About this episode
The episode discusses recent labor news including a change in Labor Secretary, strike threats, and contract gains for educators in LA.
Headlines on this 20th of April start with the breaking news of the change in Labor Secretary. Then we've got stories from Amazon, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Texas Tech University, Columbia University, Long Island Concrete, Florida's hospitality industry, and NASA. Over 30,000 building workers in NYC nearly went on strike, we discuss what the strike threat won in their new contracts. We discuss more of the ever increasing indicators that our economy just...doesn't work. Finally, educators and school staff in LA just won massive contract gains after nearly following their fellow workers in San Francisco on strike. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee
Topics covered
- labor news
- union contracts
- economy
- strikes
- education
- politics
Keywords
- labor
- unions
- contracts
- strikes
- economy
- education
- politics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Labor Secretary, Amazon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Texas Tech University, Columbia University, Long Island Concrete, Florida's hospitality industry, NASA
Places: NYC, LA
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