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Why Do Railroad Workers Keep Dying on the Job? (w/ Nick Wurst, Matt Weaver, Mark Burrows, & Ross Grooters)
Season 7 Episode 5
"Last Wednesday, a fellow rail worker was gravely injured on the job and lost his life," a Feb 6 email from Railroad Workers United reads. "Our broth…
1 year, 11 months ago
"Shut It Down!": On the Ground at Johns Hopkins Grad Union's Practice Picket
Season 7 Episode 4
One year ago, graduate student-workers at Johns Hopkins University overwhelmingly voted to unionize under the banner of Teachers and Researchers Unit…
2 years ago
Baltimore's Co-Ops Show There's Another Way to Work (at the Baltimore Museum of Industry)
Season 7 Episode 3
Baltimore has become what many consider to be ground zero in the emerging "solidarity economy" and the formation of worker-owned, cooperatively run b…
2 years ago
Homegrown Sandwich Shop Workers Hit 100 Days on Strike (w/ Sydney Lankford & Perry)
Season 7 Episode 2
Workers at Homegrown Sustainable Sandwiches in the Seattle area voted overwhelmingly to unionize with UNITE HERE LOCAL 8 in late 2022, and they have …
2 years ago
East Palestine—1 Year After the Derailment
Season 7 Episode 1
Feb. 3, 2024, marks the one-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment that changed life forever for the residents of East Palestine, …
2 years ago
After Waging the Largest Healthcare Worker Strike in US History, Kaiser Workers Win Big (w/ Meg Niemi & Audrey Cardenas)
Season 6 Episode 36
From October 4-6 of this year, the US experienced the largest healthcare worker strike in our history, when over 75,000 workers with the Coalition of…
2 years, 2 months ago
Brazil's Radical Plan to Fight Slave-Like Working Conditions (w/ Marcos, John, & Vitor Filgueiras)
Season 6 Episode 35
Brazil's Radical Plan to Fight Slave-Like Working Conditions (w/ Marcos, John, & Vitor Filgueiras)
In this special international episode, we get the…
2 years, 2 months ago
Chris & Jessica Albright
Season 6 Episode 34
It's been nearly 10 months since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train and the subsequent "controlled release" and burnoff of toxic viny…
2 years, 2 months ago
"This Is McCarthyism All Over Again": Suppressing Unions' Free Speech Rights over Gaza (w/ Allie Goodman, Michael Letwin, & Dany Greene)
Season 6 Episode 33
With each passing day, more Israeli bombs are falling on Gaza, more bodies are being blown apart and buried under the rubble, over a million Palestin…
2 years, 3 months ago
Stuck in Legal Limbo while Fighting to Hold Amazon Accountable (w/ Matt Littrell)
Season 6
Back in August of 2022, we spoke with Matt Littrell, a picker at the Amazon warehouse in Campbellsville, Kentucky, and one of the lead organizers in …
2 years, 3 months ago