UAW workers stand on picket lines across the country, teachers prepare to strike in Chicago, and thousands of healthcare workers with Kaiser Permanente plan to strike in October.

Democracy Now! speaks with longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of the new book Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor.

Among other issues, Greenhouse discusses how labor and climate activists are teaming up to push for a Green New Deal.

Chicago Kiaser Permanente Steven Greenhouse Teachers UAW United Auto Workers Workers' Strike