i worry that when we turn it into what feels like a class argument, mini said, attax the people who are exploiting us, i worry that we lose alli and that we should make more of a capitalist argument. A union worker is a happier and better paid and healthier worker, right? That's the word enry. It makes good business sense to make sure that workers are healthy and mentally prepared to do their labor. They're not tressed, theyre not falling apart, not worried about making at home to pick up their child. No, you now, li, we should have learned that back in the gilde dage. But here we are in the sequel.
In the most Elon Musk move ever, the billionaire bought Twitter just 2 hours after we finished taping. But don’t worry, we did an emergency re-tape so you’d have our latest thoughts. Scott & Kara discuss the unprecedented buyout, as well as Scott's front row seat to the demise of CNN+. And as Amazon labor organizers make inroads in New York, Kim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of unions.
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