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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, 5 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, 5 months ago
300 Episodes of 'Working People'! Announcements, reflections, & what comes next...
Season 7 Episode 22
In 2024, Working People officially crossed the 300 episode mark! Since we published our first episode back in 2018, the show has grown in ways we nev…
1 year, 6 months ago
What it Means to 'Walk the Walk': the NEA Staff Lockout (w/ Rowena Shurn and Ambereen Khan-Baker)
Season 7
Today we have an urgent and important conversation with members of the NEA Staff Organization, the union of staffers at the National Education Associ…
1 year, 6 months ago
From the East Palestine Derailment Disaster to the Toledo Water Crisis (w/ Mike Balonek & Chris Albright)
Season 7 Episode 20
From East Palestine, Ohio, to South Baltimore and beyond, we've been connecting you with residents living in the toxic wastelands left by private and…
1 year, 6 months ago
Teamsters Members React to Sean O'Brien's RNC Speech (w/ Amber Mathwig, Tony, Chantelle, Rick Smith, Zoey Moretti Niebuhr, Jess Leigh, Kat, & Robert Conklin)
Season 7 Episode 19
On Monday, July 15, on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention, Sean O'Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, be…
1 year, 7 months ago
Dispatch from Labor Notes & Railroad Workers United Conferences (Chicago, 2024)
Season 7 Episode 18
Two months ago, from April 17-21, workers and labor organizers of all stripes convened in Chicago for the bi-annual Labor Notes conference, which ove…
1 year, 7 months ago
"Safe Staffing Now!": Baltimore Nurses at Largest Catholic Health Network in US Fight On for First Contract (w/ Nicki Horvat)
Season 7 Episode 17
On the morning of Thursday, June 20, unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore held a rally outside the hospital to raise awarene…
1 year, 7 months ago
In Brazil, the Climate Crisis Is Already Turning Working People into Climate Refugees (w/ Michael Fox)
Season 7 Episode 16
"Southern Brazil is facing its worst climate tragedy ever," Latin-America-based journalist Mike Fox wrote from Brazil for the North American Congress…
1 year, 8 months ago
"CSX has got to go!" Industrially Polluted South Baltimore Residents March to "Evict" Rail Giant from Their Community
Season 7 Episode 15
On June 10, in the working-class community of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, over 50 residents, activists, and supporters from around the city marche…
1 year, 8 months ago