Supermarket Strike; MTA Strike Pending; Update on Iraq; The Latest News on Cancer Research; Walt Disney Concert Hall
Supermarket Strike
Grocery workers from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union walked off the job in Southern California on Saturday at Safeway's, Vons and Pavilions stores for the first time in 25 years. Joining Host Larry Mantle is David Greenberg, Staff Reporter for the Los Angeles Business Journal, and Barbara Maynard, Spokesperson for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 770
MTA Strike Pending
The MTA and the Amalgamated Transit Union, the union that represents its mechanics, have failed to come to a settlement, leaving open the possibility of a strike that could devastate a majority of the County's bus and rails lines. Larry Mantle speaks with Neil Silver, the leader of the Amalgamated Transit Union, the MTA's mechanics union, and Marc Littman, spokesman for the MTA.
Update on Iraq
Larry Mantle explores the latest developments with the situation in Iraq, including the Bush Administration's reorganization of how it is handling the rebuilding of Iraq. Bush appointed Condoleezza Rice to coordinate policy for both Iraq and Afghanistan, raising questions about the influence of Donald Rumsfeld. Meanwhile, guerrilla attacks continue in the Sunni Triangle. How is the rebuilding of Iraq going? For how long is America going to have to stay? Joining Larry is Admiral Bill Owens, CEO of Teledesic, and former Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Michael Donovan, a Research Analyst at the Center for Defense Information, and Basam Al-Husseini, spokesman for the Iraqi-American Council, Southern California chapter.
The Latest News on Cancer Research
Larry Mantle talks with the City of Hope's Dr. Michael Friedman about the latest news in cancer research.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Larry speaks with the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association about the up-coming opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall and how the Philharmonic Association plans to bring a new range of diverse communities into the extraordinary new structure designed by Frank Gehry.