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How will railroad workers vote after Biden and Congress blocked their strike? (w/ Hugh Sawyer, Mark Burrows, & Ron Kaminkow)
Season 7 Episode 34
Two years ago, the US was on the cusp of seeing its first national rail strike in decades. Then, President Joe Biden, at the urging of the rail compa…
1 year, 5 months ago
SpoOoOoky Special 2024: The Movie that Traumatized Us All
Season 7
Last year, we summoned all the Alvarez siblings from the ether to record our annual Halloween episode. Sadly, we were not able to record a new Hallow…
1 year, 5 months ago
Workers take on Kaiser Again, Strike for a Fair Contract in SoCal
Season 7 Episode 33
On Monday, Oct 21, 2400 behavior health workers at Kaiser Permanente's Southern California locations walked off the job in their ongoing struggle for…
1 year, 6 months ago
After two years of striking, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers aren't ready to give up
Season 7 Episode 32
We're coming up on a pretty mind-blowing anniversary in the news labor world–Two years ago, in October 2022, after the newspaper unilaterally cut off…
1 year, 6 months ago
Look for the Helpers: Organizing Relief Aid in Asheville, NC, After "Apocalyptic" Hurricane Helene (w/ Byron Ballard & Lori Freshwater)
Season 7 Episode 28
Over the past two weeks, people around the country have watched in horror as our neighbors and fellow workers have been battered by the successive di…
1 year, 6 months ago
Cornell's Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity Protests Could Force Grad Student-Worker to Leave US (w/ Jawuanna McAllister & Jenna Marvin)
Season 7 Episode 27
The student encampment movement last school year turned institutions of higher education into flashpoints of struggle over Israel's ethnic cleansing …
1 year, 6 months ago
Microsoft AI Data Center Comes for Drought-Battered Mexican Town's Water (w/ Diana Baptista)
Season 7 Episode 26
As the climate crisis intensifies, billions of poor and working people around the world are suffering from lack of regular (or any) access to clean w…
1 year, 6 months ago
Alec Plant
Season 7 Episode 25
Two years ago, workers from several different Trader Joe's grocery stores joined the wave of unionization efforts spreading across the country. Worke…
1 year, 7 months ago
When Work Inspires Art: Labor Poet George Fish
Season 7 Episode 24
While Max was inside the Labor Notes conference this past April, attending panels and sharing space with intelligent, hard working organizers, Mel wa…
1 year, 7 months ago
Seven unions demand end to US military aid to Israel (w/ George Waksmunski & Brandon Mancilla)
Season 7 Episode 23
The death toll in Gaza continues to climb, with conservative estimates putting the numbers of dead around 40,000, but a recent report in the British …
1 year, 8 months ago