The whole crew is back this week, and we start out with headlines from across the US and the world. We've got stories from Prime Healthcare nurses, Boston Medical Center, Rhode Island Amazon drivers, Brazilian postal workers, Dutch public transit workers, Kenyan healthcare workers, Frontier Airlines flight attendants, and newspaper journalists at McClatchy. For our main stories we start with the major contract victory by workers at Blizzard, who finally secured a company-wide contract after years of struggle. The Mamdani Administration launched what may be the most interesting move so far, opening the Mayor's Office of Worker Power, we discuss the potential. Finally, a new report on the state of the labor movement shows record growth in response to the decline of the economy, but what more will it take to raise those numbers by an order of magnitude? Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Happy Labor Day! This week we touch on many aspects of the international gig work industry as well as the hidden labor behind "autonomous vehicles". Other stories we cover include repression of immigrants in Canada, how AI isn't replacing workers at all, tech and video game workers, and the continued union fight at Amazon. We get to celebrate the Seattle Teachers winning a TA and wrap up with a story about internal union efforts in IUPAT to make sure they are really fighting for workers. It also may come as no surprise but people in the US support unions at high levels, and new data shows that its a majority across the US political spectrum.  Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Our main stories this week start with an investigation by Capital and Main into Kaiser Permanente's deployment of AI chatbots in their mental health division, to the alarm of actual mental health professionals. The struggle at Starbucks hit a new level as Starbucks Workers United announced an indefinite, nationwide boycott of the company until they agree to a fair contract, with major unions signing on. ICE continues to attack workers around the country, with California vineyard workers suddenly facing threats of raids after they started the process to unionize. We've also got headlines from Olympia Fields Hospital, the Seattle Public School District, Wingstop, Cisco, and Chisago County public workers. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Headlines this week from the NYC school system, Hyundai Motors, Oxnard berry farms, Alamo Drafthouse, Sam Adams, Brown University, the University of Michigan, and the National Park Service. We start our main stories with a bombshell investigation by NY Focus into the International Brotherhood of Trade Unions, a shady outfit that appears to be working as a company union. Finally, two major stories about workers leading the fight against monopolies in the media and in meatpacking. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

We start with an update on the international struggle for Palestine with another major dockworker strike aiming to cripple arms imports to Israel. Our headlines continue with Codelco, the Australian Fair Work Commission, the New Brunswick Building Trades, Domino's, Ikea, Amazon, Open Kitchens, Breakthru Beverages, Corning, and the Oregon State University Women's Basketball Team. Amazon drivers are closer than ever to forcing the company to employ them directly in New York City, while the company makes idle threats. Swedish workers announced the end and loss of their strike against Tesla this week, we survey the lessons from the loss. Finally, new reporting reveals the widespread dragnet launched by the Trump Regime to spy on unions and social organizations in the wake of ICE murders in Minneapolis. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Recently the National Association of Letter Carriers held their national convention. This is their first convention since a contact similar to the one they voted down was forced on them by a federal mediator. To help us understand how the convention worked and what happened we are joined by Letter Carrier and NALC Branch 79 Steward and Financial Secretary C Moline! Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Our headlines this week start abroad, following up on the protests sweeping Argentina and the struggle against unsafe working conditions in the European heatwave. We also have headlines from Amazon, the Royal Observatory, Maine Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, and the NYC Public School System. Our first main story discusses recent revelations from Breach Media about a major conspiracy between Canadian university administrators and the state to crush Palestine protests before they ever began. Workers in India have been standing up in the millions and we continue our coverage with discussion of a temporarily postponed massive strike by gig workers taking aim at the foundations of the wage theft industry. Finally, the US state is advancing a privatization program on all fronts, we discuss attempts to privatize the TSA and bend college programs even further to the demands of major corporations. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

This week starts with headlines from Tokens(dot)com, Taylor Farms, the wage theft industry, WestJet, Corewell Health, Brown University Health, the University of California, Microsoft, and the Labour Party. We've got two roundups this week, first discussing several recent organizing struggles in India, including the stunning emergence and victory of the student led "Cockroach Movement." Finally, we close covering the academic terrain of struggle, where the AAUP and other educators are waging a multifront effort to stop the billionaire campaign to destroy education in this country. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Dropkick Murphys Union Shirt: https://dropkickmurphys.store/products/dropkick-murphys-x-krm-union-charity-t-shirt-black Catching up on more stories from our break, our main topic this week is the resurgence of protests against ICE in the wake of more murders against immigrant workers in Maine and Texas. Also this week, ILWU warehouse workers are on strike against C&H Sugar, who may have contaminated an entire sugar shipment with oil just to avoid giving their workers sick days. We also have headlines from Kings Road Merch, Amazon, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Tokens.com, Taylor Farms, and the Wage Theft Industry. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

Episode on CSA Baraonda: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157530096 Comrade Matteo comes to us once again to not only give us a history lesson on the brutal repression of people in Italy fighting global imperialism 25 years ago, but how the left in Italy today is remembering those days and trying to keep building the movement for a better world. 25 years ago Carlo Giuliani was murdered by police and media figures were brutalized in The Diaz School. Today the people of Italy haven't forgotten those crimes and are standing up to say that the fight isn't over until we win. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee