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WorkWeek looks at the use of public worker pension money to fund ballot proposition against working people. We talk with journalist Andrew Perez with www.maplight.org about the use of Black Rock and other hedge funds to fund opposition to California proposition 10 which would allow local communities to establish rent control. While the public worker unions including the teachers are supporting this proposition their money is being used to defeat the proposition.

Next, WorkWeek looks at the continuing harassment and targeting of SFSU Professor Rabab Abdulhadi who is chair of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies. She has been forced to temporarily leave the program due to continuing harassment and a professed Nazi going to her classes. We interview SFSU California Faculty Association president James Martel about the labor response to this and the growing attacks on their members.

Next, we look at the rise of a fascist movement and the murders of African Americans, Jews and political opponents of Trump. We interview Professor George Wright who was formerly teaching at Chico State and Skyline College and Professor Carol Lang who teaches at CUNY in the Bronx and is in the AFT PSC in New York.

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WorkWeek radio looks at the three day strike of AFSCME 3299 UC with Kathryn Lybarger, president of AFSCME 3299 and president of the California Federation of Labor CAL Fed. She discusses the strike of 25,000 members of her union in the fight against contracting out and how privatization is affecting their members.

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WorkWeek Radio looks at Trump’s new NAFTA 2.0 or USMC. We interview Professor William Robinson who teaches at UCB on Sociology Global and International Studies. He has written extensively on NAFTA and it’s effects in the US and Mexico. We also interview Desiree Rojas, president of Labor Council For Latin American Advancement LACLAA in Sacramento, California.

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WorkWeek hears from striking Unite Here Local 2 workers at the Marriott Marquis hotel in San Francisco. They discuss the need to get two and three jobs and the attack on their living conditions. They also discuss how their fight is connected to other workers in the US. Next we hear about the majority vote against a two tier contract at UPS. The concession contract was supported by both UPS management and the Teamster union leadership. According to the guests, millions of dollars by both the union and company were being spent to get a yes vote. We talk with IBT Vice President for the Southern Region John Palmer and Teamster UPS steward from IBT Local 2785 Angelo Demma.

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SF Marriott Workers Strike: A Class Battle For All Workers

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WorkWeek Radio attended the Climate rally and march in San Francisco on September 8, 2018. Trade unionists talked about why they were concerned about climate changes and how it is affecting them on the job and in the community. Unionists from the ILWU Local 10, Firefighters, SEIU, AFT, CFA and UAW were interviewed

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