Episode description
Broadcast on May 5, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
Hayley Brown, VP for Organizing at the Nonprofit Employees Union (NPEU): Reproductive rights are workers rights, and abortion access is a labor issue (Read NPEU’s statement here); Damon Silvers on “Labor, Climate Change, and Innovation” and why working people are central to any solution to the climate change crisis.
Plus labor news headlines: D.C. Circulator drivers strike for second day amid negotiations; Apple workers in Maryland seek unionization; Amazon Workers Urged to Fight On After Staten Island Union Push Fails; Starbucks will raise wages again — but not for unionized workers; White House to host union organizers representing Amazon, Starbucks workers; Jorts the Cat vs. Scabby the Rat: Rising Labor Movement Needs New Mascots.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.
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