We start this week’s episode with a discussion of how unions can play a major role in fighting for workers’ right to reproductive healthcare in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting abortion rights. Then we start the episode proper with a follow-up with the Indiana University grad workers, where despite winning overwhelming support from faculty, the administration is digging in and refusing to recognize the union. Then we have some on the ground labor reporting from Dan, who discusses a local strike of Teamsters at DHL in Pawtucket, RI, where workers are fighting for healthcare and a living wage. Next, over 4000 workers in one of the largest platinum mines in the world in South Africa have gone on strike to protest horrible wages paid to contract workers. Also this week, workers in Maine filed for the first union in the country at a Chipotle and are fighting against understaffing and overwork leading to unsanitary conditions. Train drivers in New Jersey delivered a master class in a well-timed industrial action when they staged a sickout the Friday evening of Juneteenth weekend in protest of not receiving holiday pay. The big story this week is obviously the massive rail strike in England, where 40,000 workers shut down the rails for three days to protest the government’s plan to slash thousands of jobs, destroy pensions, and enforce a pay cut during record inflation. Finally, as usual, we close with our update on the Starbucks Workers United movement as it continues to rack up wins.
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Ep 69 - Hudson Workers United Interview
Overtime Episode 6 PREVIEW - Saul Alinsky & The Fall of Effective Organizing
Ep 68 - Sweatshop Shutdown
Ep 67 - Investigate Labor Day
Ep 66 - Collectivize Colectivo feat. Ethan (Invent the Future/Red Game Table)
Ep 65 - No Contracts No Snacks!
Ep 64 - Robo-Union Trojan Horse
Overtime Episode 5 - The Nature of The State Pt 3 PREVIEW
Overtime Episode 4 - The Nature Of The State Pt 2 PREVIEW
Ep 63 - No More Overdraft Fees
Ep 62 - OSHA Won't Save Us
Ep 61 - Iran Oil Strike Interview
Overtime Episode 3 - The Nature of the State Pt 1 PREVIEW
EP 60 - Let Public Workers Strike
EP 59 - Scab Bullies
EP 58 - Doughnut Workers United Interview
EP 57 - We See This All The Time feat. @laborkyle
EP 56 - Fast Food Bank
EP 55 - Convenience Store Panopticon
EP 54 - Evil Foods Interview
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