About this episode

The episode discusses various labor issues including strikes by immigrant workers and the dangers of working with engineered stone.

The US war on Iran and resulting war on the rest of the world is a constant theme in this week's headlines. We've got stories from World Cup workers, Spirit Airlines, German and Italian students, DeepMind, the University of California, SAG-AFTRA, Indiana University, Stanford, and Cornell. For our first main story, we discuss a recent Labor Notes piece on the deadly nature of working with engineered stone. Immigrant workers incarcerated at a privately run concentration camp in Michigan have gone on strike for nearly a month in protest of their mistreatment. Finally, we actually have a labor story about someone we never thought we'd discuss on the show: Mr. Beast. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Topics covered

• US war on Iran
• labor strikes
• immigrant workers
• working conditions
• World Cup workers
• SAG-AFTRA
• engineered stone

Keywords

• labor
• strikes
• immigrant workers
• working conditions
• World Cup
• SAG-AFTRA
• Mr. Beast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit Airlines, DeepMind, University of California, SAG-AFTRA, Indiana University, Stanford, Cornell

Places: Michigan

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