Labor

Six people are presumed dead after a cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday, causing the bridge’s collapse.  All six have been identified as immigrant construction workers working to repair the bridge’s potholes. The bridge collapse has ignited conversations about the country’s aging infrastructure and...

As 2023 comes to a close, Amanda Yee, a Journalist and the Managing Editor of Liberation News, joins the show to wrap up the biggest US domestic stories of the year. Amanda, Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear discuss: the continued upsurge of labor, re-loaded McCarthyism and the new Cold War...

150,000 UAW auto workers are going on strike because the hugely profitable “big three” US-based car makers continue to refuse to meet the union’s demands for fair pay and better working conditions. Denny Butler, the Vice President of UAW Local 685, joined the show a few hours prior to the...

As Texas sweltered last month under a record-breaking heat wave, the state passed a new law that *eliminates* mandatory water breaks for construction workers. Tevita Uhatafe, the 1st Vice President of the Tarrant County Central Labor Council, discusses how HB 2127, which activists are calling “the law that kills”, impacts...

Workers at a Columbia, South Carolina Waffle House went on strike last week after their demands for increased security, consistent scheduling, and fair pay went unanswered by Waffle House management. Naomi Harris, a Waffle House server from Columbia, SC and co-founding member of the Union of Southern Service Workers, discusses...

UPS workers are preparing for what might be the biggest single-company strike in US history.  The contract between the Teamsters and UPS, which is the largest private-sector collective bargaining agreement in the US, is set to expire in August. If no new agreement is reached by August 1, a strike...

The deadly shooting of seven agricultural workers in Half Moon Bay, California in January, brought national attention to the issue of housing conditions for farm workers. According to city officials, neither of the farms where the mass shooting took place had permits for their farmworker housing and the conditions of...

Restaurant workers are being put into food safety courses where the fees then fund the industry’s anti-worker lobbying against minimum wage increases. The National Restaurant Association has raised millions over the years through its ownership of ServSafe, the de facto food-safety training course for the industry. Teo Reyes, Chief Program...

Railroad workers are still fighting against the Biden/Congress pro-corporate imposed contract. The deal, which was rejected by over half of unionized rail workers, effectively denies their right to strike and collectively bargain. Following the vote, rallies have taken place across the country in solidarity with the rail workers. Ross Grooters,...

The nationwide unionization drive at Starbucks stores is going strong despite a myriad anti-union efforts from the corporation. Veronica Gonzalez, employed at a Los Angeles Starbucks that recently unionized, explains how they won despite Starbucks retaliation and how people can support the ongoing effort to unionize Starbucks nationwide.