips hosted and pitched excerpts from Zeitgeist: The Movie, which combines speculation … Continue reading
Pacifica caught illegally shorting pensions of KPFA’s union workers
Members of KPFA’s union have discovered that Pacifica appears to be underpaying the 403(b) retirement accounts of its paid workers, which is a violation of federal law. When employees received their quarterly statement from the 403b provider ING, they noticed … Continue reading
Listeners, staff force managers to drop plans to axe Uprising
Deluged by hundreds of emails from listeners, KPFA management has — for now, at least — backed off from its plan to remove Sonali Kolhatkar‘s Uprising from the air. Kolhatkar produces her show at sister station KPFK in Los Angeles, … Continue reading
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Campaign launched to recall key ally of Pacifica management
SaveKPFA.org, a coalition of listeners, paid and unpaid staff, has launched a campaign to recall KPFA and Pacifica board member Tracy Rosenberg. Rosenberg is a key ally of Pacifica Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt, who has imposed top-down purges and programming changes … Continue reading
KPFA managers defend new programming
At 8 AM Friday morning on KPFA, interim managers Andrew Phillips and Carrie Core explained their “new” programming for the station. Both were installed by Pacifica executive director Arlene Englehardt, who removed the popular Morning Show, leading to an enormous … Continue reading