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We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
We Rise Fighting Labor Podcast
125 episodes
5 days ago
Labor theory, history, news, and analysis.
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We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E124: Mamdani In NYC, UAW, Palestine, Venezuela, Starbucks, and Gov't Lockout
  • Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City
  • Update on UAW Local 95 strike in Janesville, WI
  • Starbucks Workers Vote for Strike Authorization 
  • Palestine / Somerville recolution
  • SNAP and health care benefits
  • Venezuela
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5 days ago
35 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E123: Interview w/ Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement
An interview with members of the organization Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement.

This is a basic overview of what the organization is about, its history, origin, activities, and political orientations/principles, 
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2 weeks ago
33 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E122: Solidarity w/ Palestine Report & Labor News
News updates on:
  • Palestine
  • Venezuela
  • No Kings protests
  • UAW Local 95 strike
  • UNITE HERE in Madison, WI, 
  • Italian general strike
  • The strike of Kaiser Permanente workers on the west coast.
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3 weeks ago
41 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E121: Call for US National Strike & General Strike in Italy in solidarity with Palestine
  • Tribute to Assata Shakur
  • Increased barbarism of Trump administration
  • Call for US National Strike on May 1 2026
  • Italian general strike in solidarity with Palestine
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1 month ago
24 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E120: Labor News
  • Hyundai workers in the US South
  • Elon Musk (the goofinerss of being a trillionaire)
  • Venezuela 
  • Hotel workers strike in Texas
  • UAW 95 strike
  • WW Dairy Workers strike
  • Wisconsin Voces de la Frontera
  • Chicago protests
  • New Orleans statement
  • Labor Day protests
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2 months ago
46 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E119: Interview w/ Pathfinders Workers
(00:00:00) E119: Interview w/ Pathfinders Workers
(00:00:27) UAW Local 95 Announcement
(00:01:55) Introduction
(00:05:35) What lead you to organize?
(00:07:53) Response from management
(00:09:36) Workplace conditions and effects on clients
(00:10:40) Relationship with community
(00:12:01) Follow on instagram
(00:12:08) Rally on Aug 4
(00:13:23) Inspiration to unionize
(00:15:35) Why OPEIU?
(00:16:20) How many workers total?
(00:17:58) How many locations?
(00:18:17) Safe staffing saves lives
(00:19:48) Pay scale
(00:21:55) Who are the funders?
(00:22:40) What stage of the campaign are you in?
(00:23:19) What kind of help do you need?
(00:23:55) What is your work like?
(00:27:08) Message to the community

Pathfinders is a non-profit organization based out of Milwaukee that serves the needs of people in crisis. The staff has been organizing with OPEIU. In this episode we interview Rachel, Megan, and Michael, to learn more about what's going on. 
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3 months ago
29 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E118: Labor News Updates
  • AFGE & Veterans Affairs
  • Sanitation Workers Strike Against Republic Services
  • Pathfinder Workers
  • Boeing Workers Strike of 3,200
  • UAW Local 95 Strike
  • Long Island Rail Road Workers Consider Strike
  • Actions Against ICE
  • Resolution for Arms Embargo Against the Occupying Entity known as "Israel"
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3 months ago
51 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E117: UAW Local 95 on Strike, Interview w/ Enrique Casiano
UAW Local 95 is on strike against Mercy East Clinic in Janesville, WI. In this interview UAW Local 95 Chairperson, Enrique Casiano, to learn about what's going on. 

Here is a link to donate to the strike fund:

https://www.facebook.com/UawLocal95
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3 months ago
26 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E116: UAW and Sanitation Worker Strikes & Organized Labor's Silence on Austerity Bill
-Update on UAW Locals 291 and 95 strikes in Wisconsin
-Sanitation worker strikes in Boston, Philadelphia, Ohio, and California
-Why is organized labor so quiet in the face of Trump austerity bill (aka the 'big beautiful bill')
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3 months ago
37 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E115: What Direction for Today's Mass Rallies?
(00:00:00) E115: What Direction for Today's Mass Rallies?
(00:00:27) Intro to Episode
(00:01:40) "Guillotine"
(00:04:40) Ric offers context and kicks off discussion
(00:13:02) Bryan's thoughts
(00:19:43) What if we stopped calling people "immigrants"?
(00:25:28) Labor History: why are we allowing this?
(00:32:17) Ric: lessons from strikes that could guide our movements

In this episode we ask the question: what direction for the mass protests taking place in the street today? In an attempt to answer this question, this espisode focuses on political theory, labor history, as well as the lessons we've learned from the strikes we've covered. 

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4 months ago
37 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E114: CBTU Statement and SEIU Nurses on Strike in Madison, WI
-Statement by the Coaltiion of Black Trade Unionists
-SEIU Nurses on Strike in Madison, WI
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5 months ago
54 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E113: Labor News Updates and Let's Talk About Bernie
Today's episode:
  • National Day of Action to Save Public Education 
  • Bernie/AOC rallies
  • Update on UAW 291 strike
  • World Federation of Trade Unions / May Day Declaration
  • Federal Unionists Network (FUN)
  • 10 National Unions call for anti-trump resistance
  • Kentucky Unions fight deportation
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7 months ago
53 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E112: UAW Local 291 on Strike in Osh Kosh, Wisconsin
Interview with UAW Local 291 president, Ryan Compton. 

Workers have been on strike for 3 weeks at Cummins corporation. Cummins is a producer of diesel engines and axles. 90 workers are currently on strike. We interview President Compton to learn about the strike and how the community can support the striking workers.
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7 months ago
28 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E111: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy w/ Labor, UAW on strike, Postal Workers Protests
April 3rd, 2025 marks the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech "I've been to the mountaintop." He delivered this speech in Memphis, TN the night before his assassination. 

In this episode we play a segment from this speech and Bryan discusses Dr. King's legacy as far as his relation to unions and labor. 

We also talk about striking workers in Osh Kosch, WI and about the protests currently being organized by postal workers. 
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7 months ago
34 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E110: Unscripted Discussion on Politics, Labor, Current Events
Today was an uscripted discussion on politics, labor, and current events. 

We covered stuff like:

-General/current state of social movements in the US
-Palesine update
-Bernie Sanders in Denver
-Creativity of the Working Class
-Postal Workers
-Unions as a microcosm of what a better, democratic society could look like
-Viper Armed / Jucuapa (i.e. Ric's album)
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7 months ago
34 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E109: Reflections on Madison, Wisconsin
Bryan and Ric chop it up about Ric's recent visit to Wisconsin to do a presenation on how to research corporations. Ric also spoke at an event concerning the Black freedom struggle and Palestine.
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8 months ago
57 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E108: Solidarity w/ Palestine Report, Labor News, Corporate Research Event in WI
-Solidarity with Palestine Report
-Southern Workers Assembly Statement
-Info on Corporate Research Presentation in Wisconsin (6pm, Feb 20th, Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street, Madison, WI)
-Reflections on Wisconsin
-Port Workers Strike Averted / Commentary on Teamsters strike
-Oregon Health Care Workers on Strike
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10 months ago
33 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E107: Solidarity w/ Palestine Report & Labor News
-Update on solidarity efforts with Palestine
-United Auto Workers: strike at Strand bookstores and organizing at Newbury Comics
-Teamsters/Amazon strike update
-Starbucks workers strike update
-Organizing at REI
-Organizing in the US today
-Protests against Trump
-UNITE-HERE west coast Hotel Workers Strike ends
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10 months ago
32 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E106: Labor News & Interview w/ JoAnna Frasch, VP, AFSCME Local 1, Wisconsin
-Labor for Palestine solidarity w/ Teamster strike
-Teamster strike at Amazon
-Starbucks workers strike
-Interview with JoAnna Frasch, Vice President of AFSCME Local 1 in Wisconin. We talk to JoAnna about Act 10 and other labor issues in Wisconsin. 
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10 months ago
54 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
E105: Interview w/ Michael Jones (MTI President) Speaks On Reversal of Act 10 in Wisconsin
In this episode we speak to Michael Jones, president of Madison Teachers Inc. We talk about the recent reversal of Act 10 in Wisconsin. Act 10 is a piece of anti-labor legislation that was pushed by the-governor Scott Walker. The measure passed in 2011 and last week it was reversed. 
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11 months ago
36 minutes

We Rise Fighting - Labor Podcast
Labor theory, history, news, and analysis.