UCOMM Live

Vermont State Labor Council AFL-CIO President David Van Deusen joins the show to talk guns, fascism, and the importance of focusing on organizing.

C David Cottrill, an IATSE 488 Business Agent and Political/Legislative Coordinator, joins the show to talk about why his 60,000 person union could go on strike as early as next week due to crazy hours that they are forced to work and low pay.

The Nabisco strike may be over, but another strike has begun at Heaven Hill Distillery and Cops warn of Violence at September 18th rally.

Biden met with automakers about electric vehicles, but Tesla was not there due to their anti-union activities.

Plus the IBEW has won a decade-long fight to get the first contract with Comcast and the NLRB may be able to make card check a reality after card check legislation continues to be stalled in the Legislature.

President Biden is mandating vaccines, but unions are pushing back saying that this needs to be bargained. Plus OSHA has issued a $1M fine to a Georgia Poultry plant that killed 6 workers

We have Randy Korgan, the National Director of Organizing Amazon from the Teamsters calling in to discuss their plan to organize Amazon workers nationwide.

The Teamsters are going after Amazon, which is reporting sky-high injury rates.

The Supreme Court issues yet another anti-union decision, while Biden announces who the deciding vote on the NLRB will be.