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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...
Fired for Unionizing at Solar Facility
The 2020 election is almost here and Mike Bloomberg is spending $100M on Anti-Trump ads. We have exclusive information from the Hard Rock Hotel Collapse and we ask why the Mayor is so dead set on...
Arguing Alabama, Scabbing, And Colin Kaepernick
It's National Save Apprenticeship week for the IBEW, we talk about Trump's effort to water down union apprenticeships. Steelworkers are on strike in Minnesota, 25k are organizing at Delta,...
Trump Gets Booed, A Sign of Things to Come?
AFGE's President is taking a leave of absence after accusations of sexual harassment. Should we cover stories like this? Some say yes, some no, we discuss. Trump is getting booed everywhere he...