About this episode

The episode discusses recent labor strikes, protests at the University of Michigan, and the exploitation surrounding the World Cup, along with attacks on higher education.

We start this week's episode with headlines from St Mary's hospital (Chicago and Madison), Uber, Starbucks, Amazon, Target Field, Hyundai, the Durham Miners Association, and Walmart. Our first main story follows up on the strike by UAW workers at American Axle, who have won a major new contract. Pro-Palestine student protestors at the University of Michigan were arrested in FBI raids, we discuss the escalating attacks on the movement. The World Cup kicked off this week, and in addition to the sportswashing of Empire, there's a whole lot of exploitation, but thankfully workers are fighting back. Finally, we do a deep dive into the wide range of attacks on higher education, both the workers themselves and the institutional structure as a whole. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Topics covered

• labor strikes
• higher education
• World Cup
• protests
• workers' rights
• corporate exploitation

Keywords

• labor strikes
• UAW
• World Cup
• protests
• higher education
• workers' rights
• corporate exploitation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St Mary's hospital, Uber, Starbucks, Amazon, Target Field, Hyundai, Durham Miners Association, Walmart, UAW, American Axle

Places: Chicago, Madison, University of Michigan

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