On the Line

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

On the Line is a network of union members and leaders who cover, analyze, and draw lessons from the struggles of workers across the country to build a fighting labor movement. Although the vast majority of workers in the U.S. remain unorganized, union popularity is at its highest since 1965. One of the key drivers of this popularity is a groundswell of interest from a new generation of young workers who are looking to the labor movement as a vehicle to fight against an increasingly bleak future. A labor movement that is content with business as usual will not realize the opportunities of this...

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Episode 4: Southern Service Workers Fight Back! & Google Layoffs Amidst Record Profits 27.01.2024 47:52

In this episode, we're On the Line with Union of Southern Service Workers worker leader and 20 year Waffle House employee, Shae Parker, to hear about how Southern service workers are fighting back! We're also joined by Parul Koul, president of Alphabet Workers Union, to talk about the recent wave of Google layoffs despite record profits for the corporation.

Episode 3: From the UAW Sit-Down to Stand-Up & College Athletes Need to Get Paid! 12.01.2024 1:23:32

In this episode, we're On the Line with prominent labor historian, Roger Keeran, to talk about UAW organizing then and now. We also talk sports unions and why college athletes need to get paid what they deserve!

Episode 2: Youth Labor Support & Looking Ahead to 2024 29.12.2023 1:01:53

Young people approve of unions in record numbers. In this episode, we break down the reason why. We're also on the line with Richard Hooker, Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 623, as we look back at some of the biggest fights in 2023 and discuss what's to come in 2024.

Episode 1: San Francisco educators win big & UAW calls for a ceasefire 17.12.2023 55:49

In this episode, we're on the line with Nathalie Hrizi, VP of substitutes with United Educators of San Francisco and Desmond Fonseca, graduate student researcher and teaching assistant in the history department at UCLA and member of UAW 2865.