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When the Plant Closed (w/ Carla Shultz & Laura Flanders)
Season 4 Episode 33
The Mylan pharmaceutical plant in Morgantown, West Virginia, has been in operation since 1965, producing low-cost generic drugs and providing good-pa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Order-Takers No More (w/ Richard D. Wolff)
Season 4 Episode 32
In this special episode of Working People, we chat with world-renowned economist Richard D. Wolff about how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated ch…
4 years, 6 months ago
Your Job Doesn't Have to Suck (w/ Jaisal Noor)
Season 4 Episode 31
From workers dying from lack of adequate safety measures and PPE to states viciously cutting off extended unemployment benefits to force people back …
4 years, 7 months ago
CA Rideshare Driver Strike (w/ Ahmad Moss)
Season 4 Episode 30
On Wednesday, July 21, across California, rideshare drivers with Rideshare Drivers United are going on a one-day strike against the exploitative prac…
4 years, 7 months ago
Cheri Renfro
Season 4 Episode 29
Hundreds of workers at the Frito Lay manufacturing and distribution plant in Topeka, Kansas, have been on strike since July 5th. Workers at Frito Lay…
4 years, 7 months ago
Kate
Season 4 Episode 28
In this episode, we sit down with Kate from New Jersey. At the moment, Kate is working primarily as a caretaker for her parents, and we talk a bit ab…
4 years, 7 months ago
Alex P.
Season 4 Episode 27
When faced with unlawful intimidation and interrogation from management at Trader Joe's, Alex P and his coworkers stood together and stood up for the…
4 years, 7 months ago
Smithfield Workers in Sioux Falls Stand Strong, Win Big (w/ Kooper Caraway)
Season 4 Episode 27
We cover a lot of important worker struggles on this show, but it's important to cover worker victories as well—and workers in South Dakota just land…
4 years, 7 months ago
Mo' Evil Foods, Part II
Season 4 Episode 26
Earlier this month, No Evil Foods, a vegan meat company founded in North Carolina, notified its staff that they were closing their Asheville producti…
4 years, 8 months ago
(Unlocked) BONUS EPISODE - Nate Holdren
Season 4
We will be back to our regular Working People schedule next week. Until then, to tide y'all over, and to celebrate his book recently receiving Honora…
4 years, 8 months ago