Media
International Workers Day 2020
|
Organizers called on US Bank, Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesotan Legislature to suspend rents, mortgages and guarantee safe shelter for everyone without accumulation of any new debt during the COVID-19 crisis
Audio
Pandemic, protests and profits
|
Protesters around the country are pushing to loosen stay-at-home orders, even though health experts say that could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, some Amazon workers say not enough is being done to protect them.
Audio
The cost of COVID-19
|
With millions of people unemployed because of the coronavirus, Reveal’s Aaron Glantz looks at how the economic fallout is affecting homeowners and renters – and whether this crisis could end with people losing the very homes they’re forced to isolate themselves in.
Media
Two Weeks as a New York City Nurse in the Pandemic
|
When Tre Kwon returned to work as an ICU nurse in New York City after having her child, she found herself on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Media
PayDay Report COVID-19 Strike Wave Interactive Map
|
Created by the folks at PayDay Report each point contains a link to each of the more with more information on the strike.
Audio
ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THE REVERSE ROBIN HOOD CORONAVIRUS BAILOUT
|
We hear from the fired Amazon manager Christian Smalls and talk to Jacobin magazine reporter Meagan Day about her reporting on the conditions of some essential workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic
Media
Stay at Home #MN
|
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a Stay at Home order for the State of Minnesota from March 27 – April 10
Audio
Belabored Podcast #193: Work in the Time of Coronavirus
|
As the coronavirus spreads across the world, we discuss what it means for workers in healthcare, the gig economy, and other frontline industries.
Media
Rally and March for St. Paul Educators
|
St. Paul educators, families and community members rallied, “for a contract that gives students what they need and puts educators back to work.”
Media
Nneka Ogwumike – Excellence and Equity with the Los Angeles Sparks and WNBPA
|
Los Angeles Sparks power forward and President of the WNBA Players Association, Nneka Ogwumike talks about her family’s success on the court, the gender pay gap in professional basketball and Gigi Bryant’s legacy.