24 GIU 2024 · In this episode: Ric interviews co-host Bryan from We Rise Fighting. Bryan speaks to us about the history of labor and unions in Wisconsin, Act 10 and the 2011 protests, the Bradley Foundation, the RNC national conference scheduled for July 15 - 18 in Milwaukee and ideas for moving forward. 

18 GIU 2024 · Interview with Madeline Gamsemer Topf, co-president of TAA Local 3220 in Wisconsin. Local 3220 represents graduate student workers. We cover the history of TAA, Act 10, what gets graduate student workers to organize, and much more.  https://taa-madison.org/taa-statement-on-palestine-a-call-for-palestinian-liberation/. 

10 GIU 2024 · In this episode we have 3 labor and community activists sharing their experience, insight and perspective on the role of women in the a labor and other social movements: - Joanna Frasch, AFSCME Local 1, Wisconsin State Employees Union (WSEU) - Alejandra Lopez, President of the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and School Personnel; and - Crystal Mello, an organizer from Appalachia (Southwest Virginia) engaged in building union and community alliances to fight pipelines and to redirect funds from jails to community needs. *This episode was originally recorded on April 28, 2024. 

10 GIU 2024 · - White nationalist, anti-LGBTQ activity on the rise - Judge halts Univ California academic workers’ strike, citing ‘damage to students’ - Matthew Eddy, Man Who Assaulted Black Superintendent at Baraboo, Wisconsin High School Graduation, Only Charged With Disorderly Conduct  - Mali financial workers union extends strike  - Some of AIPAC’s Biggest Donors Are Also Financing Attacks Against Labor Rights - Nigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation  - UAW Rank-N-File for a Democratic Union Statement - GEO Statement in solidarity with UAW 4811 Strike

3 GIU 2024 · Statements from: - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - National Writers Union (with respect to Rafah) - The Bronx Public Defenders Union (with respect to repression against protests in New York Also, updates on the University of California strike in solidarity with encampments, protests, and Palestine. And a potential strike by Samsung workers in South Korea.

27 MAG 2024 · UAW 4811 on strike in solidarity with Palestine, University of Washington student workers on strikes, Starbucks Workers United update, JFK airport fueling workers and mechanics strike (Teamsters) avertted, and update on UNITE HERE Local 11 hotel workers strike in Los Angeles.

22 APR 2024 · How to research corporations for social/labor struggles. - Corporate Investor Relations Pages - SEC documents - Keyword searches  - 10K Reports / Annual Reports - Proxy Statements - Quarterly Reports - New Releases

22 APR 2024 · - Earth Day / Pentagon as a global presencen and pollutor - Report on Palestine - United Auto Workers: Volkwagen victory, Mercedes vote, CNH Industrial layoffs - Portland Teachers Union and shitty right-wing lawyers suing them on behalf of four families

8 APR 2024 · Interview with labor activist, former VT AFL-CIO president, and author David Van Deusen.  His new book "Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017–2023" is available at https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1581.  We talk about his book, antifascism, experimentation as part of the labor struggle, international solidarity, and much more... 

1 APR 2024 · - Updates on Palestine and solidarity struggles with Palestine - City Brewing Company workers (Teamsters) in Wisconsin approve strike authorization vote - Train and airport workers in Germany reach agreements after months of strikes - Salem-Keizer education workers reach tentative agreement, averting a potential strike - South Korean bus drivers go on strike in Seoul - Waffle House workers in Georgia go on strike - Boston University graduate student workers go on strike - Other news briefs - Music: Charles Mingus, Haitian Fight Song