We’re back – and we’ve got a new format (spoiler alert – the show is MUCH shorter!)
Unions are part of college protests, the UAW gets an 11th hour win at Daimler, and the union difference includes a BIG boost in pay!
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Articles mentioned in this episode:
- Hundreds of CUNY staff union members call out sick in ‘illegal’ strike to support anti-Israel protesters
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CWA Stands with Students, Journalists, and Workers and Condemns Attacks on Free Speech
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Columbia AAUP chapter calls for vote of no confidence in Shafik, other top University leadership
- Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests
- The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice.
- UAW Wins Last-Minute Deal At Daimler Truck Averting A Strike
- TEXAS MOLSON COORS TEAMSTERS EXTEND PICKET LINES TO OHIO, GEORGIA
- TEAMSTERS REJECT MOLSON COORS’ GREED!
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Hotel workers in Boston, Honolulu, and Toronto will march on May 1. Here’s why
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US Union Members See Record Pay Raises, Outpacing Nonunion Workers
- Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2024
- On May 2, 1968, a small wildcat strike at a Chrysler plant in Detroit led to the creation of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement.
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