Work Stoppage

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Oct 29, 2020 • 6min

EP 19 - More Worker Rights Gone [PREVIEW]

To get the full episode become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/workstoppage  This week Lina and John cover the executive order by Donald Trump that takes rights from up to 2.1 million public workers. They follow up on the AFL-CIO general strike, the protests and strikes around the Poland nearly abolishing abortion, and a wildcat strike in Alberta surrounding healthcare austerity.
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Oct 22, 2020 • 1h 6min

EP 18 - The Supreme Court Sucks Ass

Lina and John follow up on Danielle Brown's hunger strike, cover the latest developments with Amazon, the AFL-CIO, and the Supreme Court. They also take a look at a proposal from the EU to "ban" unpaid internships, and also some memes.   Support Danielle Brown on CashApp at $Danniex2   follow us on twitter, Lina @solidaritybee and John @facebookvillain
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Oct 15, 2020 • 14min

EP 17 PREVIEW - Content Creators Unions

Hear the full episode at patreon.com/workstoppage   John and Lina discuss the finer points of what unions might offer to independent content creators, follow up on the Brooklyn Friends School strike, and cover a lot of stuff happening in Pennsylvania, from firefighters to google employees   follow Lina @solidaritybee on twitter   follow John @facebookvillain on twitter
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Oct 8, 2020 • 1h 5min

EP 16 - Boss Battle

Lina and John cover a bunch of very cool things, russian dock workers throwing helmets at the boss, a detroit bus driver goes absolute beast mode, plus strikes at norwegian oil fields, rhode island care facilities, and   much more beast mode bus driver: https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/3617653001   russian dock workers: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/10/05/striking-dockers-in-far-east-russia-pelt-new-management-with-helmets-a71655   follow john @facebookvillain and lina @solidaritybee on twitter and become a patron for twice as much content
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Oct 1, 2020 • 8min

EP 15 PREVIEW - Game Devs Rise Up

Hear the Full EP at patreon.com/workstoppage John and Lina talk about the major success of the nurses in Illinois, spotify employees demanding a say in what's allowed on their platform, the plight of game devs without unions, and much more! follow Magne Skjæran - @Meneth_ follow Jason Schreier - @jasonschreier follow John and Lina - @facebookvillain & @solidaritybee
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Sep 25, 2020 • 1h 9min

Episode 14 - Thailand, Brooklyn, and Everywhere Else

Lina and John follow up on the Spyhouse Coffee strike and the situation at University of Michigan, tackle some news from Thailand and Germany, and comment extensively on the growing power of students and healthcare workers during these times
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Sep 17, 2020 • 8min

Ep 13 - Teachers Around The World [PREVIEW]

www.patreon.com/workstoppage Lina and John follow-up on the Michigan State Graduate Union Strike and a lot of the things going on around it. They also cover Nigerian doctors who have been striking for a while and have made a deal with their government. Then we move to discussing the few different ways that countries around the world have responded to teachers and how teachers have acted in response.  Finally, we cover a brewery that was voluntarily recognized as a union in Minneapolis, and a scholar strike. 
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Sep 10, 2020 • 1h 2min

Ep 12 - No Biscuits!

Lina and John cover even more education strikes and actions, a UK biscuit strike, a union busting brewery, and a bit about the history of Labor Day. www.patreon.com/workstoppage  San Diego State University vs Covid https://twitter.com/sharky_marky17/status/1302361276945895425
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Sep 3, 2020 • 10min

Ep 11 - End "No Strike" Clauses [PREVIEW]

www.patreon.com/workstoppage for the full episode! Thanks! Lina and John cover a unionizing coffee house chain in the Minneapolis area, a faux leftist vegan meat company doing DMCA requests to silence workers they union busted, Amazon blatantly tracking labor organizing, the massive sports strike, and as always we talk about teacher's unions. https://www.moevilfoods.com/blog/vice-no-evil-foods-scrubs-internet-audio-w8n5x   https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/mo-evil-foods   https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/no-evil-foods-got-our-last-episode-removed 
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Aug 28, 2020 • 1h 36min

Death Panel - Back to School w/ Work Stoppage

We went on the Death Panel podcast today! Here is their description of the episode. We're joined by Lina and John of Work Stoppage to discuss the push to reopen schools in the U.S. at any cost, and the actions teachers' unions have (and haven't) taken to stop it. We also get into the strikes vs boycotts discussion brought on by the NBA work stoppage. Find Work Stoppage on your podcast player of choice and support them at www.patreon.com/workstoppage As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

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