M, i think we overcame attempts to divide us. They originally tried to break our union by hiring majority black workers right before our vote and telling them that the union was going to be white lead and exclusionary. We just tried to prove that we were going to have everybody's back no matter what. M, it's notable, of course, that most of the people they've fired for union activity have been workers of color. The memphis seven, lela dalton, and in buffalo.
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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