Work Stoppage

www.patreon.com/workstoppage Lina and John follow-up on the Michigan State Graduate Union Strike and a lot of the things going on around it. They also cover Nigerian doctors who have been striking for a while and have made a deal with their government. Then we move to discussing the few different ways that countries around the world have responded to teachers and how teachers have acted in respons...

Lina and John cover even more education strikes and actions, a UK biscuit strike, a union busting brewery, and a bit about the history of Labor Day. www.patreon.com/workstoppage   San Diego State University vs Covid https://twitter.com/sharky_marky17/status/1302361276945895425

www.patreon.com/workstoppage for the full episode! Thanks! Lina and John cover a unionizing coffee house chain in the Minneapolis area, a faux leftist vegan meat company doing DMCA requests to silence workers they union busted, Amazon blatantly tracking labor organizing, the massive sports strike, and as always we talk about teacher's unions. https://www.moevilfoods.com/blog/vice-no-evil-foods-scr...

We went on the Death Panel podcast today! Here is their description of the episode. We're joined by Lina and John of Work Stoppage to discuss the push to reopen schools in the U.S. at any cost, and the actions teachers' unions have (and haven't) taken to stop it. We also get into the strikes vs boycotts discussion brought on by the NBA work stoppage. Find Work Stoppage on your podcast player of ch...

In this episode, Lina and John follow-up on Bath Iron Works and cover Detroit teachers authorizing a strike, a dead worker left under umbrellas in Brazil, Marchallese workers at risk for covid-19 in Arkansas, police surveillance of an organizer, and Dannielle Brown's hunger strike to get answers for her son's death at  Duquesne University. We really packed in the stories this week, and we hope you...

John and Lina are joined by Lina's friend and professional organizer Eric to learn a thing or two about how organizing a union works on the ground

John and Lina discuss the scummy things police unions are up to, what's going on in Seattle, how we do not understand sports whatsoever, turning employees into mask police, and especially some labor actions happening at schools scheduled to reopen across the country. Hear the bonus episodes at patreon.com/workstoppage

Become a patron for the full episode @ www.patreon.com/workstoppage   In this episode we talk about more health worker strikes, union busting in the marijuana industry, and The Strike For Black Lives

Lina and John discuss a lot of ways that Covid-19 is effecting work conditions and how teachers, child care workers, baristas, and legislature staffers are responding to it.   Support us on Patreon @  www.patreon.com/workstoppage

Become a patron to get the full episode @  https://www.patreon.com/workstoppage   Lina and John follow-up on the Haymarket Pole Collective, discuss cancel culture, a gentrifier moldy jam company, blatant union busting in the UK, and more

John and Lina follow up on the New Orleans trash collectors and discuss an ironworkers strike, a nurse's strike, a stripper's strike, and the right to protest at work. Donate To The Haymarket Pole Collective:  https://www.haymarketpole.com/donate Donate To The New Orleans Garbage Collectors:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-the-essential

Lina and John talk the Atlanta pOliCE sTriKe, dock workers striking across the west coast on Juneteenth, the New Orleans trash collectors strike, and some CHAZ memes Donate to the striking New Orleans trash collectors gofundme:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-the-essential outro music:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUEU8nMy5mA

Lina and John discuss the intersection of policing and labor, and the hypocrisy of police unions for even existing Donate to help LGBTQ+ black people affected by police violence https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mo2E-M9Bw57ndJrRVegxVhwhI11SWFNPQdQEFVyn02Q/edit?usp=drivesdk

Lina and John explore the current working conditions of McDonalds employees in Michigan, Jersey Shore nurses, and fruit packing workers in Washington. We also tell a couple jokes but not too many, this is a serious show Donate to Familias Unidas Por La Justicia here:  http://familiasunidasjusticia.org/en/home/ just click on the "donate" button