A podcast by, for, and about the working class today. Hosted by @maximillian_alv & @mel_buer W/ @inthesetimesmag & @therealnews Produced by @realJulesTaylor
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Judy Gearhart and the Labor Link Podcast - What can a can of tuna teach us about International Worker Solidarity
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Longtime Working People listeners will be familiar with Max and Melβs extended work discussing the supply...
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Catholic nurses at Ascension call on Bishops to help with contract fight (w/ Gideon Eziama & Lisa Watson)
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On November 12, unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore held a rally in front...
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SpoOoOoky Special 2024: The Movie that Traumatized Us All
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Last year, we summoned all the Alvarez siblings from the ether to record our annual Halloween episode. Sadly, we were not able to record a new Halloween episode...
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Workers take on Kaiser Again, Strike for a Fair Contract in SoCal
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On Monday, Oct 21, 2400 behavior health workers at Kaiser Permanenteβs Southern California locations walked off the job...
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After two years of striking, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers arenβt ready to give up
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Weβre coming up on a pretty mind-blowing anniversary in the news labor worldβTwo years ago, in October 2022, after the newspaper...
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Cornell's Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity Protests Could Force Grad Student-Worker to Leave US (w/ Jawuanna McAllister & Jenna Marvin)
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The student encampment movement last school year turned institutions of...
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Microsoft AI Data Center Comes for Drought-Battered Mexican Townβs WaterΒ (w/ Diana Baptista)
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As the climate crisis intensifies, billions of poor and working people around the world are suffering from lack of...
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Alec Plant
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Two years ago, workers from several different Trader Joeβs grocery stores joined the wave of unionization efforts spreading across the country. Workers in Hadley, Massachusetts, made history...
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When Work Inspires Art: Labor Poet George Fish
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While Max was inside the Labor Notes conference this past April, attending panels and sharing space with intelligent, hard working organizers, Mel was wandering the...
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Seven unions demand end to US military aid to Israel (w/ George Waksmunski & Brandon Mancilla)
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The death toll in Gaza continues to climb, with conservative estimates putting the numbers of dead around 40,000, but...
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300 Episodes of 'Working People'! Announcements, reflections, & what comes next...
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In 2024, Working People officially crossed the 300 episode mark! Since we published our first episode back in 2018, the show has grown...
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What it Means to 'Walk the Walk': the NEA Staff Lockout (w/ Rowena Shurn and Ambereen Khan-Baker)
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Today we have an urgent and important conversation with members of the NEA Staff Organization, the union of staffers ...
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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)
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On Monday, July 15, on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention
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Dispatch from Labor Notes & Railroad Workers United Conferences (Chicago, 2024)
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Two months ago, from April 17-21, workers and labor organizers of all stripes convened in Chicago for the bi-annual Labor Notes conference...