Work Stoppage

EP 17 PREVIEW - Content Creators Unions

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John and Lina discuss the finer points of what unions might offer to independent content creators, follow up on the Brooklyn Friends School strike, and cover a lot of stuff happening in Pennsylvania, from firefighters to google employees

 

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EP 16 - Boss Battle

Lina and John cover a bunch of very cool things, russian dock workers throwing helmets at the boss, a detroit bus driver goes absolute beast mode, plus strikes at norwegian oil fields, rhode island care facilities, and

 

much more beast mode bus driver:

https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/3617653001

 

russian dock workers:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/10/05/striking-dockers-in-far-east-russia-pelt-new-management-with-helmets-a71655

 

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EP 15 PREVIEW - Game Devs Rise Up

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John and Lina talk about the major success of the nurses in Illinois, spotify employees demanding a say in what's allowed on their platform, the plight of game devs without unions, and much more!
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Episode 14 - Thailand, Brooklyn, and Everywhere Else

Lina and John follow up on the Spyhouse Coffee strike and the situation at University of Michigan, tackle some news from Thailand and Germany, and comment extensively on the growing power of students and healthcare workers during these times

Ep 13 - Teachers Around The World [PREVIEW]

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Lina and John follow-up on the Michigan State Graduate Union Strike and a lot of the things going on around it. They also cover Nigerian doctors who have been striking for a while and have made a deal with their government. Then we move to discussing the few different ways that countries around the world have responded to teachers and how teachers have acted in response.  Finally, we cover a brewery that was voluntarily recognized as a union in Minneapolis, and a scholar strike. 

Ep 12 - No Biscuits!

Lina and John cover even more education strikes and actions, a UK biscuit strike, a union busting brewery, and a bit about the history of Labor Day.

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San Diego State University vs Covid

https://twitter.com/sharky_marky17/status/1302361276945895425

Ep 11 - End "No Strike" Clauses [PREVIEW]

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Lina and John cover a unionizing coffee house chain in the Minneapolis area, a faux leftist vegan meat company doing DMCA requests to silence workers they union busted, Amazon blatantly tracking labor organizing, the massive sports strike, and as always we talk about teacher's unions.

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Death Panel - Back to School w/ Work Stoppage

We went on the Death Panel podcast today! Here is their description of the episode.

We're joined by Lina and John of Work Stoppage to discuss the push to reopen schools in the U.S. at any cost, and the actions teachers' unions have (and haven't) taken to stop it. We also get into the strikes vs boycotts discussion brought on by the NBA work stoppage.

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Ep 10 - Hunger Strike, Colonized Workers, & More Teachers

In this episode, Lina and John follow-up on Bath Iron Works and cover Detroit teachers authorizing a strike, a dead worker left under umbrellas in Brazil, Marchallese workers at risk for covid-19 in Arkansas, police surveillance of an organizer, and Dannielle Brown's hunger strike to get answers for her son's death at  Duquesne University.

We really packed in the stories this week, and we hope you enjoy the episode! 

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EP 9 - Learning From An Organizer [feat. Eric] [PREVIEW]

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 8 - Strikes At Schools

John and Lina discuss the scummy things police unions are up to, what's going on in Seattle, how we do not understand sports whatsoever, turning employees into mask police, and especially some labor actions happening at schools scheduled to reopen across the country.

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Ep 7 - Unionize Weed (Teaser)

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In this episode we talk about more health worker strikes, union busting in the marijuana industry, and The Strike For Black Lives

Ep 6 - Covid Causing Unionization

Lina and John discuss a lot of ways that Covid-19 is effecting work conditions and how teachers, child care workers, baristas, and legislature staffers are responding to it.

 

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EP 5 (Teaser) - Canceling Moldy Jam

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Lina and John follow-up on the Haymarket Pole Collective, discuss cancel culture, a gentrifier moldy jam company, blatant union busting in the UK, and more

Ep 4 - Haymarket Pole Collective

John and Lina follow up on the New Orleans trash collectors and discuss an ironworkers strike, a nurse's strike, a stripper's strike, and the right to protest at work.

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Donate To The New Orleans Garbage Collectors: https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-the-essential

Ep 3 - New Orleans Garbage Collectors Strike

Lina and John talk the Atlanta pOliCE sTriKe, dock workers striking across the west coast on Juneteenth, the New Orleans trash collectors strike, and some CHAZ memes

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outro music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUEU8nMy5mA

Ep 2 - Abolish Police Unions

Lina and John discuss the intersection of policing and labor, and the hypocrisy of police unions for even existing

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Ep 1 - Hello Fellow Workers

Lina and John explore the current working conditions of McDonalds employees in Michigan, Jersey Shore nurses, and fruit packing workers in Washington. We also tell a couple jokes but not too many, this is a serious show

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