Podcast Episodes

Who is Really Fighting Against Alabama's Auto Workers? - TVLR 5/11/24

Episode 381

Mercedes workers vote on a union next week, and they're facing a massive anti-union campaign. Who's funding it? Derek Siedman breaks it down for us. The legislative session just wrapped, we fill you …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

OVERTIME: Shawn Fain has One Neat Trick for Biden to Make the Protests Go Away - TVLR 5/4/24

Episode 380

College students and workers across the country are protesting for Palestine, Democrats hate it, and Shawn Fain has some words of wisdom. Adam talks to us about how unions are structured and we inter…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Alabama College Worker Talks Union Fight for Living Wage at Jacksonville State - TVLR 5/4/24

Episode 379

Workers on college campuses in Alabama are fighting for a living wage. Some people want teachers to have maternity leave, others think they have it too good already.

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

OVERTIME: Democracy in Contract Campaigns - TVLR 4/27/24

Episode 378

We speak to an educator about how to infuse a contract campaign with democracy. We also respond to right wing attacks on the UAW and explain what right to work is. 

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Alabama Auto Workers SPEAK OUT After LANDSLIDE UAW Win in Chattanooga - TVLR 4/27/24

Episode 377

We speak to Alabama auto workers Quichelle Liggins from Hyundai in Montgomery and Jacob Ryan from Mercedes in Vance about their campaigns after the huge win in Chattanooga. We'll also get caught up o…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

OVERTIME: Effective Stewarding w/ Joe Demanuelle-Hall + Labor's Finances w/ Chris Bohner - TVLR 9/3/22

Episode 376

We talk to Labor Notes' Joe Demanuelle Hall about how to be an effective steward and then to Chris Bohner about the finances of the labor movement. 

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

UNIONS 101 - TVLR 4/23/24

Episode 375

We assembled an all start panel to talk about the basics of unionism for folks new to the movement:
Jonnie Lane - Association of Flight Attendents (AFA-CWA), Delta

Graham Gale - REI Union SOHO (RWDSU)

L…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

OVERTIME: This Politician Lied About a Trump-Era Alabama Plant Closure to Attack the UAW - TVLR 4/13/24

Episode 374

In OVERTIME, we bring on the president of the Steelworkers local at the former Gadsden Goodyear plant to respond to the slander against his union from a politician. We also reveal to Jesse Watters th…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

These Union Nurses Are Organizing the South - TVLR 4/13/24

Episode 373

We have a rockstar panel of southern nurses on to discuss healthcare organizing. We also talk about the latest moves in the legislature and with the UAW campaign in Alabama.

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Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

OVERTIME: Previewing Contract Negotiations Between UAW and Daimler, and Railworkers and Rail Carriers - TVLR 4/6/24

Episode 372

In OVERTIME, we'll talk to rail workers about the upcoming negotiations with the carriers and the need for coordinated bargaining. 

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Published on 1 year, 8 months ago