"The last 15 years have been in an absolute train wreck for working class people, white, black and brown," he says. "I think what we're seeing is that there's initiative of the workers who ... have been getting their asses kicked for a really long time." The movement will need institutions that martial resources if it wants to take on big issues such as poverty or inequality, Obama adds.
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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