Podcast

Trump Cuts Leave VA Hospital Nurses and Veteran Patients in a Crisis

Already burdened by years of funding cuts and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis as the impact of the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce take effect.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPodcast

Facing Unprecedented Labor Violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely

Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.

Maximillian Alvarez

PalestinePodcast

“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”

Mohammed Abutawila gave Working People an on-the-ground update from Gaza a month after the supposed ceasefire began.

Maximillian Alvarez

PodcastPolitics

Federal Workers Are Social Services’ First Line of Defense Suggested

The Trump administration’s Government Shutdown is meant to immiserate the workers overseeing America’s welfare state.

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

Federal Whistleblowers Choose Oath Over Safety, Urge Intervention in HUD

As the Trump administration dismantles HUD’s Office of General Counsel and Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, whistleblowers call for federal workers to unionize and unite.

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

“You Are Not Alone”: Federal Whistleblowers on Being Terminated, Speaking Truth To Power

One week after going public about the dismantlement of the HUD Office of Fair Housing under the new Trump administration, Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan were fired. They say it was worth it.

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

Microsoft Terminates Elite Israeli Intelligence Unit’s Access to AI and Storage Services

The tech giant’s move, which suspends the use of parts of its proprietary software by Israel’s Unit 8200, came after months of escalation by organizers and activists within the company.

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

Texas Professor Terminated Over a Fascist's Doctored Video

The latest target in MAGA’s campaign against higher education details the proceedings against him and the collective organizing effort behind him.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPodcast

Student Loan Payments to ICE Agents: Unpacking Trump’s “Big, Disastrous Bill”

Two activists arrested in the fight against Trump’s landmark legislation discuss the bill’s consequences, from student debt to immigration raids.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPodcast

Is “Salting” the Future of Organized Labor?

Founding member of Starbucks Workers United, Jaz Brisack, shares the hard-won lessons they learned taking on a multinational corporation.

Maximillian Alvarez

PalestinePodcast

The Student Movement Turns to Hunger Striking to Call for Justice in Palestine

As Israel continues to block aid into Palestine, student protestors are giving up food until their demands are met.

Maximillian Alvarez

PalestinePodcast

At Columbia, International Students Face “Chilling Effects” of Trump Admin

Graduate student union members fight for their community’s safety as university administration cracks down on pro-Palestine speech.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPodcast

Is The Finish Line in Sight for the Country's Longest Ongoing Strike?

A conversation with three Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists on key updates in their two-and-a-half-year strike to win back their healthcare.

Maximillian Alvarez

PalestinePodcast

After Raids, Columbia, UMich Organizers Say “We Keep Us Safe”

As students are targeted for pro-Palestine speech, graduate unions step up with bargaining, mutual aid and political education.

Maximillian Alvarez

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