Workers Fighting Back: The UAW Goes on Strike!
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 27 min
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Episode description
Teddy Ostrow and Maximillian Alvarez from The Real News Network join Breht to discuss the recent "stand up" strike launched by the United Auto Workers labor union. Teddy and Max discuss the strike, explain the causes of the strike and the demands of the workers, the UAW union president Shawn Fain and the democratic election that put him in leadership, what this strike - and others like it - mean for the American working class, the importance of solidarity in the labor movement and beyond, why the working class should own what it produces, and much more!
Teddy's Interview with UAW President Shawn Fain Labor Notes
Outro Music: "Rich Men Earning North of a Million" by Billy Bragg --------------------------
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