Interview with Madeline Gamsemer Topf, co-president of TAA Local 3220 in Wisconsin. Local 3220 represents graduate student workers. We cover the history of TAA, Act 10, what gets graduate student workers to organize, and much more. Here is the link to the TAA's resolution on Palestine. 

In this episode we have 3 labor and community activists sharing their experience, insight and perspective on the role of women in the a labor and other social movements:- Joanna Frasch, AFSCME Local 1, Wisconsin State Employees Union (WSEU) - Alejandra Lopez, President of the San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and School Personnel; and- Crystal Mello, an organizer from Appalachia (Southwest Virginia) engaged in building union and community alliances to fight pipelines and to redirect funds from jails to community needs.*This episode was originally recorded on April 28, 2024. 

White nationalist, anti-LGBTQ activity on the riseJudge halts Univ California academic workers’ strike, citing ‘damage to students’Matthew Eddy, Man Who Assaulted Black Superintendent at Baraboo, Wisconsin High School Graduation, Only Charged With Disorderly Conduct Mali financial workers union extends strike Some of AIPAC’s Biggest Donors Are Also Financing Attacks Against Labor RightsNigeria loses electricity and major airports close as unions seek higher wages amid record inflation UAW Rank-N-File for a Democratic Union StatementGEO Statement in solidarity with UAW 4811 Strike

Statements from:The Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineNational Writers Union (with respect to Rafah)The Bronx Public Defenders Union (with respect to repression against protests in New YorkAlso, updates on the University of California strike in solidarity with encampments, protests, and Palestine. And a potential strike by Samsung workers in South Korea.

UAW 4811 on strike in solidarity with Palestine, University of Washington student workers on strikes, Starbucks Workers United update, JFK airport fueling workers and mechanics strike (Teamsters) avertted, and update on UNITE HERE Local 11 hotel workers strike in Los Angeles.

How to research corporations for social/labor struggles.Corporate Investor Relations PagesSEC documentsKeyword searches 10K Reports / Annual ReportsProxy StatementsQuarterly ReportsNew Releases

Earth Day / Pentagon as a global presencen and pollutorReport on PalestineUnited Auto Workers: Volkwagen victory, Mercedes vote, CNH Industrial layoffsPortland Teachers Union and shitty right-wing lawyers suing them on behalf of four families

Interview with labor activist, former VT AFL-CIO president, and author David Van Deusen. His new book "Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017–2023" is available at PM Press.org. We talk about his book, antifascism, experimentation as part of the labor struggle, international solidarity, and much more...

Updates on Palestine and solidarity struggles with PalestineCity Brewing Company workers (Teamsters) in Wisconsin approve strike authorization voteTrain and airport workers in Germany reach agreements after months of strikesSalem-Keizer education workers reach tentative agreement, averting a potential strikeSouth Korean bus drivers go on strike in SeoulWaffle House workers in Georgia go on strikeBoston University graduate student workers go on strikeOther news briefsMusic: Charles Mingus, Haitian Fight Song

Garment workers stand with Palestine, BryanUrgent Appeal from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions, Bryan House Resolution 2882 and funding for Israeli militarization, RicMolson Coors workers in Fort Worth, strike enters second month, RicMembers of REI Union March on Their Bosses and Take Other Collective Action, BryanHundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week, RicSalem-Keizer teachers union votes to approve possible strike, Ric