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The provenance of Haitian gangs; John Deere strike update: includes one vehicular death on the picket line; How unhoused folks have fared in the rain; And the last days of a FEMA trailer park set up for survivors of the Paradise Fire

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English - October 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 137 MB - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
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United Auto Workers Local 450 continue their fight for a fair wage, better benefits, and a secure retirement at the John Deere Des Moines Works, in Ankeny, Iowa, on October 20, 2021. | USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
On today’s show:
0:08 – Dahoud André, a Haitian community activist based in New York joins us to discuss the provenance of Hatian gangs as we discuss the same 17 missionaries who were abducted in Haiti last week.
0:34 – Jonah Furman (@JonahFurman), staff writer and union organizer for Labor Notes joins us to for an update on the UAW John Deere strike. A picketer was killed earlier this morning after being struck by a vehicle while standing on the picket line in Milan, IL.
1:08 – Michael Lazarus (@mlaz_sei), Senior Scientist and director joins us to discuss this year’s Production Gap Report.
1:20 – Jennifer Friedenbach (@fbach4), Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness joins us to recap how the unhoused community weathered the “bomb cyclone” that brought heavy rain and flooding over the weekend.
1:34 – Hannah Dreier (@hannahdreier), national enterprise reporter for the Washington Post joins us to discuss a heartbreaking and infuriating story she recently reported on the last days of a FEMA trailer park set up for survivors of the Paradise Fire.
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On today’s show:


0:08 – Dahoud André, a Haitian community activist based in New York joins us to discuss the provenance of Hatian gangs as we discuss the same 17 missionaries who were abducted in Haiti last week.


0:34 – Jonah Furman (@JonahFurman), staff writer and union organizer for Labor Notes joins us to for an update on the UAW John Deere strike. A picketer was killed earlier this morning after being struck by a vehicle while standing on the picket line in Milan, IL.


1:08 – Michael Lazarus (@mlaz_sei), Senior Scientist and director joins us to discuss this year’s Production Gap Report.


1:20 – Jennifer Friedenbach (@fbach4), Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness joins us to recap how the unhoused community weathered the “bomb cyclone” that brought heavy rain and flooding over the weekend.


1:34 – Hannah Dreier (@hannahdreier), national enterprise reporter for the Washington Post joins us to discuss a heartbreaking and infuriating story she recently reported on the last days of a FEMA trailer park set up for survivors of the Paradise Fire.


The post The provenance of Haitian gangs; John Deere strike update: includes one vehicular death on the picket line; How unhoused folks have fared in the rain; And the last days of a FEMA trailer park set up for survivors of the Paradise Fire appeared first on KPFA.

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