On the Picket Line

3,400 nursing home workers in Connecticut narrowly avoid a strike and win their demands for better wages and healthcare. Meanwhile, another 4,000 nursing home workers are set to strike over similar demands in the next month. And this week, nurses honor the lives of their colleagues lost during the pandemic and vow to fight on for those who survived.

Three energy workers are fired for striking over terrible conditions at a gas company in Brooklyn. Hear workers expose billionaire management’s cruel actions against them and speak on why they are so adamant in their fight. Monica breaks down Biden’s American Jobs Plan, what it would mean for workers and how the movement must respond. PLUS a brief on this week’s workers victories across the country.

1,100 miners are on strike at the Warrior Met Mines in Alabama, the first strike at the company in 40 years. Host Monica Cruz joins workers at the picket lines and speaks with author of The Southern Key Mike Goldfield on the fascinating history of mineworkers unions and organizing.

In the first podcast edition of On the Picket Line, labor reporter and host Monica Cruz walks us through the aftermath of the union election loss at the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama. As told by the lead union organizer and workers themselves, this fight is far from over.