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.
No Contract, No Coffee Pledge to Support Starbucks Workers: https://crm.broadstripes.com/ctf/SJID0H
Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX
Follow the pod @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee
Shop Floor Discussion 7 PREVIEW - Off The Rails
Ep 148 - The Billionaire Machine
Movie Time 6 PREVIEW - A Bug’s Life and Chicken Run
Ep 147 - Death to Imperialism
Unions in Vietnam w/ Luna Oi!
Ep 146 - Running on Empty
Movie Time 5 PREVIEW: Hoffa and The Irishman
Ep 145 - The State’s Not On Our Side
UNLOCKED - Interview: Johns Hopkins University Teachers and Researchers United
Overtime Episode 31 PREVIEW - Unions and The Mob: Reputation vs Reality Pt 6
Ep 144 - No Child Should Have to Work
PREVIEW: Interview: Johns Hopkins University Teachers and Researchers United
Ep 143 - Public Workers Fight Back
Overtime Episode 30 PREVIEW - Unions and The Mob: Reputation vs Reality Pt 5
Ep 142 - Police Abolition is a Workplace Safety Issue
Overtime Episode 29 PREVIEW - Unions and The Mob: Reputation vs Reality Pt 4
Ep 141 - Funding Our Own Exploitation
Overtime Episode 28 PREVIEW - Unions and The Mob: Reputation vs Reality Pt 3
Ep 140 - Capitalism Doesn’t Work
Overtime Episode 27 PREVIEW - Unions and The Mob: Reputation vs Reality Pt 2
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free