Amazon workers notch historic win

Broadcast on April 7, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith

American Prospect editor at large HAROLD MEYERSON on the historic win at the Amazon JFK8 warehouse, plus exciting news about big changes in labor law thanks to NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo.
Hundreds of workers at Howard University Hospital are planning a one-day strike next Monday; YRAW co-host Ed Smith, who’s Executive Director of the District of Columbia Nurses Association (DCNA), explains why.
Commercial security officers rallied Wednesday for a fair contract; we hear more from JUDITH HOWELL, a longtime security officer and board member at SEIU 32BJ.
At another rally yesterday, AFSCME Local 2401 members demonstrated in support of telework for DC city workers; the local’s chief shop steward, ROGER SCOTT, reports.
Today’s music: Union Strike Folk Song; Lisa Simpson.
Labor news headlines: Senators announce funding for Capitol cafeteria workers facing layoff; Southern California grocery workers union signs tentative wage hike agreement, averting strike; Bus operators for the DC Circulator approve strike; Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Says Companies Are Being ‘Assaulted’ by Unions.

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.

@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod