We start this week’s episode of Work Stoppage checking in on the fallout from P&O Ferries illegally laying off their entire workforce without warning. Three weeks later and their fleet is still out of service, leading to massive shipping and travel delays in the UK. Next we discuss the end of the striking IBEW workers at WTTW, where the three week strike seems to have ended largely in defeat with a concession filled contract. 25,000 healthcare workers in Finland are on strike, demanding fair wages and an end to short staffing. We cover the police raid on the headquarters of the Unione Sindacale di Base in Italy after they have led several anti-imperialist protests. Then we discuss the potential move by the NLRB to ban captive audience meetings and what the general outlook of the labor movement should be to NLRB rulings. We had another major victory for organizing in higher education this week, as 4000 MIT graduate students voted to unionize with the UE. Finally, we do our weekly check-in with Starbucks Workers United, where workers have won an incredible nine more union elections over the past week, bringing their total to 18 recognized union stores.
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Ep 186 - Kentucky Wildcat
Overtime Episode 55 PREVIEW - Military Unions Pt 4
Ep 185 - Life is More Than Work
Overtime Episode 54 PREVIEW - Military Unions Pt 3
Ep 184 - Minimum Wage is Not Enough
Overtime Episode 53 PREVIEW - Military Unions - Pt 2
Ep 183 - We Win Through Struggle
UNLOCKED - Movie Time 3 - The Organizer and Western Ghats
Ep 182 - Internationalism On Display Feat. Maximillian Alvarez
Overtime Episode 52 PREVIEW - Military Unions - Pt 1
Ep 181 - Workers Can Stop Arms Dealers feat. Alexander Edward of Minion Death Cult
Shop Floor Discussion 9 - TA at the Big 3
Ep 180 - Record Profits Mean Record Contracts
Movie Time 8 PREVIEW - Joe Hill and The Molly Maguires
Ep 179 - US Supports Slavery and Genocide
Stand Up For Palestine
Ep 178 - From The River To The Sea
Overtime Episode 51 PREVIEW - The General Strike in US History Pt 4
Ep 177 - Healthcare Heroes Have Had Enough
Ep 176 - A Perfectly Scripted Victory
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