We talk with Jacquelyn Kovarik, Communications Director for the Voces de la Frontera Essential Workers Rights Network. Strauss Brands, a meat-packing plant in Franklin, laid off 28 workers on July 28 after they organized for protection from the unsafe plant conditions which have been spreading Covid-19. We talk for most of the show about the circumstances of that action, and workers’ demands, then Voces’ get out the vote work. Then we talk briefly about the eviction crisis, and Thursday night’s abruptly ended Lanterns for Peace event. And the return of the military spending billboard (with noon event Saturday the 8th).

Links:  Strauss overview, Friday morning (8-7) event,  and Voces Action.

The Grass is Greener: Voces’ Kovarik on Strauss Workers, GOTV and more! - 2020-08-07

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The Grass is Greener: Voces’ Kovarik on Strauss Workers, GOTV and more! - 2020-08-07

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