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Podcast: Kobe, Cleaning Up the UAW, and the Super Bowl
Remembering Kobe, Will C has some reflections, Trump is going out of his way to privatize the Post Office, Illinois wants to ban Right to Work, Amazon employees are protesting climate change, Schneck...
Podcast: Why Union Density is Down
We have the results from our poll asking which Senator will lose their job over the impeachment hearings. Our listeners have some great ideas. A Mexican union threatens a strike at Home Depot, they...
NewsGuild Dennounces Rules to Stifle Journalists During Impeachment
The NewsGuild-CWA has joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 57 other media organizations in denouncing restrictions on the press during the Senate impeachment trial of...
Barstool Settles with NLRB
Four months ago, chief stool at Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy tweeted that he would fire any employee who tried to organize on the spot. He then went on a twitter tirade about unions, said he would...
Podcast: Scandals at MLB & UAW, change in Colorado, West VA.
MLB is coming down hard on managers involved in a sign-stealing scheme. LaGrange argues with Will C about whether this is the progression of the game or just a repeat of the Black Sox scandal. West...
CNN Pays Record Union-Busting Fine
In a record settlement, CNN has been ordered to pay $76 million to settle a long-running case of union-busting. The case began way back in 2003 when the cable network fired 300 camera operators. The...
Podcast: 2020 Presidential Predictions, AT&T, Trump & Gamers
Rick Smith from The Rick Smith Show joins us to talk about Presidential politics and give us some insight into the 2020 election. Wes McEnany from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) called...
Sports Illustrated Newsroom Organizes
Employees of Sports Illustrated announced Monday that an overwhelming majority of the 80-person newsroom staff has signed cards indicating support for joining The NewsGuild-CWA’s New York local...
Podcast: Doing What's Right this Christmas with AFT's Randi Weingarten
We have the AFT's Randi Weingarten on to talk about the Rochester School District firing 150 teachers in the middle of the year. We also discuss 41% of employers breaking the law to stop a union...
Podcast: How Amazon is Killing Workers
Injuries are sky-high at the Amazon facility in Staten Island and deaths are up in the last year nationwide. At the same time, union construction sites are proving to be the safest around, maybe the...