Working People

"Keep the Fire Burning" Livestream


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After nearly 3 months, the strike at cereal giant Kellogg's, which involved 1,400 workers at four different plants, has come to an end. On Tuesday, December 21, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union (BCTGM) announced that its members at Kellogg's had voted to ratify the latest contract offer. We want to send all our love and solidarity to everyone who held strong on the picket line and congratulate them on their new contract. We also want to thank everyone who watched and participated in the 6-hour livestream fundraiser for striking workers that we cohosted last week with Mel Buer and the Morning Riot podcast (produced by the great David Story of The Valley Labor Report). All in all, we ended up raising just shy of $16,000 for Kellogg's workers and their families! That money is being divided equally and sent to the members of the BCTGM locals in Omaha, Nebraska, Battle Creek, Michigan, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee. Even though the strike has ended, workers have racked up many costs since walking off the job in October, and every dollar we raised will go to helping them get through the holidays and get back on their feet. 

In case you were unable to watch the livestream, we are uploading all six hours of audio here for listeners. The strike may be over, but this was an incredibly special, entertaining, and solidarity-filled event that brought together powerful voices from the Kellogg's picket lines as well as special guests including: Marianne Williamson, Alex Winter, Randy Bryce, Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio and Guerrilla History, Kim Kohlhaas of AFT-Wisconsin, Haeden Wright of the UMWA Auxiliary in Alabama, Caroline Smith of Student Workers of Columbia, Tevita Uhatafe of the Transport Workers Union, Steven Monacelli of Protean Magazine, Bryan Conlan of Strikewave, Dwight Rhinosoros of Eat the Rich, David Griscom of Left Reckoning, Jacob Morrison of The Valley Labor Report, and Professor Jon Shelton. Thank you again to all who participated and donated, and congratulations to Kellogg's workers on their new contract. Solidarity forever! 

Additional links/info below...

  • Morning Riot Twitter page
  • Marianne Williamson's Twitter page
  • Alex Winter's Twitter page
  • Randy Bryce's Twitter page
  • Revolutionary Left Radio Twitter page
  • Guerrilla History Twitter page
  • Tevita Uhatafe's Twitter page
  • Kim Kohlhaas's Twitter page
  • AFT-Wisconsin's Twitter page
  • Caroline Smith's Twitter page
  • Student Workers of Columbia Twitter page and hardship fund for striking workers 
  • Haeden Wright's Twitter page
  • PayPal for UMWA Auxiliary strike pantry for Warrior Met Coal workers
  • Steven Monacelli's Twitter page
  • Protean Magazine Twitter page 
  • Bryan Conlan's Twitter page
  • Strikewave Twitter page
  • Dwight Rhinosoros's Twitter page
  • Eat the Rich Twitter page
  • David Griscom's Twitter page
  • Left Reckoning Twitter page
  • Jacob Morrison's Twitter page
  • The Valley Labor Report Twitter page
  • Jon Shelton's Twitter page

Permanent links below...

  • Working People Patreon page
  • Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!
  • Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
  • In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
  • The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page

Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

  • Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song"
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