It's a (nearly) all public worker episode of Work Stoppage this week. We start with a quick discussion of the excellent short job action by REI workers in Cleveland and a review of some recent stories in wage theft. Then we discuss last week's three day strike by city workers in Portland, where workers were falsely accused of violence on the picket line by Mayor Ted Wheeler. We discuss the ongoing strike by graduate student workers at Temple University where the school administrators have declared war on the students for the crime of demanding enough pay to afford food. We also discuss the recent strike by teachers in Woburn, Massachusetts where that city's mayor also viciously attacked striking workers. We finish off discussing last week's huge strike day in the UK when nearly 600k workers were on the picket lines at once, buoyed by the addition of over 300k teachers to the ongoing strike wave.

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Ep 143 - Public Workers Fight Back

This week we are joined by Johnny and Pat from Subversive History while Dan is out. We follow-up with stories about how Chipotle was forced to compensate workers for closing the Augusta store, an expansion in the Buena Park Medieval Times Union to sound and lighting workers, and the forced resignation of Temple University's president. We also talk about REI workers in Chicago filing for a union election, and the massive "warning strikes" in Germany and a little history about the country. Finally we talk about the "illegal" GEO strike at the University of Michigan, as well as some updates on Starbucks since Howard Schultz testified for the Senate HELP committee.

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Ep 151 - Missing the GDR

We're down to just two of us this week as John's on the mend, but we've still got a ton of news to cover in labor this week. First we discuss the suspension of the strike at Rutgers as the bargaining team reached a framework for a tentative agreement over the weekend. Next we follow up with the 2 month long strike at the Buena Park Medieval Times, where both workers, both human and equine, have faced violence. Also this week, a wild story out of Jacobin exposes the continued problems with firearm safety in Hollywood, even after the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins. Rail workers continue to face abuse for taking sick days after the Democrats blocked their strike, with one company even hiring private investigators to spy on injured workers. The REI union wave took another big leap this week with three new stores filing for elections. Student workers continued to notch big wins this week as well, with Dartmouth grad students easily winning their election, and the independent undergrad student worker union at the University of Oregon filing for their own election with supermajority support.

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Ep 153 - Safe Jobs Require Strong Unions

We start this week's episode celebrating the power move by Drew Barrymore's writing staff turning down an offer to return after being stabbed in the back during the strike. Next we discuss VFX workers at Disney voting unanimous to join IATSE. One of our biggest stories this week is the largest healthcare strike in US history, as 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente struck for 3 days in 5 states. We also discuss major new contract wins by academic workers at Tufts and MIT, and a major contract victory by workers at Kumho Tires in Georgia. Finally, we discuss this week's developments in the UAW's Stand Up strike, including a monumental win that will shape the future of the entire industry.

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Ep 177 - Healthcare Heroes Have Had Enough

Black Friday means we've got a retail and service work news packed episode this week. First we start on a sad note discussing the end of the Medieval Times strike in California. Next we discuss the McCarthyite retaliation being faced by unionized public defenders in New York City for taking a stand in favor of Palestinian human rights. A recent piece in The Guardian exposes the way service workers from other countries are exploited by the J-1 work visa program. 20,000 cleaning workers in NYC are gearing up for a major contract fight as bosses try and force concessions. Macy's workers in Washington State struck on Black Friday against incredibly low wages and constant understaffing. Wells Fargo workers in New Mexico and Alaska have filed to join the CWA, trying to break into the nearly entirely non union financial sector. Finally, we discuss the formation of a new democratic reform caucus in IATSE.

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Ep 184 - Minimum Wage is Not Enough

This is the "Spamton the Salesman of All Wares" replacement for my new and original AU, "DELTARUNE: THE MEDIEVAL TIMES PUPPET". Think, nobody has ever made an AU where "Spamton" takes the role of "Spamton" again!

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* Hey SPAMTON!
* Come on in to MedievalTimes!
* We've got Horses, Swordfights, Jousting, and a Feast!
* Fun Times Begin At medievaltimes.com.
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[DELTARUNE: THE MEDIEVAL TIMES PUPPET] Spamton the Swordsman of All Feasts

Hi I'm Chisp

Previous Account: @chisptheummtheuhhthe

New tracks tagged #medieval times