Hardly Working
Hardly Working
Will and Andy
Union basics: What are unions and why are they important?
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Aug 3, 2024 at 7:50 pm.
Introduction
Disneyland cast members ratify contract: ⁠https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/disney-cast-members-new-contract-raise-disneyland-anaheim-unions/⁠
Apple reaches its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland: ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/apple-union-towson-maryland-rcna163978⁠
Samsung workers in South Korea continue their strike, picketing outside Samsung chairman's house: ⁠https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-south-korea-union-pickets-samsung.html⁠
Boeing workers authorize strike: ⁠https://nwlaborpress.org/2024/08/boeing-workers-vote-to-authorize-a-strike/⁠
Unions 101
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Show notes
Recorded August 2, 2024
Will and Andy are back to talk about the Oxford comma and some good old-fashioned Marxism.
In this episode, we do some Unions 101 work and get into some of the personal, economic, and philosophical reasons unions are important.
Chapters:
15:03 - Disneyland cast members ratify contract: ⁠https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/disney-cast-members-new-contract-raise-disneyland-anaheim-unions/⁠
20:11 - Apple reaches its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland: ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/apple-union-towson-maryland-rcna163978⁠
24:40 - Samsung workers in South Korea continue their strike, picketing outside Samsung chairman's house: ⁠https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-south-korea-union-pickets-samsung.html⁠
28:28 - Boeing workers authorize strike: ⁠https://nwlaborpress.org/2024/08/boeing-workers-vote-to-authorize-a-strike/⁠
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