We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast

IBEW coffee workers contract in Milwaukee, Teamsters & UPS, IATSE, United Electrical Workers (UE) organizing academic workers, SoCal Hotel Workers strike authorization, journalists strike against Gannett, updates from United Kingdom, National Day of Outrage in North Carolina, National March to Protect Trans Youth in Florida.

This week's labor news: OPEIU strike update, Supreme Court decision concerning an employer's ability to sue unions, United Airlines pilots, Hollywood workers struggles, organizing at Trader Joe's, the Tampa 5, protests against Ron Desantis and much more...

This week's labor news inlcuding: new from Cambodia, Great Britain, the Teamsters and UPS, the Writers Guild Strike, the OPEIU strike in Wisconsin, and the doctor’s strike in NY.

This week's labor news: OPEIU/Madison Strike, SAG AFTRA strike authorization, Teamsters & UPS,
FedEx pilots strike authorization, Starbucks Workers United, Republian National Convention 2024, Rutgers University contract vote, University of Michigan fabricating grades for the students of striking graduate instructors/GEO 3550.

This week's labor news includes: Southwest Airlines Pilot strike authorization, German rail union cancels planned two-day strike, brief GEO 3550 and Oakland School district strike updates, Writers Guild Strike, Rutgers strike.

In this episode we interview Steve Babson, author of “Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save Democracy”. Now retired, Steve Babson worked as an instructor and extension program coordinator in the Labor Studies Center at Wayne State University.

He is the author of various books including “Working Detroit: The Making of a Union Town,” and “The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights in Detroit.”

Babson is also an Executive Board member of AAUP-AFT Local 6075 which represents 1,700 full time faculty and academic staff at Wayne State University. He’s also a leader of Detroit Eviction Defense, an organization that fights foreclosures and evictions.

Part 1: Brief updates on strikes at Rutgers University, University of Michigan, Oakland School District, and Writers Guild. Also a brief update on UPS/Teamsters negotiation.

Part 2: Interview with Kathryn Bartlett-Mulvihill, president of OPEIU Local 39 in Madison, WI. The local recently authorized a strike vote against one of the largest employers in Madison.

Recap and highlights of the shows we've done and what we've reported on since last Internaional Workers Day.

Labor news briefs at the end.

The US is experiencing a wave of strikes and organizing activity in higher education. Our podcast has been following the strikes at Rutgers University and the University of Michgan for a couple of months so we decided to reach out to the unions to get updates/info directly from the membership. Both unions have been on strike at the same time and they both represent workers employed by public academic institutions.

Labor news including: Rutgers University, University of Michigan, Teamsters/UPS, Railroad Workers United, Poor Peoples' Campaign, Nigerian and German airport workers, Oakland teachers, rally in Madison, May Day, San Antonio, OPEIU and more!

Labor news: Teamsters, Coca-Cola workers in Philly, news and analysis from Wisconsin, sanitation workers in Memphis, strikes at Rutgers University and University of Michigan, Sysco workers, International Workers day and UPS...