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On the Line
On the Line
28 episodes
1 month ago
On the Line is a network of union members and leaders who cover, analyze, and draw lessons from the struggles of workers across the country to build a fighting labor movement. Although the vast majority of workers in the U.S. remain unorganized, union popularity is at its highest since 1965. One of the key drivers of this popularity is a groundswell of interest from a new generation of young workers who are looking to the labor movement as a vehicle to fight against an increasingly bleak future. A labor movement that is content with business as usual will not realize the opportunities of this moment. Instead, we need unions that articulate not only our demands for better pay and working conditions, but can advance our broader political aspirations as a working class. Building a movement that can advance the hopes and dreams of all workers won't be achieved by creating perfect structures and processes in unions that become more marginal with each passing year. It will only be achieved by organizing at a scale and fighting with an intensity that we have not seen in decades. This is the kind of labor movement that we need. Our future is on the line.
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On the Line is a network of union members and leaders who cover, analyze, and draw lessons from the struggles of workers across the country to build a fighting labor movement. Although the vast majority of workers in the U.S. remain unorganized, union popularity is at its highest since 1965. One of the key drivers of this popularity is a groundswell of interest from a new generation of young workers who are looking to the labor movement as a vehicle to fight against an increasingly bleak future. A labor movement that is content with business as usual will not realize the opportunities of this moment. Instead, we need unions that articulate not only our demands for better pay and working conditions, but can advance our broader political aspirations as a working class. Building a movement that can advance the hopes and dreams of all workers won't be achieved by creating perfect structures and processes in unions that become more marginal with each passing year. It will only be achieved by organizing at a scale and fighting with an intensity that we have not seen in decades. This is the kind of labor movement that we need. Our future is on the line.
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On the Line
Episode 29: Sara Nelson: Crisis and Opportunity Ahead
On the Line interviewed Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Fight Attendants (AFA-CWA). As one of the leading progressive labor voices in the country, Sara has pushed the labor movement to respond to the attacks by the Trump administration on the working class during his first administration and again today. Sara spoke to us about what she has learned from nearly three decades in the labor movement and what she sees as our path forward today.
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1 month ago
1 hour 2 minutes

On the Line
Episode 28: In the Belly of the Beast: How the Federal Unionists Network is Fighting DOGE and Project 2025
On the Line interviewed Chris Dols, Co-Executive Director of the Federal Unionists Network (FUN). As Trump pursues the billionaire agenda laid out in Project 2025 to dismantle the federal government, FUN is at the forefront of organizing the federal workforce to stop them. Chris spoke to us about the importance of federal workers raising the alarm about threats to crucial government services, and what they are doing to fight back.
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3 months ago
55 minutes

On the Line
Episode 27: Fighting Monopoly Power: UFCW 3000’s battle against grocery giants
In a time of growing monopoly power and inequality, UFCW Local 3000 has organized militant fights against the biggest corporate giants in grocery and healthcare. Faye Guenther, the President of Local 3000 based in Washington and parts of Idaho and Oregon, has built the union to be a fierce fighting force in the region. Nationally, Faye has been a key leader in coalescing the labor movement to take a stand for a ceasefire in Gaza and support for the immigrant rights struggle. On the Line interviewed Faye about their battles against monopolies in grocery and her vision for national union organizing to resist the billionaire agenda.
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5 months ago
58 minutes

On the Line
Episode 26: Reconstructing Chicago Public Schools: CTU’s Contract Victory as a Blueprint for Resistance
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has recently ratified a powerful contract with the aim of lifting up students. They have built a force field to stop the attacks from the federal government from hitting Chicago's schools, educators, and students. On the Line interviewed CTU President Stacy Davis Gates about what they won, the campaign to win it, and what lies ahead to fight the billionaire agenda. We spoke with Stacy on May Day in Chicago where the union has called for and led a national day of action to mobilize all working people against the war on the working class.
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6 months ago
23 minutes

On the Line
Episode 25: Jimmy Williams Jr: Labor's Fork in the Road
On the Line interviewed Jimmy Williams Jr, the General President of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT). In this moment of political upheaval and attacks on the working class, Jimmy has been outspoken about the need to organize and fight back to defend our immigrant communities, to defend free speech, and to defend the labor movement. The political leadership of the Democratic party has failed to build any real resistance. The labor movement must step up to lead working class resistance to the billionaire agenda.
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6 months ago
48 minutes

On the Line
Episode 24: We Can't Wait: Inside the CA Statewide Educators Campaign
California educators have recently launched the We Can't Wait campaign, a statewide coordinated effort by educator unions covering nearly 80k educators and over one million students, making it the largest educator campaign in the country's history. Despite CA having the largest economy in the country, the state ranks 33rd for per pupil education spending. Educator unions are demanding their city, state, and federal government provide the resources needed for a quality public education system. On the Line interviewed Cassondra Curiel, President of United Educators of San Francisco, and Nathalie Hrizi, the VP of Substitutes of UESF. Both are leaders in the statewide campaign and spoke to us about how UESF and educators across the state are preparing to stand up for public education and fight for what their colleagues and students deserve.
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8 months ago
1 hour 24 minutes

On the Line
Episode 23: Gene Bruskin Part 2: Building the Anti-war Movement in U.S. Labor
Gene Bruskin, a long-time union organizer and anti-war activist joins our producer Jeff Rosenberg for part 2 of our interview, to share power stories of his experience building the anti-war movement within the labor movement. Gene was a founding member of U.S. Labor Against the War, an organization formed in the early 2000's to build mass opposition from unions against the war in Iraq. He worked with Iraqi trade unionists to tour the U.S. and culminated in the first ever AFL-CIO resolution against an active U.S. war. More recently, Gene helped to found the Labor Network for Ceasefire, which would grow to a majority of the labor movement standing against the U.S. backed and funded genocide in Gaza. Listen in to hear his lessons from these experiences and outlook on how workers can fight for justice on the job and for a pro-worker foreign policy.
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8 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes

On the Line
Episode 22: Gene Bruskin Part 1: Immigrant Workers Fight and Win
Gene Bruskin, a long-time union organizer and anti-war activist sits down with our producer Jeff Rosenberg to share the powerful stories of immigrant workers organizing for justice on the job and in their communities. Gene Bruskin was the Campaign Director of Justice @ Smithfield, an effort to organize the over 5,000 workers who were employed at the largest pork processing plant in the world. We talk with Gene specifically about the historic victory at Smithfield Foods in North Carolina and what could be considered his precursor: helping the largely immigrant Harvard laundry workers form their union in the 1980s. As the attacks on immigrant workers ramp up, we must shine a light on the stories that can serve as inspiration for a broad fight-back. This is the first part of a two-part series with Gene Bruskin.
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9 months ago
1 hour 34 minutes

On the Line
Episode 21: August in Review
From exorbitant CEO pay to three different strikes — UNITE HERE hotel workers, SAG-AFTRA video game workers, and CWA AT&T workers — in this episode of On the Line, we got everything you need to know from the labor movement this past August.
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1 year ago
26 minutes

On the Line
Episode 20: July in Review
In this episode of On the Line we discuss pro-corporate courts rolling back our labor rights, the trumped up investigation into the UAW by their federal monitor, the new Disneyland contract, Boeing workers' and Bridgham and Women's nurses' strike authorization votes, and the historic letter published by 7 national unions calling on Biden to cut all U.S. aid to Israel.
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1 year ago
31 minutes

On the Line
Episode 19: Project 2025 and the Labor Movement Beyond November
In this episode of On the Line we break down Project 2025 and what its impact could mean for the labor movement beyond November.
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1 year ago
32 minutes

On the Line
Episode 18: Lessons from Smithfield: How workers unionized the largest hog processing plant in the world 20 years ago
20 years ago, over 5,000 Smithfield Foods workers in Tar Heel, NC who work at the largest hog processing plant in the world won their union. At the time, it was the most significant union victory in the private sector in over a decade. How'd they do it? In this episode of On the Line, we're joined by Gene Bruskin, Campaign Director for the Justice for Smithfield Campaign to break down the organizing method these 5,000 workers used.
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1 year ago
38 minutes

On the Line
Episode 17: June in Review
Unions are winning at a higher rate than they have in 15 years. In June, we saw the largest public sector union victory in 25 years and Waffle House workers won a $3/hour raise which amounts to an over 200% increase for many workers! But the bosses are on the move in the courts to roll back democratic rights and are trying to take us back to the 1930s. What does this mean for us? In this episode of On the Line, we go through a quick review of the labor struggles in June, including union wins and crimes of big business!
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1 year ago
32 minutes

On the Line
Episode 16: How Union Workers are Taking a Stand for Palestine
In this episode, we're On the Line with Taher Dahleh, member of CWA local 1109 and organizer with PYM, and Yajaira Cuapio, School Social Worker in SFUSD and Executive Board Rep for UESF to discuss the connection between Palestine organizing and the workplace struggle
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1 year ago
42 minutes

On the Line
Episode 15: May in Review
In this episode of On the Line, we go through a quick review of labor struggles in May, featuring updates on the historic academic strike of UAW 4811 workers, a bargaining breakthrough with Starbucks Workers United, and a massive union victory at Disneyland
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1 year ago
28 minutes

On the Line
Episode 14: From Service to the Auto Industry: Southern Workers Unite and Fight
In this episode, we're On the Line with Naomi Harris, Waffle House worker and founding member of USSW, and Quichelle Liggins, 13 year Hyundai worker in Alabama. We had the opportunity to interview Naomi and Quichelle at the Labor Notes 2024 conference, discussing how southern workers are fighting back from the service industry to auto.
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1 year ago
25 minutes

On the Line
Episode 12: Inside the First Authorized Pro-Palestine Strike
In this episode we're On the Line with UAW 4811 members and leaders in the UC system to discuss the first authorized pro-Palestine strike. We're joined by Rafa Jaime, President of UAW 4811 and Academic Student Employee in the English department at UCLA, Anny Viloria Winnett, Graduate Student Researcher and ASE Unit Chair for UAW 4811 in Los Angeles, and Mohammed Alyaseen, Academic Student Employee at UCSD and UAW 4811 member.
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1 year ago
29 minutes

On the Line
Episode 11: Southern Waffle House Workers Go On Strike!
In this episode we're On the Line with Katie Giede, a 10 year Waffle House worker with USSW in Atlanta to discuss the recent Waffle House strike and why she walked off the job for a better future for her family.
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1 year ago
22 minutes

On the Line
Episode 10: LA Hotel Workers Striking and Winning
In this episode, we're On the Line with Kurt Petersen, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11 to discuss the innovative strike tactics of thousands of LA hotel workers and the victories they have secured thus far.
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1 year ago
36 minutes

On the Line
Episode 9: UAW's Massive Campaign in the South and International Solidarity
In this episode of On the Line, we're joined by Brandon Mancilla, UAW Region 9A Director, to discuss UAW's massive campaign to organize non-union auto plants in the South. We also discuss internationalism in the working-class movement, from Mexico to Palestine.
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1 year ago
1 hour 12 minutes

On the Line
On the Line is a network of union members and leaders who cover, analyze, and draw lessons from the struggles of workers across the country to build a fighting labor movement. Although the vast majority of workers in the U.S. remain unorganized, union popularity is at its highest since 1965. One of the key drivers of this popularity is a groundswell of interest from a new generation of young workers who are looking to the labor movement as a vehicle to fight against an increasingly bleak future. A labor movement that is content with business as usual will not realize the opportunities of this moment. Instead, we need unions that articulate not only our demands for better pay and working conditions, but can advance our broader political aspirations as a working class. Building a movement that can advance the hopes and dreams of all workers won't be achieved by creating perfect structures and processes in unions that become more marginal with each passing year. It will only be achieved by organizing at a scale and fighting with an intensity that we have not seen in decades. This is the kind of labor movement that we need. Our future is on the line.