Meatpacking Strike, Movement Truths, and Solidarity on the Field
About this episode
This episode covers a significant meatpacking strike, highlights women's contributions to labor movements, and discusses solidarity in sports and gender issues.
On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Working People – JBS meatpacking workers launch one of the largest strikes in decades, demanding safer conditions, fair pay, and dignity on the job amid growing corporate consolidation. CWA Hour of Power – A powerful Women’s History Month segment on Dolores Huerta that honors her legacy while confronting difficult truths about power, accountability, and survivor courage within movements. The Workers Mic – A lively discussion on labor and sports, exploring solidarity through the lens of NFL referees, WNBA gains, and the importance of honoring picket lines. Re:Work – The story of a woman in India challenging gender norms and carving out space in a male-dominated transport industry. PLUS this week’s “Shows You Should Know”: Engage – Contract negotiations, strategy, and why labor history matters at the bargaining table; The Valley Labor Report – Hospital consolidation, prison reform, and new union organizing drives; Reinventing Solidarity – Rethinking economic policy and a worker-centered “abundance agenda”; Labor Radio on KBOO – Voices from the Portland Community College strike line; Powerline Podcast – What rodeo culture can teach about…
Topics covered
- meatpacking strike
- labor rights
- women's history
- sports and labor
- gender norms
- solidarity
- union organizing
Keywords
- meatpacking
- labor strike
- Dolores Huerta
- CWA
- NFL
- WNBA
- gender norms
- solidarity
- union organizing
- labor history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CWA, JBS, NFL, WNBA, Labor Radio, KBOO, El Cafecito del Día, The Valley Labor Report, Reinventing Solidarity, Powerline Podcast
Places: India
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