Isabelle Loverich and Quentin Kanta, lead organizers with Starbucks Workers
United, discuss the wave of barista organizing (12 shops in the Portland
area, so far) and the one-day strike at two shops in response to management's
union-busting tactics.
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In a departure from the usual interview format, host Jamie Partridge plays
classic labor songs from the 20th century, including Talking Union (Almanac
Singers), Joe Hill (Paul Robeson), Bread and Roses (Bobbie McGee), We Shall
Not Be Moved (Joe Glazer), Which Side Are You O...
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Laura Wadlin, Hollie Oakes-Miller and Ben Cushing, candidates for union
office in the Portland Community College Federation of Faculty and Academic
Professionals, discuss their vision of a more militant and member-driven
union.
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Faced with unsafe staffing, low compensation and benefits, and declining
patient care, nurses in the Providence healthcare system are fed up and
fighting back. On the heels of a massive protest picket at Providence St.
Vincent's hospital, Richard Botterill and Kim Martin o...
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