Labor Express Radio Show: Labor Express for 5-31-2020, Mike Elk on COVID-19 Strike Wave Tracker and Interactive Map. Plus teachers respond to COVID-19.
This is the full 5-31-2020 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
On this episode of Labor Express Radio, we continue our ongoing examination of how unions and social movements are responding to the COVID-19 crisis and how the working class has responded to this crisis with an historic level of self-activity, militancy and creativity. Labor Journalist Mike Elk discusses his Payday Report website which hosts the COVID-19 Strike Wave Tracker and Interactive Map, which has so far documented over 230 strikes related to the COVID-19 crisis since early March. We also take a look at how teachers are responding to the crisis. Randi Weingarten discusses the situation in the U.S. and Fatima da Silva, the General Secretary of CNTE discusses the situation in Brazil. The CTU sues Betsy DeVos over Special Education policy and Elijah Edwards, President AFSCME Local 2858, talks about what's in the ''HEROES Act'' passed by the House and now being considered in the U.S. Senate.
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