On the Picket Line Monica Cruz

This week, nursing home workers narrowly avoided a statewide strike and won historic pay raises in Pennsylvania. A stunning 13,000+ nursing home residents and workers died from the coronavirus in the state. Meanwhile, workers endured poverty wages, staff shortages, and terrible conditions, which have all been plaguing the homes for decades. Hear from Kim Jackson, a 20 year-long licensed practical nurse who was set to go on strike this week at a nursing home in Pennsylvania. PLUS: Strikin...

Today, thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers are on strike across the country demanding fair pay and calling for the PRO Act. Host Monica Cruz speaks with Daniel and Esterphanie, Uber drivers and organizers with Rideshare Workers United. And while Congress stalls on passing the act, AFL-CIO members are participating in a National PRO Act Week of Action this week. PLUS Democrats and big unions are advocating for a bill that would repeal a law banning public sector worker strikes in that state. He...

Workers at a Frito-Lay facility in Topeka, Kansas are on strike after being forced to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for stagnant wages. Workers report being forced to continue working after a coworker died on the production line and management made them move the body to another room. On top of these despicable conditions, those working at the plant for decades are offered measly pay raises while being expected to ramp up production as management stalls on hiring more workers. Host Monica...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has thrown down the gauntlet in the fight to unionize Amazon. Delegates to the Teamsters’ 30th International Convention voted to approve a resolution calling for an all-encompassing campaign to mobilize and organize Amazon workers across the US. The resolution does not go into any specifics as to how this campaign will function but generally calls for a “unified approach” to helping Amazon workers achieve a union contract and commits all members to t...

Striking mine workers at the Warrior Met Mines in Alabama took their picket line to the New York City office of BlackRock this week. The multi-trillion dollar investment management service is the biggest investor in the Mines, where 1,1000 coal miners have been on strike since April. The workers have preserved despite multiple vehicular attacks, arrests, and intimidation. Host Monica Cruz joins the strikers at the picket line in midtown Manhattan. PLUS striking workers in Italy continue on af...

OSHA finally issued guidelines to set stronger workplace protections as the pandemic continues… but only employers in the healthcare industry will be required to adhere to them. PLUS as the effects of climate change worsen, workers who toil outdoors are being left to face the deadly deadly heat waves we see from coast-to-coast. Host Monica Cruz speaks with Baldemar Velasquez, founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and Tina Gonzalez, the daytime union representative at th...