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EP 36 - Private Intelligence

John, Lina, and Dan cover Amazon hiring former FBI employees as “Intelligence Analysts”, teachers in Texas forming a minority union in the face of horrible Covid working conditions, a West Virginia bill aiming to ban teachers’ strikes,and taxi drivers in New York blocking the Brooklyn Bridge demanding pandemic debt relief.  In our main story, we cover a recent lawsuit over the practice of child slavery in the cocoa industry in West Africa, in which all of the world’s major chocolate producers are complicit, and how the practice of forced labor is used in the US prison system to produce superprofits for major US corporations.

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EP 35 PREVIEW - Teachers Roundup

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There are so many work stoppages by teachers this week that John, Lina, and Dan do a whirlwind roundup to cover the actions around the country, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.  We also follow up on the Alphabet Workers Union and their first legal action, a union drive at a Pennsylvania marijuana grower being nipped in the bud by the NLRB, a brief update on the union drive at the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon facility, and a dive into Amazon’s new horrific “Megacycle” shifts being forced on warehouse workers.
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EP 34 - General Strike In Haiti

John, Lina, and Dan discuss a union drive at the largest hospital in Maine, a horrific workplace accident in Georgia and why OSHA is no substitute for a union, and a change to how wage theft is reported.  We also cover a massive general strike in Haiti, Amazon being fined for stealing up to a third of the tips their Flex drivers were supposed to be earning, and how lockouts have spiked during the pandemic as an anti-union measure.

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EP 33 PREVIEW - Co-op Or Union Power?

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John, Lina, and Dan follow up on some recent communication problems between the CWA and AWU, cover a teachers strike in Bellevue, WA and the attempted union busting by the school district, as well as striking care workers at Sage Nursing Home in North London.  We also cover a corruption scandal in the UAW and the potential for democratization of the union as a result of the fallout, and discuss some critiques of co-ops vs industrial unionism.
Check out the Sage Care Workers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCvDQZqHvC4
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EP 32 - Oops! All Follow-ups!

It’s a follow up heavy episode this week as John, Lina, and Dan cover victory for the Teamsters in the Hunts Point Market strike, the NFLPA coming out in support of the Amazon workers union drive in Alabama, the Indian farmers storming the Red Fort in New Delhi, the Chicago Teachers Union refusing to work in unsafe conditions, proposed anti-union legislation in Montana, and new dystopian practices taken by Lyft. 

 

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EP 31 PREVIEW - DOLT Without Dues

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John, Lina, and Dan follow up on the major Amazon workers union vote in Alabama, look into the conditions in the trucking industry that have made strikes more difficult, cover strikes by the Teamsters in New York and fast food workers across California.  We get into why the Fight For $15 doesn’t go nearly far enough, discuss the roadblocks Democrats in Virginia have put up to stop attempts to repeal Right to Work, and go over the potential outcome of Donald Trump being kicked out of SAG-AFTRA.

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EP 30 - ESOP's Foibles

John, Lina, and Dan cover the latest updates in the major farmers strike in India, new wildcat actions by the Chicago Teachers Union, and an overview of the recent history of the repression of the labor movement in Colombia.  We also go over the anti-worker leadership of the AFL-CIO, attempted crackdowns on organizing by Google in the wake of the Alphabet Workers Union announcement, and Taylor Guitars becoming “Employee-Owned”…sort of?

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EP 29 PREVIEW - Google Workers Solidarity Union

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John, Lina, and Dan cover the fallout from Prop 22 already hitting delivery drivers in California, huge strikes by agro-export workers in Argentina and Peru, and the biggest labor story of the very new year, the Alphabet Workers Union, and the possibilities it presents for organizing in Tech.

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EP 28 - New Year New Co-Host

John and Lina discuss some of the most egregious crimes against logistics workers, Uber getting BTFO'd by some Australian judges, and are joined by a suprise third mic Dan to discuss what labor and leftist outreach can look like in the present day

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EP 27 PREVIEW - The PRO Act

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Lina fills John in on the details of the PRO Act, and they talk about several strikes across Alabama as well as a new Trump administration DOL regulation that steals money from tipped workers

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EP 26 - Bootlicking Wrestlers

Lina and John tackle some familiar material and some unfamiliar material. We're talking about the strikes in India and Cleveland Heights, we're talking about rideshare unions and possibly co-ops, and we're definitely out of our depth talking about some shit CM Punk said

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EP 25 PREVIEW - Examining The Strike In India

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This week Lina and John do a deeper dive on the general strike in India and how it is related to an ongoing farmer protest. They also cover racist retaliation against Carlos Cruz who organized with people to get a cost of living adjustment at UC Santa Cruz, as well as a few other movements that have happened internationally due to Covid-19.  

The movie referenced is called: Merku Thordarchi Malai  

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EP 24 - Verso Books Voluntarily Recognizes Worker Union

This week Lina and John discuss some back pay wins for workers, voluntary recognition of the Verso Books union, the biggest strike of all time in India, and much more. Conditions for workers are worsening across the country and the world, and we also take a look at the ways, not just financial, in which workers and their workplaces are being affected.

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EP 23 PREVIEW - Gambling With Human Lives

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In this week's episode Lina and John cover a lockout of nurses in Pennsylvania, bosses betting on how many workers will get covid, Amazon Black Friday strikes, Amazon warehouse unionization in Alabama, and some shitty union busting bosses getting in trouble by the NLRB.

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EP 22 - Blacklist Your Boss

Lina and John tackle the re-closing of NYC public school, a failed union vote in the Twin Cities, police blacklisting union organizers in the UK, South Korean workers becoming ungovernable, and much more.

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Ep 21 PREVIEW - Retaliation Against H2-A Workers

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This week Lina and John talk about union presidents' response to Biden's win, how the Trump administration lost a small battle with labor in court and then retaliated with a huge wage freeze for H2-A farm workers. Finally we hear about a potential gig workers co-op.
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EP 20 - Quitting Stories

John and Lina talk too much about the election, celebrate and criticize drug reform, recount some quitting stories, and talk about the Coca-Cola workers striking in Ohio and the robots Walmart won't use anymore

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(UNLOCKED)EP 9 - Learning From An Organizer [feat. Eric]

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John and Lina are joined by Lina's friend and professional organizer Eric to learn a thing or two about how organizing a union works on the ground

EP 19 - More Worker Rights Gone [PREVIEW]

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This week Lina and John cover the executive order by Donald Trump that takes rights from up to 2.1 million public workers. They follow up on the AFL-CIO general strike, the protests and strikes around the Poland nearly abolishing abortion, and a wildcat strike in Alberta surrounding healthcare austerity.

EP 18 - The Supreme Court Sucks Ass

Lina and John follow up on Danielle Brown's hunger strike, cover the latest developments with Amazon, the AFL-CIO, and the Supreme Court. They also take a look at a proposal from the EU to "ban" unpaid internships, and also some memes.

 

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