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Media
Military Budget Hike for 2023 is 3,200 Times the NLRB Increase
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If a budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.
Unions
They Waged the Largest Private-Sector Nurses’ Strike in U.S. History. They’re Still Waiting for Justice.
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Minnesota nurses made national headlines by going on strike this fall, but as contract negotiations stall, they’re fighting for a voice on the job.
Audio
Ask a Railroad Worker: How Did Railroad Jobs Get So Bad?
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As a national rail shutdown over mounting labor disputes looms in the US, it’s worth asking how we got here from the folks who know best—the workers themselves.
Audio
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) Strike
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Last month, roughly 40,000 UK rail workers with the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) went on strike for three days, bringing major portions of the British rail system to a halt in a historic show of collective strength. This week, after receiving a contract offer from state-owned Network Rail that union leaders described as “paltry,” the RMT announced that workers at Network Rail and the train operating companies will engage in another day of strike action on Wednesday, July 27. With these strikes, and in the ongoing negotiations, workers are fighting for livable wages at a time when the cost of living is spiraling out of control and corporate executives and shareholders are stuffing their pockets with cash. As Adam Bychawski writes, “Train companies paid out nearly £800m to shareholders last year before telling rail unions that employees must take a real-terms pay cut for them to stay afloat.” But workers are fighting for much more; they are fighting against years of austerity policies and corporate profit-generating schemes that have led to deteriorating working conditions and quality of service on the rails; they are fighting against further job losses for the sake of “modernization”‘; and they are fighting for better, safer, more accessible, and well-staffed rail services for the people who depend on them.
In this special panel episode, we speak with four rail workers and RMT members/officers—Mel Mullings, Clayton Clive, Cat Cray, and Gaz Jackson—about the strike and the importance of workers around the world standing in solidarity with strikers.
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Audio
From Amazon to Starbucks, America Is Unionizing. Will Politics Catch Up?
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A debate on how unions build power today and whether politicians — particularly Democrats — are still behind them.
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Wisconsin’s Labor Movement Was Forged in Fire
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Scholars Harvey J. Kaye and Jon Shelton talk about the strikes and uprisings that paved the way.
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Teacher Strikes in the Age of COVID-19
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Last week teachers and education workers went on strike in Minneapolis for the the first time in fifty years.
Audio
MINNECULTURE | CRAFTING SPACES: JOSINA MANU MALTZMAN ON CARPENTRY AND WRITING
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“I see building as how I approach everything I do.” says Josina Manu Maltzman.
Audio
Belabored Podcast: Dangerous Work, with Debbie Berkowitz and Xian Barrett
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Workers are being asked, once again, to keep working despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. As employers push for a return to “normal,” how should we deal with the risks of returning to work?
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HOW UNIONIZING STARBUCKS WORKERS TOOK ON A CORPORATE GIANT
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After leading an organizing campaign during a pandemic and facing relentless pushback from the company, workers in Buffalo are on the verge of forming the first Starbucks union in the US.