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Tercera hora de Visión Global en Radio Intereconomía que dedicamos a nuestro consultorio de Wall Street en el que nos acompaña David Leyguarda, analista independiente. Con él hablamos de Meta, Intel, Imperial Petroleum, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Walt Disney, Walmart, Verizon, Zebra Technologies, Nike, Bolt, Warrior Met Coal, Ivanhoe Mines, NIO, Porsche Holding y Boeing. Después, último repaso a los mercados el los últimos instantes de cotización y actualizamos la información en titulares. Terminamos con el último repaso a los mercados en el que nos acompaña José Luis Herrera, analista independiente. Con él hacemos balance de la jornada y previsiones de lo que queda de semana en unas jornadas marcadas por las caídas en Wall Street con los inversores pendientes de resultados empresariales.

Grüne Vorzeichen dominierten das Bild gestern an der Wall Street. Der Dow Jones legte knapp 0,6 Prozent zu. Der Nasdaq 100 schloss sogar 1,2 Prozent fester und überwand damit die 16.000 Punkte-Marke.

On today's episode, Jason talks with coal market expert Matt Warder, the CEO of Seawolf Research. Jason and Matt talk met coal, thermal coal, global coal markets, Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Consol Energy, Warrior Met Coal, and more.Follow Matt - https://twitter.com/mfwarderFollow Jason - https://twitter.com/afterinvestorAll Business. No Boundaries.Welcome to All Business. No Boundaries, a collection of supply chain stories by DHL...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Professor David Hemenway, the author of “Private Guns, Public Health” joins us to explain how we can reduce gun deaths if we treat the problem more like a public health issue, just like Ralph proved when dealing with the auto industry. Plus, Ralph weighs in on the repeal of the child tax credit, and Francesco DeSantis reports news items that tend to get ignored in the corporate media in our segment “In Case You Haven't Heard.”David Hemenway is an economist, Professor of Health Policy at Harvard University, and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center and the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center. He is a former Nader's Raider, and he is the author of Private Guns, Public Health,  and While We Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention.Just by making it harder for criminals to get those guns, we have fewer criminals using those guns. That's a fundamental law of economics and of psychology— if you don't want people to do something, make it harder. If you want them to do it more, make it easier.David HemenwayThe key about public health is: what we're trying to do is prevent. Prevent. Prevent. Prevent. And too often, in the United States, what we try to do is blame. And often, blaming, all it does is say “Oh I don't have to do anything. It's somebody else's fault.”David Hemenway[Reinstituting the Child Tax Credit] is something so simple, it's something that helps so many families, it increases consumer demand because most of this money is spent on the necessities of life… and the Republicans are blocking it in Congress and not paying a political price. And that's the story of the Democratic Party— they don't make the Republicans, who are as cruel as any Republicans in history, pay a price.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. A Princeton University study, published at the end of August, traces the effects of unconditional cash transfers on homelessness. Focusing on Vancouver, Canada, researchers gave homeless people $7,500 Canadian. Conforming to the results of previous studies, the subjects used this money to get into housing – yet, what was remarkable about this study is it showed this program actually saved taxpayers money overall by relieving $8,277 per subject by removing them from the shelter system.2. From Axios: 15 Senators have penned a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urging him to stop the planned admission of Israel into the Visa Waiver program. This program allows a country's citizens to travel within the United States for 90 days without a visa. Built into this program is a provision demanding US citizens in a given country are treated equally – which is not the case for Palestinian Americans living in the West Bank. Israel claims that they are working to achieve compliance with this section of the law; however, this group of Senators argue that “There is no provision in law that provides that a visa waiver country can discriminate against certain groups of U.S. citizens for the first seven months of the program simply because a country claims they will treat all U.S. citizens equally for the last five months."3. California Democrat Ro Khanna is making his pitch that President Biden should campaign on reelection on an anti-corruption platform, per the Huffington Post. Khanna, who previously chaired the Bernie Sanders campaign in California, has authored a five-point plan, consisting of “banning candidates for federal office from receiving donations from lobbyists or political action committees of any kind, banning members of Congress from trading stocks, limiting Supreme Court appointees to 18-year terms, imposing 12-year term limits on members of Congress, and requiring federal judges and Supreme Court justices to adhere to a new and more robust code of ethics.” Beyond the hard policy though, is a political point – Khanna argues “What we cannot allow to happen is for a former president ― twice impeached and four times indicted ― to position himself as the outsider in the race.”4. On September 7th, General Motors submitted a proposal to the United Autoworkers in a near last ditch attempt to stave off a strike from the newly re-energized union. In response, UAW president Shawn Fain released the following statement, “After refusing to bargain in good faith for the past six weeks, only after having federal labor board charges filed against them, GM has come to the table with an insulting proposal that doesn't come close to an equitable agreement for America's autoworkers. GM either doesn't care or isn't listening when we say we need economic justice at GM by 11:59pm on September 14th. The clock is ticking. Stop wasting our members' time. Tick tock.”5. On September 10th, Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to the Chair of the Federal Election Commission urging her to crackdown on “telemarketing calls and online scams that prey on [Americans'] goodwill and civic engagement,” noting that a recent charity scam defrauded consumers of over $150 million dollars, while a recent “network of scam…(PACs) took in $140 million.” Many speculate that Senator Blumenthal was spurred to act on this issue following the release of a documentary series on telemarketing scams focusing on the Civic Development Group, which raised vast sums for charities, which only received between 10 and 15% of that money. The Civic Development Group has itself been shut down by the FTC.         6. Labor journalist Michael Sainato reports that last week, the NLRB ruled in favor of the United Mine Workers of America, blocking Warrior Met Coal's attempt to stage a decertification election at their Brookwood, Alabama facility. UMWA President Cecil E. Roberts is quoted saying the NLRB “based [its] decision on a ruling…that determined Warrior Met Coal...violated the law before the strike began, continue to violate the law today, and intend to keep violating it in the future.” The UMWA strike against Warrior Met is the longest coal strike in Alabama history.7. The Intercept reports Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican of Tennessee has introduced a new amendment to the NDAA which would bar the Pentagon from providing assistance to Pakistan amid the “ongoing crackdown by the military establishment and its civilian allies.” Pakistan has been experiencing political turmoil since the ouster of popular president Imran Khan on dubious legal grounds. Pakistan is a major recipient of US military assistance and the Biden administration has resisted attempts to reign in the ruling regime since Khan was deposed.8. A new piece in Insider covers the clash of conservative and liberal populist Senators JD Vance of Ohio and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. The two have been collaborating on rail safety legislation following the East Palestine derailment, and we have covered the degeneration of this legislation on the show before. Now, Vance is turning his attention to banning mask mandates, which Fetterman calls  “silly performance art” which is taking time and attention away from the stalled rail safety bill.9. Finally, a cover story in the Nation chronicles the “Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower.” The author was assigned to the McKinsey teams advising ICE and the Rikers Island prison, and he lays out how he tried and failed to resist the brutal and insidious nature of these institutions from inside the firm. The story is worth reading in its entirety to see behind the curtain of a firm which tries to wrap itself in platitudes like “Change the world. Improve lives.” Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators LMCT, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the Firestop Market Recovery Program, which seeks to recapture or gain firestopping work lost by union contractors. He also explained how the LMCT is looking to create a program to help members of the Insulators Union start their own contracting business.    Adam Keller, co-host/co-producer of The Valley Labor Report, appeared on the America's Work Force Union Podcast and talked about the end of the Warrior Met Coal strike, which was the longest strike in the history of Alabama. Keller also addressed a successful campaign by Teamsters Local 402 that organized roughly 200 bus drivers.

On April 1st, 2021, 1,100 workers from the Warrior Met Coal Mine in Brookwood, Alabama went on strike for better working conditions. The miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike for almost 23 months, nearly 700 days, and this is believed to be the longest strike in Alabama history. But UMWA and Warrior Met are still at a standstill on contract negotiations, all while the mines are still operating with replacement workers, and still earning a profit.  Last week, UMWA leadership informed the remaining members on strike that the union would be ​​entering a new phase to win a fair contract, and sent a letter to the CEO of Warrior Met announcing that the striking miners were willing to return to work on March 2. Now, those coal miners who choose to return to work will be working under their old contract, while the UMWA and Warrior Met continue to negotiate. We get updates from Kim Kelly, an independent labor journalist and author of the book, "FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor." Kim has been covering the Warrior Met Coal strike since April 2021. Here is our previous coverage of the Warrior Met Strike:Alabama Union Coal Mine Workers Enter Fifth Month of StrikeAlabama Miners Are Still on Strike Nearly Nine Months Later

On April 1st, 2021, 1,100 workers from the Warrior Met Coal Mine in Brookwood, Alabama went on strike for better working conditions. The miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike for almost 23 months, nearly 700 days, and this is believed to be the longest strike in Alabama history. But UMWA and Warrior Met are still at a standstill on contract negotiations, all while the mines are still operating with replacement workers, and still earning a profit.  Last week, UMWA leadership informed the remaining members on strike that the union would be ​​entering a new phase to win a fair contract, and sent a letter to the CEO of Warrior Met announcing that the striking miners were willing to return to work on March 2. Now, those coal miners who choose to return to work will be working under their old contract, while the UMWA and Warrior Met continue to negotiate. We get updates from Kim Kelly, an independent labor journalist and author of the book, "FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor." Kim has been covering the Warrior Met Coal strike since April 2021. Here is our previous coverage of the Warrior Met Strike:Alabama Union Coal Mine Workers Enter Fifth Month of StrikeAlabama Miners Are Still on Strike Nearly Nine Months Later

Birmingham-Southern College's financial struggles, the FBI's investigation of a Walker County Jail death, and some news from the Warrior Met Coal strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The MR Crew are back from the long weekend! Sam and Emma host David Enrich, business investigations editor at the New York Times, to discuss his recent book Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the GOP and the debt ceiling, the death toll from Russia's action in Dnipro, the arrest of a losing GOP candidate in New Mexico, and Israeli protests of Netanyahu's abuse of the judicial branch, before parsing through why complete different actions by Biden and Trump (involving classified documents) have resulted in different responses from US political institutions. Then, David Enrich joins as he begins to walk through the story of the entrance of lawyers and law firms into the world of advertising in 1977, and how it created the world of financialized, amoral, corporate global law firms that we see today. Stepping back, Enrich then looks to the evolution of the Jones Day law firm as a model of the greater industry, first diving into their work in the 1940s representing a natural gas company in the wake of an explosion in Milwaukee and their emphasis on maintaining integrity and bolstering community trust, rather than fighting tooth and nail to against any reparation as a company would today, before contrasting this with their recent work intimidating and threatening local governments with lawsuits over attempts to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. Next, David, Emma, and Sam walk through the main justifications for such horrific actions on behalf of corporate behemoths, as these firms hide behind the Constitution's guarantee of representation for people accused of crimes and shirk claims of greed with pro-bono work, exploring the obvious immorality behind these lawyers' amoral facade, before taking on two more examples of this growing trend of law firms falling in line with corporate greed, the Texas Two-Step, and Abbott Laboratories' baby formula disaster. Wrapping up the interview, David walks through the reform he would most like to see, with an emphasis on the ABA, mainstream media's coverage of law firms, and the exploitative cycle of legal education. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma discuss poverty as a policy choice, Tucker suggests more congresspeople smoke crack on the House floor, and Marc Silvestry of Revere City Council absolutely shuts down some bonkers anti-homeless arguments on the floor. They also cover Sarah Huckabee Sanders' efficient first few works in office, Jeremy from LA discusses the coverage of psychedelics online, and Nathan from Alabama dives into the Warrior Met Coal strike and comparisons with Glacier North West's teamsters' action. Casey from Tennessee has an extended discussion on the South's relationship to labor and culture wars, and walks through his own evolution from Trumper to Sederista, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out David's book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/servants-of-the-damned-david-enrich?variant=40153396346914 Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Buy tickets to the Left Reckoning/This Is Revolution live show here!: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-tickets-476781264597 Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Aura: Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/majority to try 14 days free and let Aura go to work protecting your private information online HoldOn Bags: To shop plant based bags and replace single use plastics all over your home, visit https://holdonbags.com/MAJORITY or enter MAJORITY at checkout to save 20% off your order. Henson Shaving: Go to https://hensonshaving.com/majority and use code MAJORITY for a free 100-pack of blades! Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

With strikes and unionization drives spreading throughout the country, 2022 has been a year of intense labor struggle. However, the bosses, the ruling class, corporate politicians, and their lackeys in the media are doing everything they can to squash these rank-and-file movements and beat workers back into subservience. If we want to see the labor movement grow, we need to be there for workers when it counts the most, and we need to do whatever we can to make sure they win their fights. Now more than ever, we have to support working people on the front lines fighting for better lives, better workplaces, and a better world. In this special worker solidarity livestream, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with workers involved in the ongoing struggle on the railroads, the strikes at Warrior Met Coal and CNH Industrial, and more.Panelists include: Haeden Wright, President of UMWA Auxiliary Locals 2368 and 2245; Braxton Wright, member of UMWA Local 2368 on strike at Warrior Met Coal; Marcques Derby, member of UAW Local 807 on strike at CNH Industrial; Sammy Feldblum, graduate worker at the University of California, Los Angeles, and member of UAW Local 2865; Molly Ragan, part-time faculty at The New School / Parsons School of Design and staff member of ACT-UAW Local 7902; Kaley Johnson, Seeking Justice reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Vice President of the Fort Worth News Guild; Matthew Parker, full-time locomotive engineer and part-time Chairman of the Nevada State Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.Links mentioned in this video:UMWA strike fundStrike pantry fund for Warrior Met Coal strikersRailroad Workers UnitedUAW Local 807 CNH workers strike fundFort Worth NewsGuild Strike FundUAW-UC academic workers strike support and hardship fundHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

After a bit of complaining about workers being forced to come in during the holidays, we start this week's episode with a check-in on the longest running strike in the US at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. The strike wave in the UK continues to grow as academic workers held the UK's largest ever academic strike and the RMT announced new rail shutdowns. The largest strike in the US continued into its third week as the University of California refuses to meet workers needs for a living wage and benefits. Electric truck maker Rivian continues to show that tech industry "disruption" usually just means violating labor and safety laws. The horrifying death of a foundry worker at Caterpillar in Illinois exposed the total toothlessness of OSHA and raises the question: how much is a human life worth? In happier news, three major unions announced an agreement to collaborate to unionize Delta wall-to-wall, in a move that could set a new pattern for organizing. Truck drivers in South Korea have launched another major strike after the right wing Yoon government backed out of a deal agreed to earlier this year. And of course, we end with Starbucks, where the company keeps closing stores, but union drives keep winning at a faster pace. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Consultorio bursátil de octubre de 2022 en el que Adrián Godás y Paco Lodeiro respondemos a las preguntas de los oyentes. Las consultas generales son sobre invertir en renta fija, invertir en la subida del euríbor, aprender finanzas desde cero, el bróker de MyInvestor, los diluted EPS, valorar el track record de la directiva, subida de tipos y el sector bancario, plataformas de inversión en startups, qué son los Compounders y sobre invertir en Asia. Las dudas sobre empresas y sectores son sobre Green Landscaping Group, Constellation Software, Warrior Met Coal y Kion Group, Orezone y Angold y finalmente sobre Vidrala.

During this episode, Ford's first pure electric, the Mustang Mach-E EV is reviewed; why consumers should care about coal miners; and why there is seemingly no land available for housing in the United States. 

Much has been made about the need to transition to cleaner forms of fuel over the years.  While much of the electrical power generation in the United States has converted to natural gas,  coal fired electric plants and steel manufacturing still use quite a bit of the dirty black rock.  But what about the workers?  We discuss. 

Nearly 600 days into coal miners here in Alabama taking a stand for their rights and the wellbeing of their families against the Warrior Met Coal company, the fight continues. Haeden Wright has stepped up as a leading voice within the Brookwood coal mining community. Haeden Wright is UMWA Auxiliary Locals #2368/#2245 President, Alabama SDEC HD 49 Representative, SDEC Executive Board CD #6. She is the wife of a striking miner and comes from a long line of Alabama union coal miners. More about Brookwood Miner's strike: UMWA Strike Aid Fund UMWA: How private equity firms caused the UMWA strike in Brookwood Haeden interviewed by Kim Kelly Support Dissident Orthodoxy on Patreon and be supporters like Brian, Chris and Ryan! Rate/Review Dissident Orthodoxy on Apple Podcasts Follow Casey's substack

If you were following the strikes and labor actions that happened last year, then you may have noticed that a certain face kept popping up in photos and reports from picket lines all over the country, from the Kelloggs', Nabisco, and John Deere strikes, to the Warrior Met Coal miners caravan, to New York City. Who is this mysterious member of the Transport Workers Union making his way to states all around the US to show solidarity with workers in their different struggles? Well, it turns out that that guy is Tevita 'Uhatafe, a first-generation Tongan American, family man, rank-and-file member of the Transport Workers Union Local 513 in Dallas-Fort Worth, and vice president of the Tarrant County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council. In this episode of Working People, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez talks with 'Uhatafe about his life, about why family has always been so important to him, about working in the airline industry, coming to the organized labor movement, and about how doing the vital solidarity work he does is such a fundamental part of who he is as a person.For more information and to read the transcript of this interview, visit: https://therealnews.com/meet-the-tongan-american-unionist-on-a-pilgrimage-to-support-striking-workers-around-the-usPre-Production/Studio: Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Jules TaylorHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

If you were following the strikes and labor actions that were happening last year, then you may have noticed that a certain face kept popping up in photos and reports from picket lines all over the country, from the Kelloggs', Nabisco, and John Deere strikes, to the Warrior Met Coal miners caravan to New York City. Who was this mysterious member of the Transport Workers Union making his way to states all around the US to show solidarity with workers in their different struggles? Well, it turns out that that guy is Tevita 'Uhatafe, a first-generation Tongan American, family man, rank-and-file member of the Transport Workers Union Local 513 in Dallas-Fort Worth, and Vice President of the Tarrant County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council. In this episode, we talk with Tevita about his life, about why family has always been so important to him, about working in the airline industry, coming to the organized labor movement, and about how doing the vital solidarity work he does is such a fundamental part of who he is as a person. Additional links/info below... Tevita's Twitter page Tevita's PayPal (let's get Tevita to Labor Notes!): @TUhatafe  Haeden Wright's Twitter page Braxton Wright's Twitter page Haeden and Braxton's PayPal (let's get them to Labor Notes too!): @haedenwright Tarrant County Central Labor Council website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Tevita recognized for his contribution to the labor movement for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "'Twerking-class heroes: LA strippers are fighting for a union"  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

Labor reporter Kim Kelly and Professor Harvey J Kaye join Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about Kim's new book "Fight Like Hell", going through some of the figures and movements in the under-covered parts of labor history and what they mean for us today.Show Notes:Buy Fight Like HellKim's recent coverage of the Warrior Met Coal strike

Last Friday, Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island shocked the world by pulling off one of the great labor victories in US history, becoming the first Amazon workforce in the country to vote to unionize. A thousand miles away, in the rural setting of Brookwood, Alabama, 1,100 coal miners on strike at Warrior Met Coal have just passed the one-year anniversary of the day they hit the picket line. Around the country, workers are rising up, demanding more, and winning important victories, even though the deck is stacked against them. The question is: Where will the reinforcements come from? How can the fight that workers are waging on the shop floor be supported and empowered by a broad progressive movement that is united around the cause of economic, political, and social justice?In a recent piece published on CommonDreams, Professor Harvey J. Kaye, an expert on the New Deal and FDR, and Alan Minsky, the executive director of Progressive Democrats of America, call for progressives to rally behind the proposal for a “21st Century Economic Bill of Rights.” In this interview, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Professor Kaye and labor leader Sara Nelson about the state of the labor movement today and what it would mean if progressive forces within and beyond the labor movement united around a shared vision for “a platform of economic policies designed to enable Americans, all Americans, to secure the nation's promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”Sara Nelson is the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, representing around 50,000 flight attendants at 17 airlines. Harvey J. Kaye is Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the author of many books, including: The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great; FDR on Democracy; and Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again.Pre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Cameron GranadinoRead the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/from-amazon-to-starbucks-workers-are-rising-up-and-progressives-need-to-support-them-at-all-costsHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey Hager joined the America's Work Force Union podcast and discussed what the $20 billion Intel project will mean for Ohio's building trades. He also talked about the need to expand the Building Futures and Driving Futures programs due to the need to staff all the work currently going on in the central Ohio region.    The second guest on today's podcast was AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, who talked about the one year anniversary of the Warrior Met Coal strike and the confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. 

AlabamaState Lawmakers return to Montgomery with 7 days left in legislative sessionA reward is offered by Warrior Met Coal for info on the explosives placed by pipelineCongressman Gary Palmer's bill further funds National Computer Forensics InstituteA federal grant will be distributed in AL to make low income home's energy efficientDothan man dies after fishing boat capsizes on Lake EufaulaNationalBiden refers to Vladimir Putin in speech, other  officials critique his use of wordsUkraine President says country is wiling to work out neutrality deal with RussiaEmails on Hunter Biden's laptop connects him with  bio lab research in UkraineColorado considers law with wording that allows for infanticide up to 28 daysUtah state lawmakers override a veto to push a ban on transgenders in female sports

American Federation of Government Employees Local 31 President Darryll Bell joined today's podcast and discussed recommendations to close hundreds of VA clinics in a move to privatize veteran healthcare. He also spoke about a class-action lawsuit for public employees exposed to COVID-19.       Casey Mullooly, District 2 Representative with the United Mine Workers Association, joined the AWF Podcast and provided an update on negotiations in the nearly 1-year mining strike against Warrior Met Coal. He also discussed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the work climate for UMW members.  

On today's show: a different voice from the nearly year-long Warrior Met Coal strike; that of a six-year-old miner's daughter, on the Heartland Labor Forum. Next up we hear from a couple of new Network members: on the Baltimore Labor Report, REI workers in New York City organize, and on the AFGE Y.O.U.N.G. podcast, how being a federal employee affects AFGE members politically, what they can and cannot do. Then, Crispin Hernandez of Workers' Central of Central New York updates For a Better World about the campaign to lower the threshold for overtime for farmers. We have two international labor reports today: from the Solidarity Center podcast, how workers defied the odds to form a democratic union at the GM plant in Silao, Mexico, and on Work Stoppage, the difficulties of labor organizing in Colombia. Where did the idea of a Human Resources department originate and why does it seem to always favor the employer? We find out from the Million Dollar Organizer podcast.   We wrap up this week's show with a fascinating interview from the 3rd & Fairfax podcast, as Weakest Link head writer Ann Slichter and writer Scott Saltzburg talk about what it takes to put together a primetime network game show. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @checkoutradio @DCLabor @checkoutradio @MyPhillyLabor @UAW_Local_2209 @podcastgig @BC_LHC @ILLaborHistory @Heartland_Labor @fairworldprj @SolidarityCntr @WorkStoppagePod @boboedy @WGAWest Edited by Patrick Dixon, Mel Smith and Chris Garlock; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

What's it like to be on strike for almost a year? How do you stay hopeful? How do you pay the bills? What do you tell your kids? This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll interview Haeden Wright, wife of a coal miner for Warrior Met Coal in Alabama and her daughter Avery on […] The post Warrior Met Coal: How to Survive a Strike and Coal Miner Songs appeared first on KKFI.

Doreen Greenwald, Vice President of NTEU, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss how budget cuts, staffing issues and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected Internal Revenue Service employees.   AFL-CIO Director of Government Affairs Bill Samuel was the second featured guest and spoke about ‘Vulture Capitalism' and how it has negatively impacted the 1,100 striking mine workers at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. 

En este episodio de Value Investing FM, Adrián y Paco tenemos el placer de entrevistar a Javier Ruiz, director de inversiones de Horos Asset Management. Nos hablará de: - Cómo pasó de querer ser funcionario a gestor de fondos - Su evolución del deep value al análisis cualitativo - El proceso a la hora de crear una gestora de fondos en España - Sus fondos e inversores de referencia a nivel nacional e internacional - Algunas de sus principales posiciones en los fondos, como el sector del cannabis, Warrior Met Coal, el uranio, Catalana Occidente o FairFax India.

On April 1, 2021, roughly 1,100 UMWA coal miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, went on an unfair labor practices strike over Warrior Met's refusal to negotiate a contract renewal in good faith. The miners have been on strike for 10 months now, with January 26, 2022, marking Day 300 of the strike. DSA stands in unyielding support of the mineworkers of Brookwood in their strike! DONATE: https://www.gofundme.com/f/dsa-for-the-miners ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In the 1890s, the two-party system in Alabama nearly cracked open. A brutal economic depression and a rising wave of labor agitation and agrarian unrest helped create a viable new party: The People's Party. Learn how the Populists nearly took power in Alabama, why they failed, and what their legacy means for the modern South. To support the striking UMWA miners of Warrior Met Coal, visit https://umwa.org/news-media/news/support-umwa-miners-on-strike-at-warrior-met/ SOURCES: Populism to Progressivism by Sheldon Hackney http://uapress.ua.edu/product/978-0-8173-8532-3-Populism-to-Progressivism-In-Alabama,4881.aspx?skuid=2200 Birmingham Coal District Strike of 1908 by Encyclopedia of Alabama http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/Article/h-1478 Arsenal for Democracy - American Money: Part IV The Cross of Gold http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/2021/10/04/american-money-part-iv-the-cross-of-gold-arsenal-for-democracy-ep-398/ Subtreasury Plan by James L. Hunt, NCpedia https://www.ncpedia.org/subtreasury-plan Ambushed in Eufaula: Alabama's forgotten race massacre by Kyle Whitmire https://www.al.com/news/2022/01/ambushed-in-eufaula-alabamas-forgotten-race-massacre.html

Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said she would not support undermining the Senate filibuster to enact new voting rights laws, presenting a major obstacle for President Biden's drive to push the protections through Congress. CNN featured an explosive showdown between former Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) surrogate Nina Turner and Jonathan Kott, former senior adviser to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). Bernie Sanders and two of his Senate colleagues on Friday demanded that the Wall Street behemoth BlackRock, the largest shareholder in Warrior Met Coal, intervene on the side of Alabama miners as they continue their strike for fair wages and benefits. Conservatives are ripping Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh online after he sided with the court's liberal wing to save President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for health care workers. Attempts to remove books from school libraries have increased, spurred by activism from conservative parent groups and resistance to teaching socially progressive ideas in schools.Hosts: John Iadarola, Nina Turner, Francesca Fiorentini See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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"

Depressingly relentless waves of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc around the world in 2021, which made it difficult and often impossible to regularly do the kind of on-the-ground reporting that we pride ourselves on here at TRNN. But the news didn't stop, and neither did we. Even if we couldn't cover them in person, our expansion of audio reporting at TRNN allowed us to intimately cover this year's most important stories and to bring you the voices of people on the front lines of the fight for a better world. In this special year-in-review episode of The Real News Network podcast, Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and TRNN's resident radio legend Marc Steiner discuss the importance of audio reporting and the projects we're working on for 2022. They also recount some of the highlights from our coverage this past year on The Marc Steiner Show, Working People, and TRNN's other podcast offerings, including: the fall of Kabul to the Taliban; the fight for Indigenous land at Fairy Creek; Jewish activists around the world speaking out against the Israeli occupation; strikes at Kellogg's, Warrior Met Coal, Frito-Lay, and more; and the introduction of our new TRNN podcast Art for the End Times.Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/from-kabul-to-the-alabama-coal-mines-our-year-in-podcastsPre-Production/Studio: Dwayne GladdenPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Depressingly relentless waves of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc around the world in 2021, which made it difficult and often impossible to regularly do the kind of on-the-ground reporting that we pride ourselves on here at TRNN. But the news didn't stop, and neither did we. Even if we couldn't cover them in person, our expansion of audio reporting at TRNN allowed us to intimately cover this year's most important stories and to bring you the voices of people on the front lines of the fight for a better world. In this special year-in-review episode of The Real News Network podcast, Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and TRNN's resident radio legend Marc Steiner discuss the importance of audio reporting and the projects we're working on for 2022. They also recount some of the highlights from our coverage this past year on The Marc Steiner Show, Working People, and TRNN's other podcast offerings, including: the fall of Kabul to the Taliban; the fight for Indigenous land at Fairy Creek; Jewish activists around the world speaking out against the Israeli occupation; strikes at Kellogg's, Warrior Met Coal, Frito-Lay, and more; and the introduction of our new TRNN podcast Art for the End Times.Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/from-kabul-to-the-alabama-coal-mines-our-year-in-podcastsPre-Production/Studio: Dwayne GladdenPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Alabama Miners Are Still on Strike Nearly Nine Months Later On April 1st, 1,100 workers from the Warrior Met Coal Mine in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama went on strike. Now, 258 days later, those workers are still on strike in hopes of forcing the company to address what they call unfair labor practices. The Takeaway spoke with Kim Kelly, an independent journalist and author of the forthcoming book, ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor, updated us on what's happening with these Alabama union issues. Kim has been covering the Warrior Met Coal strike since April. The Continuing Strike Against Kellogg's The Striketober work stoppage goes on as the two sides balk on a deal. In response, Kellogg's closer to hiring new employees as permanent replacements. HuffPost labor reporter David Jamieson has the latest and frames this strike within the modern labor movement and the larger context of history.  The Historical Relevance Behind The January 6 Capitol Riot  Are some moments of racialized and political violence in the United States quickly forgotten for a reason? We speak with historian Martha S. Jones about some of the most relevant examples. Isis King on "With Love" and Trans Representation on the Small Screen The series "With Love" features LGBTQ+ love stories for two characters, including one played by Isis King. The Takeaway spoke to her about the new series and her career in Hollywood.  For transcripts, see individual segment pages.  

Alabama Miners Are Still on Strike Nearly Nine Months Later On April 1st, 1,100 workers from the Warrior Met Coal Mine in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama went on strike. Now, 258 days later, those workers are still on strike in hopes of forcing the company to address what they call unfair labor practices. The Takeaway spoke with Kim Kelly, an independent journalist and author of the forthcoming book, ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor, updated us on what's happening with these Alabama union issues. Kim has been covering the Warrior Met Coal strike since April. The Continuing Strike Against Kellogg's The Striketober work stoppage goes on as the two sides balk on a deal. In response, Kellogg's closer to hiring new employees as permanent replacements. HuffPost labor reporter David Jamieson has the latest and frames this strike within the modern labor movement and the larger context of history.  The Historical Relevance Behind The January 6 Capitol Riot  Are some moments of racialized and political violence in the United States quickly forgotten for a reason? We speak with historian Martha S. Jones about some of the most relevant examples. Isis King on "With Love" and Trans Representation on the Small Screen The series "With Love" features LGBTQ+ love stories for two characters, including one played by Isis King. The Takeaway spoke to her about the new series and her career in Hollywood.  For transcripts, see individual segment pages.  

1,100 coal miners at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama have been on strike since April 1, and 1,400 Kellogg's workers at cereal plants in Nebraska, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee have been on strike since Oct. 5. Facing intense financial, physical, and psychological strains from being on strike for so long, violence and hostility from scab workers on the picket line, and threats of being permanently replaced, these workers have held strong. However, they are now facing additional obstacles imposed by business-friendly courts that are stripping their legally protected right to picket. At the Warrior Met picket line in Brookwood, Alabama, as well as the Kellogg's picket line in Omaha, Nebraska, striking union workers have been slapped with injunctions that restrict who can picket, how close they can stand to company entrances, what they can and can't do, etc. But the unions aren't giving up without a fight.“For too long, the courts have sided with corporations over labor, fundamentally and perniciously reshaping American law, life and liberty,” Sara Nelson, president of the American Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, recently wrote in The New York Times. “Today, they are doing their part to unravel the American dream—and the social contract that has been in place since the 1940s, offering the working class a good life if they spend 40 hours on the job, the means to enjoy it in off hours and a secure retirement.” To discuss where things stand now with each of these important strikes and how companies like Kellogg's and Warrior Met Coal are trying to use the courts to break them, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Larry Spencer in Alabama and Dan Osborn in Nebraska. Larry Spencer is currently serving as Vice President for District 20 of the United Mine Workers of America, which represents the 1,100 miners who have been on strike at Warrior Met Coal since April. Dan Osborn has worked at the Kellogg's plant in Omaha, Nebraska, for 18 years and currently serves as president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), Local 50G.Additional links/info below…- Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, “Striking Alabama coal miners are prepared for a long fight“: https://therealnews.com/striking-alabama-coal-miners-are-prepared-for-a-long-fight- Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, “The true price of coal“: https://therealnews.com/the-true-price-of-coal- Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, “Don't mess with a coal miner's wife“: https://therealnews.com/dont-mess-with-a-coal-miners-wife- Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, “The miners take Manhattan”: https://therealnews.com/the-miners-take-manhattan- Maximilian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “Coal miners in Alabama are striking for their fair share”: https://therealnews.com/coal-miners-in-alabama-are-striking-for-their-fair-share- Maximilian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “Five months into strike, Alabama coal miners aren't backing down”: https://therealnews.com/five-months-into-strike-alabama-coal-miners-arent-backing-down- Maximilian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “Breakfast of champions: Kellogg's cereal workers strike for employees who have been left behind”: https://therealnews.com/striking-kelloggs-workers-show-the-country-what-solidarity-looks-like- Mel Buer, The Real News Network, “Kellogg's strike: Cereal plant workers fight to raise the floor for all employees as sales soar”: https://therealnews.com/kelloggs-strike-cereal-plant-workers-fight-to-raise-the-floor-for-all-employees-as-sales-soar- Mel Buer, The Real News Network, “Kellogg's strikers hold the line and prepare for winter”: https://therealnews.com/kelloggs-strikers-hold-the-line-and-prepare-for-winterPre-Production/Studio/Post-Production: Dwayne GladdenRead the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/how-companies-like-kelloggs-are-weaponizing-the-courts-to-break-strikesHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-podSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/newsletter-podLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter on power, politics, and the real economy. If you'd like to support this work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Workers in one Starbucks store, in Buffalo, New York, made history yesterday by becoming Starbuck's first unionized workplace. It's a watershed for the biggest coffee seller in the world, which operates 8,953 stores in the United States — and which has done everything in its power to keep its workers from forming a union. The vote itself was tiny. Nineteen baristas and shift supervisors voted in favor of unionizing, 8 voted against. But it marked a huge victory, nonetheless. Starbucks had waged a massive anti-union campaign in Buffalo — sending out-of-town managers and even executives into stores to discourage unionizing, closing down some stores, and packing remaining stores with new employees in order to dilute pro-union employees' voting power. For years, Starbucks workers have complained about the company's labor practices, claiming that chronic understaffing has created a chaotic work environment, erratic hours, and difficulty in taking sick days. Despite episodic commitments by Starbucks management to change, the complaints have continued. They intensified during the pandemic when overstretched Starbucks employees also had to deal with new health risks and safety protocols.The union election marks one of the highest-profile union wins in memory for U.S. restaurant workers, who are among the least unionized in the country and whose pay and benefits are among the lowest in all of corporate America. It's certain to encourage more unionizing efforts among workers in restaurant chains.What occurred yesterday at one Starbucks store is part of a much larger pattern — a surge in strikes and labor actions across America. Kellogg's striking workers are still holding the line and refusing to allow the company to separate employees into tiers (with newer workers getting lower pay and benefits). Today, Kellogg's said it will start hiring permanent replacements for the striking workers. Hiring permanent replacements is technically legal, but rarely done because it can poison labor-management relations for years. Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama will get another chance to unionize (the National Labor Relations Board found that Amazon used unfair labor practices in the recent election there). The United Mine Workers have been striking at the Warrior Met Coal company in Alabama for the last eight months, one of the longest strikes this century.Three thousand student workers at Columbia University have been on strike for six weeks to demand better pay and health care (on Tuesday, at least one hundred members of the Columbia faculty joined them on the picket line). What's going on? Partly, low-wage workers have more bargaining leverage now than they've had in years. As the pandemic recedes (let's hope it continues to), consumers are spending at a higher rate than they have in over twenty months. To respond to this surge in pent-up demand, employers are seeking workers. But at the same time, workers across America are taking a fresh look at their jobs. Record-high “quit” rates and near record low rates of labor-participation suggest that a significant number are asking themselves if they want to go back to their old jobs — and are answering “no.” Part of the “no” is an unwillingness to settle for their former wages and working conditions — especially in big companies (like Starbucks, Amazon, and Kelloggs) whose profits have been sky-high. (Or even in richly-endowed universities like Columbia.) That “no” is also reverberating across America in the form of strikes. Many of these workers were on the front lines in the pandemic, and now they feel (with some justification) it's time for their efforts to be rewarded. At a deeper level, I suspect the pandemic itself has caused many people to reevaluate what they're doing with their lives and to set different priorities for themselves (although I can't prove this). For years, many big corporations like Starbucks have sold themselves as “socially-responsible” — offering consumers the soothing reassurance that in buying their products they're somehow advancing the common good. That was always b******t. Corporations exist only to make money. Corporate social responsibility is a jejune form of public relations. Starbucks's aggressively marketed “socially responsible” business model turns out to be no different. When corporations like Starbucks fight their workers' legal right to form a union, the PR veil is lifted for all to see what's really going on. Starbucks calls its workers “partners,” but they're not in fact partners. They don't share in the firm's profits. Between January and September of this year, Starbuck's revenue soared to $20.9 billion — compared to $17.3 billion in the same period last year. Its president and chief executive officer, Kevin Johnson, made $14,665,575 in total compensation last year and is on the way to getting a far larger package this year. Yet current average hourly pay at Starbucks is $14, or $28,000 a year. It's all about power — the power of workers to join together to gain the bargaining clout they need for better pay and working conditions, up against corporate power to keep wages so low that shareholders and executives can make even more. The victory yesterday at one Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, is a small step on the long trail toward rebalancing such power in America. What do you think?By the way, here's a video my colleagues and I at Inequality Media just did about labor history that got us to this point. Hope you find it useful. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

Voices from Thursday's DC protest by striking Warrior Met Coal miners and their allies. Today's labor quote: UMWA protest chant. Today's labor history: Joe Hill executed.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MineWorkers #UMWADayofAction @WarriorMetCoal @Fidelity Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Voices from Thursday's DC protest by striking Warrior Met Coal miners and their allies. Today's labor quote: UMWA protest chant. Today's labor history: Joe Hill executed.   @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MineWorkers #UMWADayofAction @WarriorMetCoal @Fidelity Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Broadcast on November 18, 2021 Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith This week's show: The Warrior Met Coal strike comes to DC; UMWA's Erin Bates reports. AFL-CIO Director of government affairs Bill Samuel on how the just-signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will put millions of Americans to work. Author Joseph Anderson explores the worker perspective in his new book “Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, Pork, and Power in America.” PLUS: Hold The Line; brand-new music from Tom Morello! Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella & Kaliah Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @AFLCIO @MineWorkers #UMWADayofAction @WarriorMetCoal @Fidelity

As we have been covering at The Real News, coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, represented by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), have been on an unfair labor practices strike against Warrior Met Coal since the beginning of April. Now entering their eight month on strike, workers and their families are facing violence on the picket line, vilification from the company, and even court orders that infringe on their legally protected right to picket. And yet, striking miners and their families continue to hold the line and provide support for one another—and they say they will continue to do so for as long as it takes.In this segment of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Braxton and Haeden Wright about the conditions that led to the strike at Warrior Met Coal, what families have endured throughout the strike, and how solidarity from supporters around the world has kept them going. Braxton Wright is one of the UMWA miners on strike in Alabama; he comes from a family of miners and has been working at the mine now owned by Warrior Met Coal for 17 years. Haeden Wright is president of the UMWA Auxiliary Locals #2368 and #2245; she is a high school teacher who also comes from a coal mining family. Braxton and Haeden are married.Tune in for new episodes of The Marc Steiner Show every Tuesday and Friday on TRNN.Pre-Production/Studio/Post Production: Stephen FrankRead the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/7-months-into-strike-alabama-coal-miners-keep-the-fire-burningHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

As we have been covering at The Real News, coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, represented by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), have been on an unfair labor practices strike against Warrior Met Coal since the beginning of April. Now entering their eight month on strike, workers and their families are facing violence on the picket line, vilification from the company, and even court orders that infringe on their legally protected right to picket. And yet, striking miners and their families continue to hold the line and provide support for one another—and they say they will continue to do so for as long as it takes.In this segment of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Braxton and Haeden Wright about the conditions that led to the strike at Warrior Met Coal, what families have endured throughout the strike, and how solidarity from supporters around the world has kept them going. Braxton Wright is one of the UMWA miners on strike in Alabama; he comes from a family of miners and has been working at the mine now owned by Warrior Met Coal for 17 years. Haeden Wright is president of the UMWA Auxiliary Locals #2368 and #2245; she is a high school teacher who also comes from a coal mining family. Braxton and Haeden are married.Tune in for new episodes of The Marc Steiner Show every Tuesday and Friday on TRNN.Pre-Production/Studio/Post Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Alabama state legislature moves forward during its redistricting special session; Warrior Met Coal strike enters its eighth month; Two longtime Alabama newspaper journalists pass away. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Skinner from WBRC Fox 6 gives the latest update on the situation at Warrior Met Coal

Joanne Kuniansky is the Socialist Workers Party candidate for Governor of New Jersey. Her labor movement activity includes having walked the Teamsters picket line at Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx and joined rallies supporting United Mineworkers currently on strike against Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. Her experience as a worker has spanned from oil refineries, meat packing, and Walmart. She is a longtime participant in the fight for women's rights. The Socialist Workers Party is the oldest third party on the ballot in this election. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theandrewmillershow/support

Larry Spencer, International President for UMWA District 20 talks about the situation at Warrior Met Coal.

850 Mine Workers are striking Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. Today's labor quote: Cecil Roberts. Today's labor history: Wobblies indicted for protesting WW1. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MineWorkers @WarriorMetCoal #Unions4All Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

850 Mine Workers are striking Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. Today's labor quote: Cecil Roberts. Today's labor history: Wobblies indicted for protesting WW1. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @MineWorkers @WarriorMetCoal #Unions4All Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

With your host down for the count with COVID-19, please enjoy a repeat of last week's episode of TMI: Ronald Reagan gave us his "nine most terrifying words in the english language" 40 years ago - we examine how this devious concept has insidiously corrupted our ability to function as a government, even when it comes to responding to immediate threats like Hurricane Ida. Then, we talk about the strike down in Alabama by miners of Warrior Met Coal, and the similarities to some historically violent coal strikes that rocked the USA roughly 100 years ago. With luck, maybe we can protect workers' rights without so much bloodshed this time. Finally, we look at the completion of the USA's withdrawal from Afghanistan, and how it has been long overdue. All this and more on this BEST OF TMI with Aldous Tyler for Friday, Sepetmber 10, 2021 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media.

Green and Red commemorates Labor Day with labor Journalist and founder of "Payday Report" Mike Elk (@MikeElk). We begin by talking about the historical origins of Labor Day in the U.S. (where Labor Day occurs in September rather than on May 1, like most of the world) and we pay tribute to the late Stanley Aronowitz. We had a wide-ranging discussion with Mike Elk, who began by giving up updates on the Warrior Met Coal strike in Alabama and the Amazon union drive that took place there earlier this year. After that we spoke about the role of labor in the post World War II period, and discussed the importance of people such as Ed Asner, Walter Mondale, and William Greider. We also talked about what to expect from the AFL-CIO with new President Liz Shuler and the legacy of the late Richard Trumka. We, again, paid tribute to the brave women who were fired from Collin College and pointed out how the New York Left did nothing to help them. Finally, we talked about the role of "gatekeepers" in labor journalism and education--the way that people who don't have working-class backgrounds have come to dominate the way we on the Left talk about labor. Links// Payday Report: https://paydayreport.com/ Gallup: Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965 (https://bit.ly/2VfsWe2) Stanley Aronowitz, Labor Scholar and Activist, Dies at 88 (https://nyti.ms/3DRFqdw) The Nation: Ed Asner, American Socialist (https://bit.ly/3tdJfoe) Follow Green and Red// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpod... YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Aline Piva, researcher and journalist based in Sao Paulo, joins us to talk about the ongoing protests in Brazil, where President Bolsonaro called for his supporters to take to the streets, which in turn sparked counter protests across the country. We talk about the broader connections of the Bolsonaro government to other conservative movements, including some in the U.S., whether these pro-Bolsonaro protests are being used to divert attention from various corruption probes and his sagging popularity among Brazilians, and the possible matchup against Lula in the next elections.Sinclair Skinner, co-founder of BitMari, a Pan-African blockchain remittance platform, human rights activist, political adviser, and serial entrepreneur, talks to us about El Salvador making bitcoin legal tender in the country this week, how this transition is going, whether the country has the technological infrastructure in place to implement these changes, and whether the move to cryptocurrency will benefit all El Salvadoreans, and not just currency speculators. Jacob Morrison, co-host of The Valley Labor Report radio show and podcast, talks to us about the ongoing Warrior Met Coal miners strike, efforts to generate solidarity among the population, actions taken by the strikers beyond the South, and whether the media is giving them a fair shake in the coverage. We also talk about how studies demonstrate that union membership is essential to the fight for economic equality, social and racial justice, and what could be done to strengthen workers in the U.S. John Kiriakou, co-host of the Backstory on Radio Sputnik, talks to us about new poll highlighting US sentiments towards government surveillance and what Americans thought about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the CIA's social media presence and what this means for whitewashing their history, and the probe into rogue security unit at the Commerce Department that was collecting information on hundreds of its employees and average citizens.Austin Pelli, producer at Radio Sputnik, talks to us about Derek Jeter's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and former NFL running back Clinton Portis pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Ronald Reagan gave us his "nine most terrifying words in the english language" 40 years ago - we examine how this devious concept has insidiously corrupted our ability to function as a government, even when it comes to responding to immediate threats like Hurricane Ida. Then, we talk about the strike down in Alabama by miners of Warrior Met Coal, and the similarities to some historically violent coal strikes that rocked the USA roughly 100 years ago. With luck, maybe we can protect workers' rights without so much bloodshed this time. Finally, we look at the completion of the USA's withdrawal from Afghanistan, and how it has been long overdue. All this and more on TMI with Aldous Tyler for Friday, Sepetmber 03, 2021 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media.

Over 1,100 union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on an unfair labor practices strike against Warrior Met Coal for over five months. And for five months, the mainstream media has barely made a peep about the strike. Instead, a small collection of independent journalists and local and progressive media outlets have been working overtime to cover this important story, including Jacob Morrison, David Story, and Adam Keller at The Valley Labor Report (Alabama's only weekly labor radio talk show). There is one person, however, who has done more than anyone to lift the strike at Warrior Met into public consciousness for over five months straight, and that is independent journalist Kim Kelly. In Part II of our special Working People update on the miners' strike at Warrior Met, Jacob Morrison from The Valley Labor Report guest hosts a wide-ranging conversation with Kelly about her labor and writing background, her experience covering the Amazon union drive and the Warrior Met strike in Alabama, and what it means to truly be invested in the people and struggles we cover in labor media.

✦ LINKS  ✦   The Hidden Costs of Alabama's Tax Incentive: https://jobstomoveamerica.org/resource/the-hidden-costs-of-alabamas-tax-incentives/The week in US unions, August 12-19: https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/p/weekly34Working People podcast: https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/On Strike at Warrior Met Coal (w/ Jacob Morrison & Lee Bains III): https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/on-strike-at-warrior-met-coal-w-jacob-morrison-lee-bains-iiiStriking Coal Miners Won't Back Down, Part I (w/ Jacob Morrison): https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/striking-coal-miners-wont-back-down-part-i-w-jacob-morrisonStriking Coal Miners Won't Back Down, Part II (w/ Kim Kelly & Jacob Morrison): https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/striking-coal-miners-wont-back-down-part-ii-w-kim-kelly-jacob-morrison8-28 Virtual Voting Rights March: https://actionnetwork.org/events/voting-rights-march-virtual2021's Best & Worst States for Health Care: https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-best-health-care/23457Automotive Free Clinic Supplies: https://www.gofundme.com/f/automotive-free-clinic-supplies?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR3XDBWsWwl8d5sqXMB3RwieSybWbAAkvFpVc5Yc-ieNzm2aAmnwailQm9oMother Jones We Shall Rise: https://m-partners.facebook.com/blairmtn100/photos/a.110860416926972/565121731500836/?type=3&source=54District 1 Town Hall on Redsitricting: https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/city-calendar-event/district-1-town-hall-redistricting/Former Huntsville Police Officer William Darby sentenced to 25 years: waff.com/2021/08/20/former-huntsville-police-officer-william-darby-sentenced-25-years/Workers of Color at Major Electric Bus Company Allege Widespread Racism on the Job: https://inthesetimes.com/article/labor-unions-new-flyer-racism-electric-bus?link_id=4&can_id=888bb7c3c2edbc854c60032ce27b1651&source=email-the-indy-journalists-who-covered-a-massive-coal-miner-strike-that-corporate-media-ignored-3&email_referrer=email_1265741&email_subject=workers-of-color-at-major-electric-bus-company-allege-widespread-racism-on-the-job-in-the-coal-mines-dying-to-make-a-living ✦ ABOUT ✦  The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama. The show covers local, state, and national news with an emphasis on the former two. Jacob and Adam hope to educate the audience about the power they can have with their fellow workers through cooperation, organizing, and solidarity. The show is live on Saturdays from 9:30am to 11:00am on 92.5 FM WVNN in the Huntsville/Decatur/Athens listening area. A recording of the show plays from 8:00am to 9:30am on 100.7FM WGOL in Russelville, Alabama and from 10am to 11am on 102.3FM WGOL in New Orleans, Louisiana. You can listen live online on wvnn.com and the broadcast is livestreamed on Youtube.Help them agitate and educate Alabama workers: patreon.com/TheValleyLaborReportFollow the show on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheValleyLaborReportFollow the show on Twitter: @LaborReportersFollow Jacob and David on Twitter: @JacobM_AL @RadiclUnionist✦   OUR ADVERTISERS KEEP US ON THE AIR! Support them if you can.  ✦  Are you a federal employee in Huntsville? Check to see if you are represented by the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1858 by calling (256) 876-4880Hometown Action is a powerbuilding collective here in Alabama. Learn more about their work and how to join by going to hometownaction.org.The fight against climate change is the fight for working people. Go to arminarm4climate.org to learn more about the intersection of environmental and working class interests and how to join the movement to stop climate change.The attorneys at Maples, Tucker, and Jacobs fight for working people. Reach out to them and let them represent you in your workplace injury claim. Learn more at mtandj.com or call them at (855) 617-9333.Do you want to organize your workplace? The Machinists Union represents workers in several industries including healthcare, the defense industry, woodworking, and more. Call them to learn more at (256) 286-3704 or email them at organize@iamaw44.org.Do you need good union laborers on your construction site, or do you want a union construction job? Reach out to the Ironworkers Local 477. Call Jeb Miles at 256-383-3334 or via email at:  local477@bellsouth.net.Means TV is a worker-owned post-capitalist alternative to Netflix and Hulu. Subscribe at Means.TV with the code VALLEYLABOR to receive 50% off your first month.The North Alabama DSA is fighting for liberty and justice for all. Inquire about joining: email DSANorthAlabama@gmail.comThe Alabama AFL-CIO is the largest federation of unions in Alabama.The Majority Report is a daily left wing political talk show. Tune in at 11am CST every weekday on YouTube or listen later wherever you get your podcasts.The National Association of Letter Carriers represents city carriers in Huntsville, Madison, Scottsboro, and Arab. Learn more at nalcbranch462.org ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On Labor Radio KBOO, Michael and Elliot discuss the NLRB recommendation that the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama should hold a new election after finding that Amazon violated workers' rights and engaged in misconduct. Next we travel across the pond to Union Dues where we hear about the latest UK supreme court ruling on Uber drivers' employment rights and how it's not the end of the ACDU's fight against the rideshare company. Back in Alabama, the Working People podcast talks with labor journalist Kim Kelly, who's been covering the Warrior Met Coal strike in Brookwood where 1,100 members have been out on strike for over five months. Kelly discusses the current status of the coal workers and her own career in journalism. Then, a quick teaser from the San Francisco Mime Troupe's upcoming episode of Tales of Resistance called “Hobos in Space.” As the title indicates, you won't want to miss it. Moving on to some history, folks at the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast speak with author Dr. Edward McClellan whose new book explores the fascinating story of the Flint Sit Down Strike and its lessons for the modern labor movement. Next, from the Vatican to the metaverse, Empathy Media Lab's Faith and Labor podcast touches on Pope John Paul II's encyclical “Laborem Exercens” or Through Work and how it relates to work in the past, present, and future. And last but certainly not least is the 3rd & Fairfax podcast which features writer Michael Waldron, known for the film Doctor Strange, the adult cartoon Rick and Morty, and most recently, the newest Marvel show: Loki. Waldron talks about his unexpected origins as a writer (spoiler alert: it's playing softball) and how it resembles his current work. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @duesunion @WorkingPod @kboo @SFTroupers @ReutherLibrary @empathymedialab @WGAWest  Edited by Patrick Dixon and Melanie Smith; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Around 1,100 union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on strike over unfair labor practices at Warrior Met Coal for over five months. Workers and their families are holding the line, demanding to get back what was stolen from them with their last contract, demanding to actually have time to spend with their families, demanding to be treated with the respect they deserve for making the mine more productive than ever. The UMWA's strike motto is "One day longer, one day stronger," and workers are showing no signs that they plan to back down.In Part I of this special two-part update on the miners' strike, guest hosts Jacob Morrison and Adam Keller from The Valley Labor Report, Alabama's only weekly labor radio talk show, interview striking workers and supporters who attended a solidarity rally that the union held in Brookwood on Aug. 4.

Over 1,100 union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on an unfair labor practices strike against Warrior Met Coal for over five months. For five months, workers and their families have been holding the line, demanding to get back what was stolen from them with their last contract, demanding to actually have time to spend with their families, demanding to be treated with the respect they deserve for making this mine more productive than ever. The UMWA's strike motto is "One day longer, one day stronger," and workers are showing no signs that they plan to back down. In Part I of this special two-part update on the miners' strike, our brother-in-arms Jacob Morrison from The Valley Labor Report interviews striking workers and supporters who attended a solidarity rally that the union held in Brookwood last week.  Additional links/info below... Join our Working People listener hang session on Monday, August 16, from 8-9:30pm ET! Here's the zoom link UMWA 2021 Strike Fund Donate to the UMWA Auxiliary Strike Pantry United Mine Workers of America website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Jacob's Twitter page The Valley Labor Report YouTube channel, Facebook page, Twitter page, and Patreon Working People, "On Strike at Warrior Met Coal (w/ Jacob Morrison & Lee Bains III)" The Valley Labor Report, "Bad News and Good News for Striking Miners & HOW YOU CAN HELP" The Valley Labor Report, "Violence from Bosses and Scabs at the UMWA Picket Line in Alabama" The Valley Labor Report, "Breaking Down the Alabama Coal Miner Strike" Luis Feliz Leon, LaborNotes, "Striking Alabama Coal Miners Want Their $1.1 Billion Back" Kim's Twitter page and Patreon Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, "The True Price of Coal" Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, "Don't Mess with a Coal Miner's Wife" Kim Kelly, The Nation, "Alabama's Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives" Pre-order Kim's book: Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor Democracy Now!, "From Black Lung to BlackRock: Striking Alabama Coal Miners Protest Wall St. Financiers of Warrior Met" Elwyn Lopez, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, & Lulit Tadesse, ABC News, "Alabama Coal Miners on Strike Since April Say They're Fighting for Working Americans Everywhere" Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Striking Alabama Coal Miners Hit Streets of NYC to Protest Corporate Greed" Hamilton Nolan, In These Times, "At a Massive Union Rally, the Promise of a Better South" Your Call Radio, "Worker Uprisings Continue Making Waves Across The Country" 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"

Over 1,100 union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, have been on an unfair labor practices strike against Warrior Met Coal for over five months. And for five months, the mainstream media has barely made a peep about the strike. Instead, a small collection of independent journalists and local and progressive media outlets have been working overtime to cover this important story. Jacob Morrison, David Story, and Adam Keller at The Valley Labor Report (Alabama's only weekly labor radio talk show), have been doing more than almost anyone to cover the strike and support striking miners and their families. There is one person, however, who has done more than anyone to lift the strike at Warrior Met into public consciousness for five months straight, and that is independent journalist and all-around badass Kim Kelly. In Part II of our special, two-part update on the miners' strike, Jacob from TVLR and Kim have a wide-ranging conversation about Kim's labor and writing background, the experience of covering the Amazon union drive and the Warrior Met strike in Alabama, and what it means to truly care about and be invested in the people and struggles we cover in labor media.    Additional links/info below... Join our Working People listener hang session on Monday, August 16, from 8-9:30pm ET! Here's the zoom link UMWA 2021 Strike Fund Donate to the UMWA Auxiliary Strike Pantry United Mine Workers of America website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Jacob's Twitter page The Valley Labor Report YouTube channel, Facebook page, Twitter page, and Patreon Working People, "On Strike at Warrior Met Coal (w/ Jacob Morrison & Lee Bains III)" The Valley Labor Report, "Bad News and Good News for Striking Miners & HOW YOU CAN HELP" The Valley Labor Report, "Violence from Bosses and Scabs at the UMWA Picket Line in Alabama" The Valley Labor Report, "Breaking Down the Alabama Coal Miner Strike" Luis Feliz Leon, LaborNotes, "Striking Alabama Coal Miners Want Their $1.1 Billion Back" Kim's Twitter page and Patreon  Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, "The True Price of Coal" Kim Kelly, The Real News Network, "Don't Mess with a Coal Miner's Wife" Kim Kelly, The Nation, "Alabama's Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives" Pre-order Kim's book: Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor  Democracy Now!, "From Black Lung to BlackRock: Striking Alabama Coal Miners Protest Wall St. Financiers of Warrior Met" Elwyn Lopez, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, & Lulit Tadesse, ABC News, "Alabama Coal Miners on Strike Since April Say They're Fighting for Working Americans Everywhere" Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network, "Striking Alabama Coal Miners Hit Streets of NYC to Protest Corporate Greed" Hamilton Nolan, In These Times, "At a Massive Union Rally, the Promise of a Better South" Your Call Radio, "Worker Uprisings Continue Making Waves Across The Country" 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"

Alabama Union Coal Mine Workers Enter Fifth Month of Strike More than 1,000 union miners from Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, are striking for higher pay and increased benefits. An Inside Look at Anti-Union Meetings New reporting from "The American Prospect" tells the inside story of anti-union action in a plant-based meat company known as No Evil Foods. Should Police Unions Be Busted or Saved? There's a rift in the labor movement about how to effectively pursue police reform. Responses to DaBaby's Homophobic Remarks Show Push and Pull of Progress in Hip Hop For queer, Black fans of hip hop, offensive comments like the ones made by DaBaby are upsetting. But the rise of openly queer stars like Lil Nas X also shows how far the genre has come.

Alabama Union Coal Mine Workers Enter Fifth Month of Strike More than 1,000 union miners from Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, are striking for higher pay and increased benefits. An Inside Look at Anti-Union Meetings New reporting from "The American Prospect" tells the inside story of anti-union action in a plant-based meat company known as No Evil Foods. Should Police Unions Be Busted or Saved? There's a rift in the labor movement about how to effectively pursue police reform. Responses to DaBaby's Homophobic Remarks Show Push and Pull of Progress in Hip Hop For queer, Black fans of hip hop, offensive comments like the ones made by DaBaby are upsetting. But the rise of openly queer stars like Lil Nas X also shows how far the genre has come. For transcripts, see individual segment pages.

The war against workers may never end. Fortunately, with legislation such as the PRO Act, workers will gain more of a voice at the bargaining table. Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan was featured on the AWF Union Podcast today to discuss the benefits of a strong union presence in the workplace and supporting the striking workers at Warrior Met Coal. Many working class Americans are one missed paycheck or medical emergency away from losing their home. Groups in Atlanta have joined forces to establish the Atlanta Homeless Union, a collective group trying to improve life for Atlantans who have fallen on hard times. Nolan Huber Rhoades of the Atlanta Homeless Union joined AWF Union Podcast to discuss the group and their goals.

Building Bridges radio, produced by Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash ***************************************** Part 1 of a 2 part program to be sent next week Alabama Striking Coal Miners, 4 Months on the Picket Line Say A Fair Contract Is A Matter of Life & Breath! with . Cecil Edward Roberts, Jr., Pres. of the United Mine Workers of America (UMA), a sixth-generation coal miner and one of the labor movements most stirring orators . Braxton Wright, striking coal miner . Haeden Wright, pres. of a local UMWA womens auxiliary unit For the first time in four decades, union mine workers in Alabama are taking part in a historic strike, accusing Warrior Met Coal of exploiting workers and now inspiring violence against them on the picket line. More than three months in, the historic labor action has been ignored by CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC, says Media Matters, but certainly not Building Bridges. The origins of the strike lie in the 2016 takeover of a failing coal company by Warrior Met, leading to profits for the buyer alongside lower pay and loss of benefits for the workers. The miners in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, who were caught up in the acquisition faced dramatic pay cuts and weaker safety measures for what is one of the nations most dangerous professions, leading to multiple charges of unfair labor practices levied against Warrior Met.

Texas federal judge rules that DACA is illegal, blocking new applications. Will the Biden administration put up a strong fight to protect Dreamers?Peter Oliver, journalist and RT correspondent in Berlin, talks to us about the situation in Germany and Western Europe, where they continue to face the fallout from last week's torrential rains and flooding that has resulted in 180 deaths and 700 missing so far. We talk about how rescue and recovery efforts are progressing, whether there will be more survivors among the missing, the response by the government to this disaster, whether there will be any political fallout from the German government's handling of the situation, and about recognizing the impact of climate change as one of the main drivers of extreme weather events. Maru Mora Villalpando, founder of La Resistencia, community organizer and immigrant activist, talks to us about a federal judge in Texas on Friday declaring that the DACA program was against the law and barring the Biden administration from accepting new applications for it, which may affect around 600,000 beneficiaries of the program. We talk about how this challenge to DACA differs from previous ones, the reaction from the Biden administration on this court decision, whether it will put up a fight to protect DACA, and whether the democratic party will change course in a significant way from Trump era immigration policies. Mónica Cruz, producer, host, and labor beat reporter for BreakThrough News, and Tina-Desiree Berg, host of the podcast District 34 and reporter for status coup, join hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber to talk about Amazon announcing its support for lawmakers' efforts to decriminalize marijuana and portraying themselves as the good guys despite their terrible record on working conditions. We talk about the strike at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama, why the workers are striking, and vehicle ramming attacks on the picket line. We also talk about news coming out of Los Angeles, where right wing groups engaged in various transphobic attacks over an alleged incident at a spa in KoreaTown, and the response by police that may have escalated the situation and failed to protect trans people.

Miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, have been striking for nearly four months in protest of drastic cutbacks to wages and benefits. It's one of the largest work-stoppages in the state's recent history. We hear from Haeden Wright, a United Mine Workers supporter and a miner's wife, and Kim Kelly, a labor reporter for The Nation magazine, about the current status of the strike and the rising tide of violence and hostility that strikers face. And in headlines: Biden condemns Republican voter suppression efforts, Tennessee fires its top vaccine official, and officials announce the greatest rise in inflation since 2008. Show Notes: The Nation: "Alabama's Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives" – https://bit.ly/3kcb5Pj Twitter: Kim Kelly – https://twitter.com/GrimKim Twitter: Haeden Wright – https://twitter.com/HaedenWright For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Maritime Trades Department Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dan Duncan was the first guest on today's episode of the AWF Union Podcast. He spoke about the Jones Act and how it was incorporated into President Biden's “Made in America” executive order. He also discussed supporting miners at Warrior Met Coal and fundraising for leukemia and lymphoma. Massachusetts American Federation of Teachers President Beth Kontos also joined today's show. She spoke with host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about her past as a telephone operator, how she became involved in the union, school funding in Massachusetts and how the state successfully fought back against school vouchers.

Union miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, have now been on strike for four long months, facing economic hardship, social stigma, and even physical assault on the picket line. But the miners have not been alone—it takes a village to win a strike. While the powerful executives and managers of the Wall Street hedge funds that power Warrior Met continue to hope that the strike will fizzle out, an even more powerful network of spouses, families, retirees, and community members with the UMWA Auxiliary have been doing everything they can to hold the line. In the latest installment of "Battleground Brookwood," labor journalist and TRNN contributor Kim Kelly travels to West Blocton, a small town near the Warrior Met mines, to talk with five women from the UMWA Auxiliary about the joys and struggles of being married to a coal miner, and about their tireless efforts to organize strike support and carry on the fighting spirit of coal mining families before them. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and making a small donation: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

We expose GOP faux-patriotism as they attack athletes. Stuart Mackintosh discusses climate change. Coal miners in Alabama are learning an inconvenient truth. Stuart Mackintosh had some prescient words on climate change. His new book “Climate Crisis Economics – The Net Zero Transition” breaks it down. Republican leaders' faux-outrage over Olympian Gwen Berry's protest at the trials must be used to point out that they are the unpatriotic immoral ones. Republicans are trying to get the upper hand as their continued policy and moral blunders accumulate. They are trying to use the Gwen Berry story to rehabilitate their un-patriotism. But that does not hold water. Berry is trying to make a better America with her protest. They are trying to create an oppressive America for most. Coal Miners Strike in Alabama: ‘Warrior Met Coal Ain't Got No Soul!‘ Democrats should take every opportunity to join with labor in challenging the corporations that trample over workers and the planet alike in their unquenchable thirst for profit. On June 22, Alabama coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America picketed BlackRock, State Street Global Advisors, and Renaissance Technologies—the investment firms who finance and reap the profits from their employer, Warrior Met Coal. --- If you like what we do please do the following! Most Independent Media outlets continue to struggle to raise the funds they need to operate much like the smaller outlets like Politics Done Right SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel here. LIKE our Facebook Page here. Share our blogs, podcasts, and videos. Get our books here. Become a YouTube PDR Posse Member here. Become a Politics Done Right Subscriber via Patreon here. Become a Politics Done Right Subscriber via Facebook here. Consider providing a contribution here. Please consider supporting our GoFundMe equipment fund here. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/politicsdoneright/support

On Building Bridges Radio, 107-year old Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher makes the case for remembering, and for reparations. Then, on the Belabored podcast, Sara Jaffe calls out officials and the media after tennis star Naomi Osaka's job action at the French Open. And with the dust barely settled after the Amazon organizing drive in Alabama, My Labor Radio brings us an update on the now 10-week long strike between the United Mine Workers and Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama. West Virginia senator Joe Manchin has been catching a lot of flak lately for his stands on the filibuster, the PRO Act and voting rights; Hollywood producer and longtime friend of The Rick Smith Show Marshall Herskovitz says Manchin might not be quite as wrong as most believe him to be. On the latest edition of the Teamsters podcast, we hear how the union is flexing its muscles in D.C.'s corridors of power to make sure workers can join together and organize for better wages and safer workplaces. Then, a Florida teacher and school board member dissect the state's inability to properly fund schools over the last year on the Educating From the Heart podcast. Operating Engineers Local 3 is the largest construction trades local in the U.S.; on the latest edition of Local 3's podcast, Breaking Ground, Public Employee Director Tim Neep and Senior Business Agent Mike Eggener pull back the curtain on some of their day-to-day work for their members. Our last report comes from On Writing, the podcast from the Writers Guild of America, East, as Zack Akers, writer and co-director of SHIPWORM, explains how the project is the first podcast to be covered on the Writers Guild Minimum Basic Agreement, and big shifts in the podcasting industry. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @bbridgesradio @DissentMag @mgevaart @Teamsters @FloridaEA @WGAEast Edited by Patrick Dixon, Chris Bangert-Drowns & Chris Garlock; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Pipeline protesters seized a key construction site and carried out numerous acts of civil disobedience on Monday in an attempt to slow down the construction of the Line 3 pipeline route across Minnesota. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris gets back in touch with her roots as a cop, delivering a staunch warning in Guatemala to any people there who would dare to try to make a better life for themselves in the United States. And lastly a new report from Motherboard shows that Amazon's furniture delivery service is causing chaos for the company's already under-paid and over-worked drivers. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: A new major pipeline protest is underway in Minnesota, where native-led activists are trying to halt the construction of the Line 3 project between that state and Canada. The project is owned by a Canadian oil company called Enbridge. On Monday, the Washington Post reports that dozens of cars filled with activists had descended on a construction site operated by the company. They were led by a group of native american activists, and were joined by celebrities like Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener, who rallied the crowd as some protesters strapped themselves to bulldozers and other equipment. Fonda said quote: “Biden has taken a very clear and very beautiful position on the climate crisis. But we are really facing a potential catastrophe, and the science is very clear: it's not enough to do something good here ——like shutdown Keystone XL, shut down drilling on the Arctic national refuge ——and then allow Line 3 to go through.” endquote. And in practice, the Biden administration's point was a whole lot less beautiful. Reporters on the ground caught video of a Department of Homeland Security Helicopter dangerously buzzing another group of protesters on the ground at a pumping station, trying to use the backwash from its rotors to scare off activists. According to the Post, the indigenous activists leading the campaign see two threats from the pipeline: the existential risk of climate change, and the direct risk of the pipeline polluting tribal lands in the headwaters of the Mississippi River. If Monday's demonstrations are any indication, they're willing to fight to keep it from happening. Kamala the Cop Goes Abroad Kamala the cop is back. The Vice President is down on her first international trip, playing enforcer for Joe Biden's new immigration policies in Guatemala. She came with a carrot before the stick, of course. Harris was acting as the ambassador of a four year plan to send more than $4 billion dollars to Central America and Mexico in an attempt to improve the economic hardships that drive mass immigration to the U.S. According to the New York Times, this money will go toward things like investing in young women entrepreneurs and creating an anti-corruption task force for the region. That's all well and good, but Kamala was equally clear when she laid out what will happen to those people who don't place their faith in nebulous U.S. aid, and instead seek refuge in the country by any means necessary. Harris said: "Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border.” Later, she added quote: “I believe if you come to our border, you will be turned back.” While there are some differences between how that kind of policy will play out under Biden, the core message that VP Harris is delivering sounds pretty familiar: it's the same one we've been hearing for the past four years. Amazon Forces Drivers to Build Furniture Another day, another scoop by Motherboard on the dystopian Amazon beat. Today, the website reports that Amazon has made an unexpected foray into furniture assembly in order to crowd out other retailers that offer similar services. Motherboard reports that as a result, untrained delivery drivers are being made to lug bulky items into customers houses and then assemble them, all on a timeframe that they say is wildly unrealistic for what's expected. To make matters all the more absurd, Motherboard also obtained the training video for this service, which is a strange cartoon narrated by a monotonous robot featuring robotic workers who deliver lines like quote: “Thanks so much for choosing us! Could you confirm you are satisfied with this delivery and service?” endquote. Meanwhile, here's what an actual human driver told Motherboard QUOTE: "It has been an [EFFING] challenge. It always takes much longer than they allow for. The times they give feel completely random and way off. And there's been absolutely no training whatsoever. They just said you're going to do this." And as we well know by now, it's almost impossible to argue with Amazon. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: While his workers are suffering, Jeff Bezos announced that he's going to space. The billionaire plans to be one of the crew on the first manned flight of a Blue Origin spacecraft in mid July. Good luck up there, Jeff! We'll all be very interested to see how that flight goes. Scientists from Scripps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Monday that atmospheric CO2 levels peaked in May, despite the slowdown in fossil fuel use during the pandemic. Not even that respite was enough to stem the constant buildup of CO2. Something to watch later this week: the New York Times reports that the Senate is preparing to pass a massive package of industrial policy legislation with bipartisan support, aimed at keeping the U.S. competitive with China. It's amazing what handouts to corporate interests and xenophobic jingoism can do to break the Washington gridlock! The United Mine Workers say that the bosses at Warrior Met Coal have stepped up their physical attacks on striking workers at coal mines in Alabama, on three separate instances hitting picketers with vehicles, in a shocking display of aggression against organized labor. AM QUICKIE - JUNE 8, 2021 HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Jack Crosbie PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Attig and United Mine Workers of America veterans join the Warrior Met Coal strike picket line. Today's labor history: 60,000 railroad shopmen strike. Today's quote: Will Attig. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #WarriorMetCoal @unionveterans @MineWorkers #Alabama #OnedayStronger #OnedayLonger Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Attig and United Mine Workers of America veterans join the Warrior Met Coal strike picket line. Today's labor history: 60,000 railroad shopmen strike. Today's quote: Will Attig. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #WarriorMetCoal @unionveterans @MineWorkers #Alabama #OnedayStronger #OnedayLonger Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode 144. We have TWO very special guests today! They are the hosts of the INCREDIBLE podcast "Into the Abiscuit", comedians Drew Morgan and D.J. Lewis. Drew and D.J. will both be doing stand-up this Saturday at Strikefest. For more information about the strike at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, AL, check out our friends at The Valley Labor Report. They can be found here.  Follow Drew on all forms of social media @DrewMorgComedy and follow D.J. @GutterBumpkin.  Music at the end is "The City Walls" by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires!

Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode 142.  Sitting in with us today is our friend, comedian Joe Raines! Follow Joe on all forms of social media @JoeMFRaines. Also joining us is Lee Bains III! Lee is the frontman of Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, an INCREDIBLE band from Birmingham, AL! Lee is here to talk about Strikefest as well as to talk about some good ol' times in the Alabama music scene. This was SUCH a fun chat!  For more information about the strike at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, AL, check out our friends at The Valley Labor Report. They can be found here. Music at the end is a cover of Swamp Dogg's "Total Destruction to Your Mind" by, who else? Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires!

Lee Bains III and Jacob Morrison + David Story of The Valley Labor Report join us to talk about why conservatives love miners until they strike, Alabama labor history, and to preview this weekend's "Alabama Strike Fest" that they've co-organized in support of striking miners at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. Links: Strike Fund: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/UMWAStrikePantry Jacob's story in Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/05/conservatives-coal-miners-strike-alabama-unfair-labor-practices-workers

Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode 142.  Sitting in with us today is our friend, comedian "Shotgun" Joe Raines! Follow Joe on all forms of social media @JoeMFRaines. Also joining us is Mike Cooley! Mike is one of the best songwriters of all time and the co-founder of the legendary American rock 'n' roll band Drive-By Truckers! Mike is not on social media but you can follow Drive-By Truckers and their upcoming shows @DriveByTruckers. For more information about the strike at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, AL, check out our friends at The Valley Labor Report. They can be found here. Music at the end is "Uncle Frank" by, who else? Mike Cooley with Drive-By Truckers!

Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode 141. We have THREE incredible guests today. First up Sam and Rivers are chatting with the newest member of the Disgraceland crew: comedian Patrick Devine! Patrick just moved to L.A. from Nashville and is hilarious. Give him a follow on Instagram @PatrickDevineComedy.  Then, Rivers scoots down the road to Eagle Rock, CA for a porch pod with two of our favorite folks: Brandie Posey and Anna Valenzuela! You can follow Brandie on all forms of social media @Brandazzle. You can follow Anna on all forms of social media @AnnaVisFun.  Strike Week is next week! HUGE guests coming up for that. For more information about the strike at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, AL, check out our friends at The Valley Labor Report. They can be found here.

Kieran Poole and Jason Booth discuss the April issue of Activist Insight Monthly which explores activism in the consumer sector, how personnel moves among top advisors show the industry hasn't lost its luster, why European company boards should be worried about homegrown agitators, and how an activist quartet is advertising a well-thumbed playbook for big changes at department store Kohl's.Elsewhere in the magazine, we look at Warrior Met Coal's vulnerability to activist demands and why Muddy Waters Research going after XL Fleet with accusations of inflated projections and a false narrative is yet another hit against SPACs.As a bonus in last month's magazine, there was also an interview with Kieran all about the podcast. For ease, you can read it here. View all of the products offered by Insightia by visiting our website.

Miners at Warrior Met Coal sacrificed and made concessions when the company they worked for went bankrupt in 2016. Now that the mines are more productive than ever and bringing in more profits, they're being asked to give up more.

In our second interview with Mike Elk in the past couple weeks, after he returned from a week in Alabama, we followed up on the Amazon union vote in Bessemer, of which the results are still out, possible outcomes and the future of union organizing at Amazon, and a recent Coal Mine strike outside Tuscaloosa at Warrior Met Coal, which has just been settled. We also discussed a new Steel strike in Pittsburg. Mike Elk, longtime labor reporter who's written for The Guardian, The Nation, and Politico, is the founder and editor of Payday Report, which chronicles labor actions and strikes every week and provides information and news about labor and unions that you won't get elsewhere. Read more// Payday Report: https://paydayreport.com/ Follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Scott