Ep 302 - No Kings, No Wars, No ICE!

About this episode

The episode discusses recent protests, labor strikes, and the implications of child labor law changes in the economy.

We start out with a reportback from Dan and Lina who went to their local No Kings protests and discuss the energy behind the call for a May Day general strike. We've got headlines this week from Canada Post, AirTrain, United Airlines, TSA, Western Washington University, Starbucks, Amazon, and Patagonia. The major strike by meatpackers at JBS in Colorado has been extended as workers continue to fight for a fair deal. Non-tenure track faculty have been deeply exploited by US universities in recent years, but this week those educators won a historic contract at NYU that could set a new standard. Finally, we discuss a recent piece in the Guardian on the wave of attacks on child labor laws across the country, and how ill it bodes for our whole economy. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Topics covered

• protests
• general strike
• labor rights
• contract negotiations
• child labor laws
• economic impact

Keywords

• No Kings protests
• May Day
• general strike
• labor strikes
• NYU contract
• child labor laws
• economic impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canada Post, AirTrain, United Airlines, TSA, Western Washington University, Starbucks, Amazon, Patagonia, JBS, NYU

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