Working People
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"Kill the Cuts": Federally funded researchers warn DOGE cuts will be fatal
Apr 11, 202534 min
Trump escalates the war on federal unions
Apr 4, 202555 min
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Uprising of the 20,000
Mar 27, 202556 min
Privatize USPS? Mail carriers are fighting for a better idea
Mar 24, 202553 min
Show us the ropes: How Touchstone Climbing Gym workers unionized five locations
Mar 15, 202551 min
'It's Elon versus everyone': A dire warning from fired federal workers (w/ Cat Farman, Jasmine McAllister, & Will Munger)
Mar 5, 202555 min
Chemically exposed residents of East Palestine, OH, and Conyers, GA, have been left behind (w/ Ashley McCollom, Hannah Loyd, & Kristina Baehr)
Feb 26, 202557 min
Democracy dies, first, in the workplace (w/ Hamilton Nolan & Sara Nelson)
Jan 9, 20251h 18m
Sick Georgia residents have been abandoned after toxic BioLab fire (w/ Hannah Loyd, Christina O'Connor, & Jeramie Julian)
Dec 14, 20241h 17m
What working people's struggles to survive the Great Depression can teach us today (w/ Dana Frank)
Dec 6, 20241h 16m
Judy Gearhart and the Labor Link Podcast - What can a can of tuna teach us about International Worker Solidarity
Dec 4, 202456 min
Catholic nurses at Ascension call on Bishops to help with contract fight (w/ Gideon Eziama & Lisa Watson)
Nov 21, 202430 min
"Let's unite!": Poisoned residents of America's sacrifice zones are banding together (w/ Hilary Flint, Melanie Meade, Elise Keaton Wade, & Angela Shaneyfelt)
Nov 15, 20241h 12m
How will railroad workers vote after Biden and Congress blocked their strike? (w/ Hugh Sawyer, Mark Burrows, & Ron Kaminkow)
Nov 2, 20241h 20m
SpoOoOoky Special 2024: The Movie that Traumatized Us All
Oct 31, 20241h 12m
Workers take on Kaiser Again, Strike for a Fair Contract in SoCal
Oct 29, 202446 min
After two years of striking, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers aren't ready to give up
Oct 18, 202459 min
Look for the Helpers: Organizing Relief Aid in Asheville, NC, After "Apocalyptic" Hurricane Helene (w/ Byron Ballard & Lori Freshwater)
Oct 14, 202427 min
Cornell's Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity Protests Could Force Grad Student-Worker to Leave US (w/ Jawuanna McAllister & Jenna Marvin)
Oct 3, 202438 min
Microsoft AI Data Center Comes for Drought-Battered Mexican Town's Water (w/ Diana Baptista)
Oct 3, 202446 min
Alec Plant
Sep 23, 202458 min
When Work Inspires Art: Labor Poet George Fish
Sep 19, 202430 min
Seven unions demand end to US military aid to Israel (w/ George Waksmunski & Brandon Mancilla)
Aug 28, 202444 min
300 Episodes of 'Working People'! Announcements, reflections, & what comes next...
Aug 12, 202455 min
What it Means to 'Walk the Walk': the NEA Staff Lockout (w/ Rowena Shurn and Ambereen Khan-Baker)
Aug 8, 202446 min
From the East Palestine Derailment Disaster to the Toledo Water Crisis (w/ Mike Balonek & Chris Albright)
Aug 1, 202439 min
Teamsters Members React to Sean O'Brien's RNC Speech (w/ Amber Mathwig, Tony, Chantelle, Rick Smith, Zoey Moretti Niebuhr, Jess Leigh, Kat, & Robert Conklin)
Jul 22, 20241h 50m
Dispatch from Labor Notes & Railroad Workers United Conferences (Chicago, 2024)
Jul 8, 20241h 29m
"Safe Staffing Now!": Baltimore Nurses at Largest Catholic Health Network in US Fight On for First Contract (w/ Nicki Horvat)
Jul 2, 202423 min
In Brazil, the Climate Crisis Is Already Turning Working People into Climate Refugees (w/ Michael Fox)
Jun 24, 202454 min
"CSX has got to go!" Industrially Polluted South Baltimore Residents March to "Evict" Rail Giant from Their Community
Jun 17, 202440 min
Liz Oliva Fernández
Jun 11, 20241h 23m
A Veteran Longshoreman's View of the Baltimore Bridge Disaster (w/ John Blom & Marc Steiner)
May 23, 202447 min
"South Baltimore is a sacrifice zone" (w/ David Jones, Angela Smothers, Carlos Sanchez, & Tiffany Thompson)
May 9, 20241h 9m
Vina Colley
Apr 24, 20241h 47m
Working People Deserve Bread and Roses—and Musicals (w/ Gene Bruskin)
Apr 22, 202438 min
Justice for East Palestine Residents & Workers Conference in East Palestine
Apr 18, 20243h 6m
From Baltimore to East Palestine, This Is Unacceptable (w/ The Valley Labor Report & Maximillian Alvarez)
Apr 3, 202458 min
Labor, Community, & Environmental Organizations Are Mobilizing to Get East Palestine Healthcare (w/ Justice for East Palestine Residents & Workers)
Mar 19, 20241h 46m
Brett Cross, Uzi's Dad
Mar 5, 20241h 21m
**'The Upsurge' is Dead. Long Live 'The Upsurge'! (w/ Teddy Ostrow)**
Mar 1, 202412 min
Why Do Railroad Workers Keep Dying on the Job? (w/ Nick Wurst, Matt Weaver, Mark Burrows, & Ross Grooters)
Mar 1, 202456 min
"Shut It Down!": On the Ground at Johns Hopkins Grad Union's Practice Picket
Feb 21, 202436 min
Baltimore's Co-Ops Show There's Another Way to Work (at the Baltimore Museum of Industry)
Feb 14, 20241h 12m
Homegrown Sandwich Shop Workers Hit 100 Days on Strike (w/ Sydney Lankford & Perry)
Feb 7, 202448 min
East Palestine—1 Year After the Derailment
Jan 31, 20241h 15m
After Waging the Largest Healthcare Worker Strike in US History, Kaiser Workers Win Big (w/ Meg Niemi & Audrey Cardenas)
Dec 23, 202336 min
Brazil's Radical Plan to Fight Slave-Like Working Conditions (w/ Marcos, John, & Vitor Filgueiras)
Dec 11, 20231h 37m
Chris & Jessica Albright
Nov 30, 20231h 14m
"This Is McCarthyism All Over Again": Suppressing Unions' Free Speech Rights over Gaza (w/ Allie Goodman, Michael Letwin, & Dany Greene)
Nov 21, 202353 min