Teamsters Take On Amazon
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has thrown down the gauntlet in the fight to unionize Amazon. Delegates to the Teamsters’ 30th International Convention voted to approve a resolution calling for an all-encompassing campaign to mobilize and organize Amazon workers across the US. The resolution does not go into any specifics as to how this campaign […]
The Workers Left Unprotected
OSHA finally issued guidelines to set stronger workplace protections as the pandemic continues… but only employers in the healthcare industry will be required to adhere to them. PLUS as the effects of climate change worsen, workers who toil outdoors are being left to face the deadly deadly heat waves we see from coast-to-coast. Host Monica […]
Is There A Worker Shortage?
Employers in the service industry are panicking over fears of a “worker shortage” and some have responded by offering minuscule pay raises. At the same time, Republican lawmakers are claiming that unemployment benefits are discouraging these workers from going back to work. Why aren’t workers returning to these service jobs? And is this the moment […]
Educators Build Union Power
Graduate student researchers at the University of California are set to form the largest new union in decades, representing over 17,000 workers. Last week, organizers submitted over 10,000 signed union cards to the state’s Public Employee Relations Board in Oakland. Host Monica Cruz speaks with a graduate student researcher and union organizer on this huge […]
Is Local News Dying? “Newspaper Destroyer” Buys Tribune Publishing
This week, the billionaire hedge fund Alden Global Capital announced that it had purchased Tribune Publishing, which owns the well-known Chicago Tribune and host of other local newspapers across the East Coast. Nicknamed the “Destroyer of Newspapers,” Alden has a terrible reputation for decimating local newspapers across the country. PLUS a proposed New York state […]
Palestine Strikes & Workers Everywhere Rise in Solidarity
The people of Palestine join together in a historic general strike following 12+ days of escalated terror from the settler-colonial Israeli regime. Organized workers across the globe rise up in solidarity with Palestine, while some in the US labor movement have remained silent on Israeli’s war crimes. Host Monica Cruz lays out the history of […]
‘We Were Abandoned’ Nurses Organize for Their Lives
3,400 nursing home workers in Connecticut narrowly avoid a strike and win their demands for better wages and healthcare. Meanwhile, another 4,000 nursing home workers are set to strike over similar demands in the next month. And this week, nurses honor the lives of their colleagues lost during the pandemic and vow to fight on […]
“The Last Straw” Energy Workers Fired During Strike
Three energy workers are fired for striking over terrible conditions at a gas company in Brooklyn. Hear workers expose billionaire management’s cruel actions against them and speak on why they are so adamant in their fight. Monica breaks down Biden’s American Jobs Plan, what it would mean for workers and how the movement must respond. […]