After some discussion about the transition to new leadership at the Teamsters, our first story on this week’s episode of Work Stoppage covers the recent walkouts at 3 Amazon facilities carried out by Amazonians United. Then we hit the weekly quota of Starbucks coverage discussing the return of Howard Schultz as CEO, the refusal of the company to stop its aggressive union busting campaign, and a strike by Starbucks workers in Kansas City. Next we discuss an awful story out of the UK, where 800 workers at one of the country’s largest ferry companies, P&O Ferries, were summarily fired by a 3 minute zoom recording with no prior warning. Also this week, 500 workers at the Richmond oil refinery in the Bay Area have gone on strike over wages not covering soaring costs of living. Airport workers in Italy refused to continue work this week after discovering that so called “humanitarian aid” they were loading onto a transport plane was in fact weapons being sent by NATO, prompting protests from the workers and their union. Finally, teachers and education workers in San Francisco staged a 3 day sit in at the headquarters of the Unified School District to protest unpaid wages during a payroll system changeover.
Video of P&O boss laying off workers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lx6GiFyyE
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Ep 61 - Iran Oil Strike Interview
Overtime Episode 3 - The Nature of the State Pt 1 PREVIEW
EP 60 - Let Public Workers Strike
EP 59 - Scab Bullies
EP 58 - Doughnut Workers United Interview
EP 57 - We See This All The Time feat. @laborkyle
EP 56 - Fast Food Bank
EP 55 - Convenience Store Panopticon
EP 54 - Evil Foods Interview
EP 53 - Use Your Collective Power
Overtime Episode 2 PREVIEW - AFL-CIA
EP 52 - "Political" Unions
EP 51 - End School Privatization
EP 50 - Labor Peace Is Not In Our Interest
EP 49 - Overwork Exacerbates Death
Overtime Episode 1 PREVIEW - Detroit: I Do Mind Dying
EP 48 - Strike Breaking Soldier Scabs w/ Ethan (Invent the Future/Red Game Table)
EP 47 PREVIEW - Breakin' The Law
EP 46 - This Week's Dailies
EP 45 PREVIEW - Third Amendment Rights
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