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Ep 64 - Robo-Union Trojan Horse
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08/18/21 • 85 min
On this week’s episode of Work Stoppage we start by checking in on the Teamsters strike at a Pepsi plant in Indiana, where workers have gotten a surprising show of support from the local government of the nearby town of Hammond. Then we take a look at how a Wisconsin healthcare company is giving bonuses only to non-union workers, and discuss a new app called Unit which claims it can help workers unionize without any of the resources of an actual union. We also cover a walkout by tech workers at the New York Times and the revelations of the Times’ anti-union strategy to try and force as small a bargaining unit as possible. Finally, we talk about a weeklong strike by contract sanitation workers in India demanding equal pay for equal work, and the inspiring success of workers in Venezuela who seized a Kellogg cereal factory when the company abandoned it.
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EP 60 - Let Public Workers Strike
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07/22/21 • 92 min
After a bit of a detour talking about Cuba, this week’s episode starts with a follow up on the striking SEIU Local 73 Cook County workers who have ended their strike after securing several key victories. Then we take a look at the surge in support for rank and file democracy at the latest Teamsters convention and the prospects for a major win for the Teamsters for a Democratic Union slate. We discuss a new report documenting the obscene ratio between average executive pay and average worker pay, and also cover workers in India who have gone on hunger strike to protest the closure of the yarn factory they worked at and how the local government is using rules nominally designed to protect people from covid to crack down on them. Also this week, public workers in Massachusetts are pushing to repeal a law banning them from striking, and workers at Great Lakes Brewing Company have organized a union to try and ensure that they actually have a voice in the operation of their “employee owned” brewery.
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EP 58 - Doughnut Workers United Interview
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07/14/21 • 49 min
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Ep 62 - OSHA Won't Save Us
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08/05/21 • 91 min
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Ep 65 - No Contracts No Snacks!
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08/28/21 • 89 min
Portland Nabisco workers’ strike fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-364-strike-support
Richmond Nabisco workers’ strike fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-358-strike-support
Subscribe for additional Overtime episodes at patreon.com/workstoppage
Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX
Follow the pod @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee
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Ep 61 - Iran Oil Strike Interview
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07/28/21 • 78 min
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06/13/23 • 75 min
This week was a exciting but busy one with all of us getting together to celebrate Lina's wedding, which unfortunately made it impossible to put together the regular episode. So we've decided to unlock the first episode in our new series on the history of the field of cybernetics and how the labor movement has interacted with it. It's been a super fascinating topic learning about figures like Norbert Wiener, Ross Ashby, and Stafford Beer, so we hope you like this unlocked episode as just the first portion of what we've been covering. Our Cybernetics series will continue for patrons later this week and our weekly labor news rundown will be back at our regularly scheduled time next Tuesday!
Thank you so much for listening, we couldn't do the show without you!
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EP 57 - We See This All The Time feat. @laborkyle
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07/08/21 • 91 min
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Ep 111 – All Aboard The Strike Train
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06/28/22 • 100 min
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
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Ep 95 – Union Democracy Gets the Goods
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03/11/22 • 94 min
After yet another crazy week both in and outside the labor world we’ve got another packed episode for you. First, we follow up with the workers at REI in Manhattan who have won their union election in a landslide. Next, the NYT Tech Guild also overwhelmingly won their election, becoming the largest union of tech workers in the US. Following up our story on the rise of independent unions in Mexico, workers at the Tridonex auto parts factory in Matamoros voted by a large margin to replace their old company union with a new democratic one. We also discuss organizing efforts by Philly Starbucks workers to fight for covid safety protections after the company dropped its mask mandate for customers, and also touch on 3 more union election victories in Buffalo for the Starbucks Workers United movement. We cover two stories of workers in Italy: First, tens of thousands of students protested to end the requirement that all high school students perform unpaid labor for private companies in order to graduate after multiple students have died on the job. Then, thousands of doctors have protested the government’s austerity policies towards primary care physicians and its slow slide towards privatization. Finally, we cover the massive strike of teachers and education support professionals in Minneapolis.
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Follow the pod @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee.
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How many episodes does Work Stoppage have?
Work Stoppage currently has 373 episodes available.
What topics does Work Stoppage cover?
The podcast is about News, Podcasts and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on Work Stoppage?
The episode title 'Ep 64 - Robo-Union Trojan Horse' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Work Stoppage?
The average episode length on Work Stoppage is 61 minutes.
How often are episodes of Work Stoppage released?
Episodes of Work Stoppage are typically released every 3 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Work Stoppage?
The first episode of Work Stoppage was released on May 26, 2020.
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