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InterviewPodcast
A Small Texas Town Takes on Crypto Noise Pollution
The massive new Bitcoin mine is part of a plan to fill in Texas’s energy infrastructure—but it comes at the cost of locals’ health.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborPodcast
What Working People's Struggles to Survive The Great Depression Can Teach Us Today
Historian Dana Frank shares the stories of people who survived the Great Depression—and what lessons they offer working people today.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborPodcast
‘It’s Elon Versus Everyone’: A Dire Warning From Fired Federal Workers
A discussion with Cat Farman, Jasmine McAllister and Will Munger on the Trump Admin's plans for workers and how we can fight back.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborPodcast
Resisting Exploitation in the Global Fishing Industry
From China to South Africa, workers are organizing to advance fishers’ rights.
Mel Buer
Podcast
Georgia Residents Left Behind After Toxic BioLab Fire
Residents of Conyers, GA affected by toxic chemical fire say the media and government have swept the incident under the rug.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborPodcast
Democracy dies, first, in the workplace
A conversation on how the decline of unions and the rise of inequality reveals the urgent need for a revitalized labor movement.
Maximillian Alvarez, Hamilton Nolan and Sara Nelson
LaborPodcast
Union Leaders Gear Up for the Long Struggle Ahead
The second Trump administration has promised to gut labor protections and endanger undocumented workers. Jimmy Williams of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades discusses the road ahead for organized labor.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborPodcast
Teachers Union Staff Faced An Unexpected Labor Adversary—The Union That Employs Them
The National Education Association is the largest union in the country—so large that its 350 employees have a union of their own, and had to fight for a fair contract.
Mel Buer
LaborPodcast
A Rank-And-File Voice: Labor Poet George Fish
An interview with an Indianapolis-based writer, poet, Kroger produce-stocker, and active member of the UFCW Local 700.
Mel Buer
LaborPodcast
Seven Unions Demand An End to US Military Aid to Israel
As the genocide of Palestinians continues, millions of American workers called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the US-backed siege of Gaza.
Maximillian Alvarez and Mel Buer
LaborPodcast
A Microsoft AI Data Center Saps Water From A Small Mexican Town
After decades fighting against water bottling and beer companies, rural communities in Mexico are now also having to compete against Big Tech for water.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborPodcast
After Cornell Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism, its Graduate Student Union Fought Back
Members of Cornell's Graduate Student Union stand in solidarity with Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. candidate and student protestor who was suspended after pressuring the University to divest from Israel.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborPodcast
The Long Road to Union Recognition: Trader Joe’s Workers Press On
The national chain, widely known as “Your Neighborhood Grocery Store,” continues engaging in unfair labor practices and fighting against workers’ unionization.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
“Patients should not be treated like commodities”: Baltimore Nurses Are Fighting for a Transformative First Contract
Understaffing leaves nurses pulled in multiple directions and unable to offer optimal care. These nurses are fighting to change that.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Flooding in Brazil Has Displaced More Than 600,000 People From Their Homes as States Slash Prevention Funding
“Underneath is this deep-seated trauma that will last for years and decades and sometimes lifetimes for people.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Liz Oliva Fernández on Life in Cuba Under U.S. Embargo
“I didn't know how the sanctions affected me or my friends.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
South Baltimore Residents Have Had Enough of Rail Giant Pollution
Curtis Bay residents rallied at the CSX rail terminal with a simple demand: “We have to remove CSX for the health of our communities.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
How Big Business Made a Sacrifice Zone out of South Baltimore
Longtime Baltimore residents on the fight for environmental justice and what it feels like to be "sacrificed" by industry.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Baltimore Longshoreman on the Key Bridge Collapse: “It’s not surprising that this ship lost power.”
Veteran longshoreman John Blom on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the slow recovery ahead for port workers.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
In Ohio's Cancer Cluster, Workers Fight for Justice—and Transparency
“They hired the healthiest workers because it takes us longer to get sick.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
East Palestine is a Labor Issue
“Norfolk Southern has not kept their promise to the whole community to make it right.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Organizers Call on Biden to Issue a Major Disaster Declaration for East Palestine
Over a year after the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, residents are struggling to access critical healthcare. A coalition of activists from across the country is urging the Biden administration to take action.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Uvalde Father Brett Cross Is Fighting so That No One Else Has to Bury Their Child
“At this point, it's not a matter of if it's going to happen to you, it’s a matter of when.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Rail Jobs Don't Have to Be Deadly
Railroad corporations are packing schedules and loosening workplace safety standards. Workers are paying for it with their lives.
Maximillian Alvarez
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