Jass: "We're all on top of each other from the beginning. And i think the union committee very much evolved out of that" M: "There were people who'd been talking about organizing a union at starbuks for years, and who were just waiting for the opportunity to really believe it was possible" Jas: "I mean, we did it so quickly that we didn't even know going into the first organizing committee meeting if we were going to be able keep the campaign afloat."
Live from New York: Dan interviews Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls, Jaz Brisack of Starbucks Workers United, SEIU Local 1199NE president Rob Baril, Jacobin writer Alex Press, and Labor Notes writer Luis Feliz Leon on the return of labor militancy that we see sweeping Amazon, Starbucks, and workplaces all around the US.
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