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Ana Jakopič
Season 6 Episode 23
Ana Jakopič is a lawyer, organizer, and trade union leader in Slovenia. We talk to Ana about the different kinds of workers she organizes with on a d…
2 years, 8 months ago
Khali Jama
Season 6 Episode 22
"I've never been an organizer," Khali Jama says, "but I've always fought." As a single mother, a Muslim, and a Somali-American worker living in Minne…
2 years, 8 months ago
What—and Who—Caused the Train Derailment in East Palestine? (w/ Jason Cox)
Season 6 Episode 21
The Norfolk Southern train derailment and "controlled release" of toxic vinyl chloride in East Palestine, Ohio, was an avoidable catastrophe. Long be…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Showdown at UPS (w/ Rikki Schreiner & Amber Mathwig)
Season 6 Episode 20
We are less than two weeks away from what could be the largest single-employer strike in US history. As of this recording, contract negotiations betw…
2 years, 9 months ago
Michael Paul Lindsey II
Season 6 Episode 19
When we hear the term "whistleblower," we tend to think of names like Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange—people who hav…
2 years, 9 months ago
Live Show: Organizing on a Mass Scale (w/ Josh Thole & Sarah Beth Ryther)
Season 6 Episode 18
We hosted another Working People live show, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team, on May 8 at the 30th Constitutional Conve…
2 years, 9 months ago
Pride and Labor's Duty to Fight for All (w/ Jessica Gonzalez & Fae Weichsel)
Season 6 Episode 17
From legislative attacks on the rights of trans people, drag performers, and queer people spreading to statehouses around the country like wildfire, …
2 years, 10 months ago
Sean Orr
Season 6 Episode 16
The largest private sector labor contract in the US is set to expire at midnight on July 31; as negotiations continue to play out, we will soon see w…
2 years, 10 months ago
2023 Canadian Labour Congress, Part 2 (w/ Nora Loreto, Meg Davis, Larry Rousseau, & Nicholas Marcus Thompson)
Season 6 Episode 15
From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real N…
2 years, 10 months ago
2023 Canadian Labour Congress, Part 1 (w/ Emily Leedham, Guy Smith, Mary Newman, James Russwurm, & Liz Ha)
Season 6 Episode 14
From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real N…
2 years, 10 months ago