The Rick Smith Show | A Possible Win For The Working Class
The aftermath of Unions and coming together continues as the Senate Help Committee will have a hearing next week defending working-class citizens and families. This could be the start of working-class individuals at the forefront…
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Democracy Now! | President Biden Strikes with UAW and Writers Guild Reach A Tentative Agreement
The UAW sees progress as President Biden will join the picket line with other UAW workers and supporters. The Union is fighting to end costs and redistribution going to the 1%. The Writers Guild and…
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Ex-Starbucks Worker Jaysin Saxton Describes Being Fired After He Helped Organize Union
We speak with Jaysin Saxton, one of the witnesses who testified at the Senate hearing Wednesday on Starbucks' union-busting record. Saxton was a former Starbucks shift manager, fired after leading the union drive at a…
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NYT Exposé Shows Migrants Kids in U.S. Are Forced into Brutal Jobs for Major Brands
We speak with the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Hannah Dreier, who revealed in a major New York Times investigation the widespread exploitation of migrant children in some of the most dangerous jobs in the country. In…
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The Effects of A Possible Rail Strike
Rail workers could go on a rail strike as early as next Friday. They are asking that the companies give paid sick leave. Specifically, workers are asking for four days. The House, still controlled by…
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Striking California Grad Students Speak Out on Nation's Largest-Ever Higher Education Strike
The largest higher education strike in U.S. history has entered its third week in an effort to secure livable wages, more child care benefits, expanded family leave and other demands. Some 48,000 academic workers at…
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"Enough Is Enough": Rail Workers Decry Biden's Push to Impose Strike-Breaking Labor Deal
President Biden is pushing Congress to block a pending nationwide rail strike and push through a contract deal that includes no sick days and is opposed by four of the 12 rail unions. Biden's latest…
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Dr. Mutulu Shakur Freed on Medical Parole After 36 Years in Prison
Dr. Mutulu Shakur Freed on Medical Parole After 36 Years in Prison After more than 3 and a half decades in prison, Dr. Mutulu Shakur has been granted freedom by the U.S. Parole Board.…
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"Working People Everywhere Have Had It": SEIU Pres. Mary Kay Henry on Unions Mobilizing for Midterms
Democracy Now! looks at the high stakes of the midterm elections for workers, including in key battleground states. Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, says they are campaigning to empower working…
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LA City Council Roiled by Racism, Anti-Blackness
LA City Council Roiled by Racism, Anti-Blackness Los Angeles has been roiled by a scandal of national proportions over the past week, centered on a leaked audio recording of a meeting last year between…
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Taking a Deeper Look at Eliminating Childhood Poverty
This week on Just Solutions, guest, Dr. Renee Ryberg joins to discuss the solutions to ending childhood poverty. They also talk about how child poverty is analyzed and what system is used to measure whether…
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"The American Dream & Other Fairy Tales": Disney Heiress Tackles Inequality and Family Legacy
Half of full-time workers in the United States cannot make ends meet. Thousands of them work for the Walt Disney Company. One of them reached out to the dissident heiress Abigail Disney, whose grandfather Roy…
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U.S. Rail Strike Averted by Tentative Deal as Workers Decry Grueling Conditions
Railroad workers have reached a new tentative union contract with rail companies, averting a potential strike set to start on Friday that could have shut down rail service across the United States. The deal, which…
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Fox News Praising Biden Jobs Looks Like Hostage Video
Maria Bartiromo had no choice but to talk about the strong July jobs numbers on her Fox News show last week, and it looked like she was being held hostage while doing it. The unemployment…
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Why Are States Hoarding Welfare Funds From Poor?
Why Are States Hoarding Welfare Funds From Poor? Amid high inflation and a federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25 an hour for more than a decade, many states are found to be denying benefits…
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