State of the Union: Make America Organised Again

Red in the Face Podcast

English - March 02, 2021 12:46 - 2 hours - 236 MB
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We chat all things America on State of the Union this week. We spoke to U.S union activist Nicholas Wurst about the structure of the U.S Trade Union movement, their engagement with the political system and the significance of Amazon workers fighting for unionisation.

Links:

Independent Socialist Group -

https://independentsocialistgroup.org

Amazon Unionisation -

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/03/amazon-intensifies-severe-effort-discourage-first-warehouse-union

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/amazon-union-racial-justice-bessner-alabama

American Unions -

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/american-unions-democracy-labor-movement