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With the demise of Capital District Solidarity Committee after many decades, the annual labor day picnic in the area is now more formerly sponsored by the AFL-CIO – a little less political but more attendees, including far more children. At this year’s event in Latham, we hear from Mike Keenan, former head of the Troy Area Labor Council; professor Peter LaVenia and Green Party state co-chair; Sean Collins, present head of the Troy Council; picnic co-coordinator Doug Bullock;  IWW organizer Greg Giorgio; Bebhinn Francis of the National Union of the Homeless; US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; State Senator Pat Fahy; Jennifer Beylo, the Nurses President at Albany Med; and long time labor activist Fred Pfeiffer.

Capital District Labor Day Picnic 2025

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been promising labor standards to protect workers from extreme heat for years now.  Some unions aren’t holding their breath and are taking measures into their own hands.  The Monday 8 O'Clock Buzz talks with AFSCME Local 895 President and Dane County Public Health Nurse Alex Dudek.

Unions Not Waiting for OSHA Heat Rules

Special Report Recorded (9/2/2025) and Uploaded (9/4/2025)

(PHOTO: Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Workers informational picket in St. Paul Winter 2022)

****(NOTE - IMPORTANT UPCOMING LABOR EVENT - RALLY AT DAVIS: Prioritize Lower Class Sizes and Safe Staffing! https://www.facebook.com/events/1114084400824142)

(****BONUS EVENT: Join Educators and their supporters at open bargaining session on Thursday, September 11th from 5-8pm at the MFE59 office (67 8th Avenue NE, MPLS). They will be heading into mediation soon and would love to see you all in-person.)


In this special we speak with Paul who is a labor activist and a member of the Executive Board of UFCW local 663 (https://www.ufcw663.org/). He also writes the Twin Cities Labor Report (https://twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/) on Substack. 

During this interview we primarily discuss some of the recent wins and upcoming struggles in the Twin Cities Labor Movement as well as touching briefly on national and international labor campaigns.

SNV Special Interview: Twin Cities Labor Roundup

In this episode of "What Does the Fox Say?" with host Dr. Nathan Fox, he answers listeners' questions regarding when gestational diabetes typically occurs during pregnancy, whether cervical checks can increase the risk of developing endometritis after delivery, whether or not it's appropriate to undergo an NT scan along with more accurate blood tests when undergoing genetic screening, whether or not a woman can control whether she conceives a girl or a boy, what research says about generational recurrence of complications in pregnancy, and dealing with patients with tokophobia, or the fear or childbirth. 

"Mailbag 23: What does the Fox say" - With Dr. Nathan Fox

AfricaNow! September 3, 2025 Abolition, Labor & The Palestine Question

Topic and Guest: According to ‘The Labor Movement is Key for Palestinian Liberation’ by stan Taylor and Brian H. Silverstein, Left Voice, November 18, 2023 (https://www.leftvoice.org/the-labor-movement-is-key-for-palestinian-liberation/), “before Israel launched its offensive on Gaza in October, the U.S. labor movement was experiencing an important resurgence. This resurgence challenged the neoliberal offensive that, over the decades, has eaten away at historical benefits won by the labor movement of the 1930s, like pensions, a system that ensured wages kept up with inflation, and even the right to unionize. From the entertainment industry, to healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing, labor has been fighting hard against concessionary contracts.  The most important expression of this insurgent labor movement was the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) strike across the Big Three; GM, Ford, and Stellantis. The strike of a workforce in an industry that is responsible for three percent of U.S. GDP....We aired a program on this ‘The Black Worker, the strike, & UAW’ (AfricaNow! September 27, 2023 Black Workers & The UAW Strike; and Militarism & Colonialism’s Continued Impact on Displaced Chagossians)

Accroding to, ‘The Labor Movement's History of Backing Israel—and the Changing Climate Amid the War on Gaza’ by Jeff Schuhrke, In These Times, November 27, 2023 (https://inthesetimes.com/article/palestine-gaza-labor-unions-israel), as the Israeli government continues to carry out what experts describe as a genocide in Gaza — with full political, financial, and military backing from the United States — millions of people around the world are mobilizing to demand an immediate cease-fire and a free Palestine. Workers in the United States, including numerous rank-and-file unionists and local union representatives, are similarly speaking out against the ongoing siege and bombardment of Gaza and pledging their solidarity with Palestinian trade unions, which have called on organized labor to refuse to manufacture or transport weapons destined for Israel.  While rank and file labor leaders in various countries have joined in these calls, top US labor officials — especially those in the AFL-CIO, the country’s top labor federation — have mostly refrained from supporting a cease-fire, with a few making tepid statements about the ​“humanitarian crisis” in Gaza. After a central labor council in Olympia, Washington, unanimously passed a cease-fire and Palestine solidarity resolution a few weeks ago, the national AFL-CIO even stepped in to quash the measure.

Today, we attempt to add more clarity to the Palestine question and the disconnects between  rank and file and union leadership.  Joining the show is Destiny Blackwell, is a labor organizer in North Carolina focusing on the interaction between the praxis of abolition, labor and the Palestine question. 

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“GET UP, STAND” BY BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS; break--“KURIMA” BY CHIWONISO MARAIRE; sign-off--“THE BRIDGE” BY SONNY ROLLINS commemorating his birthday (September 7, 1930 –); closing--“LET IT RAIN” BY MC ABDUL.

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AfricaNow! Sep. 3, 2025 Abolition, Labor & The Palestine Question

Leslie is joined by Dr. Robert Shapiro, Chairman of Sonecon, an economic advisory firm, and a Senior Fellow of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

The two examine the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) again handing President Trump a bleak set of jobs numbers, just one month after he fired the agency's commissioner over weak employment data.

On Friday morning, the BLS reported that nonfarm payroll employment rose by only 22,000 in August. Analysts had forecast that the economy would add 75,000 jobs during the month. According to the agency, gains made in health care were offset by losses in federal government employment, as well as mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction.

While July's figures were revised up to 79,000 from 73,000, June's numbers were revised down by 27,000, dropping from 14,000 to minus-13,000. That means this past June marked the first time the labor market shed jobs since late 2020. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate edged up to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in August.

Leslie and Dr. Shapiro also discuss his latest blog, "The Lies Behind Trump's D.C. Troop Sure."
(Link: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/18/the-lies-behind-trumps-d-c-troop-surge/)

In it, Dr. Shapiro breaks down how President Trump’s justification for deploying troops in Washington, D.C. on the basis of crime is false, as FBI data show crime rates in the capital have sharply declined and are lower than in many comparable U.S. cities. 
Instead, Dr. Shapiro details how Trump’s actions reflect a partisan strategy and authoritarian impulse to consolidate power and intimidate opposition, rather than any genuine concern for public safety.

Dr. Shapiro's website is Sonecon.com and his handle on X is @RobShapiro.

Trump Gets Abysmal Job Numbers in First Report After Firing BLS Chief

Leslie welcomes back Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer of the 63 unions and 15 million members of the AFL-CIO. In 2022, he was unanimously elected to the position as the highest ranking African American officer in the history of America’s labor movement.

Secretary Redmond shares how he and the AFL-CIO just wrapped up their nationwide “It’s Better in a Union: Fighting for Freedom, Fairness and Security” bus tour. While big corporations profit off the backs of working people and politicians continue to raise costs and cut essential lifesaving services, the labor movement traveled the country providing voice to and building power with workers in the lead up to Labor Day.

Mr. Redmond also blasts the new Trump administration's Union-busting executive order, which was issued right before Labor Day.
The new order rips away collective bargaining rights from workers at NASA, the International Trade Association, the NWS, and more.

The website for the AFL-CIO is AFLCIO.org and their handle on Blue Sky is @AFLCIO.org. Their handle on Facebook, Instagram and X is @AFLCIO.  Fred's handle on X is @STRedmond.




AFL-CIO's 'It’s Better in a Union’ Nationwide Bus Tour

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