On the Line interviewed Nathalie Hrizi, VP of Substitutes of the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) and a core leader of UESF's 4 day strike. We sat down with Nathalie at the conclusion of the strike to discuss how they won on all of their core demands and how their union and city were transformed by the experience. Their fight is part of the statewide "We Can't Wait" campaign which Nathalie plays a central role in leading across the state.
Mar 4
43 min
On the Line interviewed Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Fight Attendants (AFA-CWA). As one of the leading progressive labor voices in the country, Sara has pushed the labor movement to respond to the attacks by the Trump administration on the working class during his first administration and again today. Sara spoke to us about what she has learned from nearly three decades in the labor movement and what she sees as our path forward today.
Sep 16, 2025
1 hr 2 min
On the Line interviewed Chris Dols, Co-Executive Director of the Federal Unionists Network (FUN). As Trump pursues the billionaire agenda laid out in Project 2025 to dismantle the federal government, FUN is at the forefront of organizing the federal workforce to stop them. Chris spoke to us about the importance of federal workers raising the alarm about threats to crucial government services, and what they are doing to fight back.
Jul 27, 2025
55 min
In a time of growing monopoly power and inequality, UFCW Local 3000 has organized militant fights against the biggest corporate giants in grocery and healthcare. Faye Guenther, the President of Local 3000 based in Washington and parts of Idaho and Oregon, has built the union to be a fierce fighting force in the region. Nationally, Faye has been a key leader in coalescing the labor movement to take a stand for a ceasefire in Gaza and support for the immigrant rights struggle. On the Line interviewed Faye about their battles against monopolies in grocery and her vision for national union organizing to resist the billionaire agenda.
May 15, 2025
58 min
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has recently ratified a powerful contract with the aim of lifting up students. They have built a force field to stop the attacks from the federal government from hitting Chicago's schools, educators, and students. On the Line interviewed CTU President Stacy Davis Gates about what they won, the campaign to win it, and what lies ahead to fight the billionaire agenda. We spoke with Stacy on May Day in Chicago where the union has called for and led a national day of action to mobilize all working people against the war on the working class.
May 6, 2025
23 min
On the Line interviewed Jimmy Williams Jr, the General President of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT). In this moment of political upheaval and attacks on the working class, Jimmy has been outspoken about the need to organize and fight back to defend our immigrant communities, to defend free speech, and to defend the labor movement. The political leadership of the Democratic party has failed to build any real resistance. The labor movement must step up to lead working class resistance to the billionaire agenda.
Apr 29, 2025
48 min
California educators have recently launched the We Can't Wait campaign, a statewide coordinated effort by educator unions covering nearly 80k educators and over one million students, making it the largest educator campaign in the country's history. Despite CA having the largest economy in the country, the state ranks 33rd for per pupil education spending. Educator unions are demanding their city, state, and federal government provide the resources needed for a quality public education system. On the Line interviewed Cassondra Curiel, President of United Educators of San Francisco, and Nathalie Hrizi, the VP of Substitutes of UESF. Both are leaders in the statewide campaign and spoke to us about how UESF and educators across the state are preparing to stand up for public education and fight for what their colleagues and students deserve.
Feb 26, 2025
1 hr 24 min
Gene Bruskin, a long-time union organizer and anti-war activist joins our producer Jeff Rosenberg for part 2 of our interview, to share power stories of his experience building the anti-war movement within the labor movement. Gene was a founding member of U.S. Labor Against the War, an organization formed in the early 2000's to build mass opposition from unions against the war in Iraq. He worked with Iraqi trade unionists to tour the U.S. and culminated in the first ever AFL-CIO resolution against an active U.S. war. More recently, Gene helped to found the Labor Network for Ceasefire, which would grow to a majority of the labor movement standing against the U.S. backed and funded genocide in Gaza. Listen in to hear his lessons from these experiences and outlook on how workers can fight for justice on the job and for a pro-worker foreign policy.
Feb 17, 2025
1 hr 3 min
Gene Bruskin, a long-time union organizer and anti-war activist sits down with our producer Jeff Rosenberg to share the powerful stories of immigrant workers organizing for justice on the job and in their communities. Gene Bruskin was the Campaign Director of Justice @ Smithfield, an effort to organize the over 5,000 workers who were employed at the largest pork processing plant in the world. We talk with Gene specifically about the historic victory at Smithfield Foods in North Carolina and what could be considered his precursor: helping the largely immigrant Harvard laundry workers form their union in the 1980s. As the attacks on immigrant workers ramp up, we must shine a light on the stories that can serve as inspiration for a broad fight-back. This is the first part of a two-part series with Gene Bruskin.
Jan 14, 2025
1 hr 34 min
From exorbitant CEO pay to three different strikes — UNITE HERE hotel workers, SAG-AFTRA video game workers, and CWA AT&T workers — in this episode of On the Line, we got everything you need to know from the labor movement this past August.
Sep 6, 2024
26 min
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