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Bryan Mack
Season 6 Episode 9
Bryan Mack is a second-generation railroad worker from Florence, South Carolina, with a Masters in Music Performance. Both Bryan and his father worke…
2 years, 10 months ago
Teamsters in Boston Have a Message for UPS (w/ Thomas Mari, Jane Fallon, Rob Atkinson, JJ Rodriguez, Fred Zuckerman, Julie, & Sean M. O'Brien)
Season 6 Episode 8
Under the new leadership team led by General President Sean M. O'Brien, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are re-introducing themselves to t…
2 years, 10 months ago
University of Michigan Grads Strike for a Living Wage (w/ Alejo Stark)
Season 6
Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are on strike for the second time in three years, officially hitting the picket line this week…
2 years, 10 months ago
Teaching in Ron DeSantis's Florida (w/ Philip Belcastro & Brennen Pickett)
Season 6 Episode 7
Things are getting very dark in Florida, and educators at all levels have found themselves on the frontlines of a reactionary political crusade led b…
2 years, 10 months ago
A "Do or Die" Moment for the Academic Labor Movement (w/ Matt Thomas, Kristina Mensik, Bryan Sacks, & Todd Wolfson)
Season 6 Episode 6
At colleges and universities across the country, a heated battle is playing out right now over workers' right to organize and have a say over how the…
2 years, 11 months ago
Steve Mellon
Season 6 Episode 5
In October of last year, over 100 workers represented by five labor unions—including production, distribution, advertising, and accounts receivable s…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Fight to Pass the Workplace Psychological Safety Act (w/ Misty Orlando, Dr. Jennifer Fraser, & Jerry Carbo)
Season 6
While there are some stronger and broader laws in particular states, there is currently no federal standard defining, let alone outlawing, workplace …
2 years, 11 months ago
Live Show: We Need You—Yes, You—to Join the Labor Movement (w/ Chris Smalls, Vince Quiles, Sarah Beth Ryther, Tafadar Sourov, & Riley Fell)
Season 6 Episode 4
We hosted another Working People live show on Feb. 22 in New York City, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team and The People…
2 years, 11 months ago
Amazon Workers United4Change (w/ Nannette Plascencia & Ivan Baez)
Season 6 Episode 3
The historic union election victory at the JFK8 Amazon warehouse on Staten Island sent shockwaves throughout the US and beyond, but New York is not t…
2 years, 11 months ago
Rail Workers of the World, Unite! (w/ Ross Grooters, Cat Cray, Clayton Clive, & Matthieu Bolle-Reddat)
Season 6 Episode 2
From unions in the United States fighting to save our supply chain from the destruction wrought by corporate tycoons, Wall Street vampires, and bough…
3 years ago