The labor movement as we know it in the twentieth century was built through, you know, general strikes in minneapolis and san francisco and ohio. We're seeing a lot of other workers do the same rob yet, i don't know a the cafe industry or te logistics industry a, i do no health care where we're seeing similar phenomena. The last 15 years have been like a series of these little moments that seem to be generating some subtraction," he says.
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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