We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast

Iran MOU UNITE HERE Local 17 Members One-Day Strike Cargill Meatpacking plant lockout in Fort Morgan, CO  Minnesota AFL-CIO Stands with Minnesotans Facing Federal Charges UAW members vote to build strike fund Nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, WI Win Union Vote Long Island Rail Road Workers end their strike June 30, 2026 Webinar: Cuba’s Queer Rights Revolution!  Nurses at Saint Mary of Naza...

Nurses at St. Mary’s in Madison, WI Vote Union Cuba Under Siege, Fights Back With Worldwide Support Free Salah Sarsour! Interview with Laura Bielefeldt of Burlington Coalition to Dismantle Racism

The 3,800 workers at the JBS Swift meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado are on strike for better wages, health care, and working conditions. They are members of the United Food & Commercial (UFCW) Workers Local 7. Ric attended the picket line today and is reporting back. He also shares his observations and experiences from being a union rep for the UFCW at that very plant 16 years ago.  Brya...

Interview with Olivia Najera-Garcia, organizer with the Union of Southern Service Workers in North Carolina. 

WI Bailout the People is celebrating its 15 anniversary. This episode covers some of the organization's upcoming events.

Bryan reports back from Fond du Lac on the Worker & Community Assembly event that took place on January 31st, 2026. 

Bryan and Russell report back on their experiences and observations at the Minneapolis protests and general strike. 

Resistance against ICE in Minneapolis Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event in Detroit  Upcoming Fond du Lac, WI labor/community event on January, 31, 2026 Updates on Venezuela, Cuba, and Palestine NYC Nurses Strike Kaiser workers strike on the West Coast  Starbucks workers update

Interview with: -Joanna Frasch, Vice President of AFSCME Local 1 -Joanna Weir of Starbucks Workers United -Luis Velásquez, organizing director from Voces de la Frontera.

(00:00:00) E125: Starbucks Workers on Strike! Interview w/ Joanna Weir (00:00:27) Reflections after 125 episode (00:03:33) Why are Starbucks workers on strike? (00:04:36) Exactly what does a Starbucks worker do? (00:06:42) What are the issues at work? Why are workers on strike and organizing? (00:08:39) Community support (00:09:35) Where is bargaining at? (00:11:33) What can the community do to su...

Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City Update on UAW Local 95 strike in Janesville, WI Starbucks Workers Vote for Strike Authorization  Palestine / Somerville recolution SNAP and health care benefits Venezuela

An interview with members of the organization Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement. This is a basic overview of what the organization is about, its history, origin, activities, and political orientations/principles, 

News updates on: Palestine Venezuela No Kings protests UAW Local 95 strike UNITE HERE in Madison, WI,  Italian general strike The strike of Kaiser Permanente workers on the west coast.

Tribute to Assata Shakur Increased barbarism of Trump administration Call for US National Strike on May 1 2026 Italian general strike in solidarity with Palestine

Hyundai workers in the US South Elon Musk (the goofinerss of being a trillionaire) Venezuela  Hotel workers strike in Texas UAW 95 strike WW Dairy Workers strike Wisconsin Voces de la Frontera Chicago protests New Orleans statement Labor Day protests

(00:00:00) E119: Interview w/ Pathfinders Workers (00:00:27) UAW Local 95 Announcement (00:01:55) Introduction (00:05:35) What lead you to organize? (00:07:53) Response from management (00:09:36) Workplace conditions and effects on clients (00:10:40) Relationship with community (00:12:01) Follow on instagram (00:12:08) Rally on Aug 4 (00:13:23) Inspiration to unionize (00:15:35) Why OPEIU? (00:16:...

AFGE & Veterans Affairs Sanitation Workers Strike Against Republic Services Pathfinder Workers Boeing Workers Strike of 3,200 UAW Local 95 Strike Long Island Rail Road Workers Consider Strike Actions Against ICE Resolution for Arms Embargo Against the Occupying Entity known as "Israel"

UAW Local 95 is on strike against Mercy East Clinic in Janesville, WI. In this interview UAW Local 95 Chairperson, Enrique Casiano, to learn about what's going on.  Here is a link to donate to the strike fund: https://www.facebook.com/UawLocal95

-Update on UAW Locals 291 and 95 strikes in Wisconsin -Sanitation worker strikes in Boston, Philadelphia, Ohio, and California -Why is organized labor so quiet in the face of Trump austerity bill (aka the 'big beautiful bill')

(00:00:00) E115: What Direction for Today's Mass Rallies? (00:00:27) Intro to Episode (00:01:40) "Guillotine" (00:04:40) Ric offers context and kicks off discussion (00:13:02) Bryan's thoughts (00:19:43) What if we stopped calling people "immigrants"? (00:25:28) Labor History: why are we allowing this? (00:32:17) Ric: lessons from strikes that could guide our movements In this episode we ask the q...

-Statement by the Coaltiion of Black Trade Unionists -SEIU Nurses on Strike in Madison, WI

Today's episode: National Day of Action to Save Public Education  Bernie/AOC rallies Update on UAW 291 strike World Federation of Trade Unions / May Day Declaration Federal Unionists Network (FUN) 10 National Unions call for anti-trump resistance Kentucky Unions fight deportation

Interview with UAW Local 291 president, Ryan Compton.  Workers have been on strike for 3 weeks at Cummins corporation. Cummins is a producer of diesel engines and axles. 90 workers are currently on strike. We interview President Compton to learn about the strike and how the community can support the striking workers.

April 3rd, 2025 marks the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech "I've been to the mountaintop." He delivered this speech in Memphis, TN the night before his assassination.  In this episode we play a segment from this speech and Bryan discusses Dr. King's legacy as far as his relation to unions and labor.  We also talk about striking workers in Osh Kosch, WI and about the pr...

Today was an uscripted discussion on politics, labor, and current events.  We covered stuff like: -General/current state of social movements in the US -Palesine update -Bernie Sanders in Denver -Creativity of the Working Class -Postal Workers -Unions as a microcosm of what a better, democratic society could look like -Viper Armed / Jucuapa (i.e. Ric's album)