The Chicago Teachers Union scored a victory for their district last week, following an eleven-day teachers strike that made national headlines. For today’s episode, guest host Richelle Wilson brings the strike into focus: how did it get started? What were the teachers’ demands? What was the outcome? And what does this all say about labor, […]
What’s Behind the Oklahoma Teacher Protests?
Teacher strikes in Oklahoma are reaching the two-week mark. Why are teachers protesting? And what are the similarities to the Wisconsin strike seven years ago? Tony Castaneda gets the lowdown Mike Elk, reporter for The Guardian and Senior Labor Reporter for Payday Report, a site that provides labor reporting in news deserts.
Chicago Teachers Union Goes On Strike, Leads Citywide Fight For Fundin...
A citywide day of action in Chicago last Friday brought tens of thousands of people into the streets and onto picket lines as part of an intensifying fight to keep public services and institutions funded. Darien Lamen was there, and filed this report from the front lines in Illinois’ “fight for funding.”
Kohler strikers unite against 2-tier wages
Tony Castaneda talks with former labor organizer and state Rep. Tod Ohnstad (D-Kenosha) about the Kohler strike. They discuss why 94 percent of Kohler workers represented by United Auto Workers Local 833 voted to strike and about the mass picket on Saturday, November 21.
Fast Food Worker to Strike Over Issue of Living Wage
Fast food workers Cornell White and Natoria Pettaway join 8 O’Clock Buzz host Tony Castaneda to talk about an April 15th informational picket and strike by fast food industry employees over the issue of a living wage.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaks
On MLK Day, we hear from the man himself — Martin Luther King, Jr. in his last speech from Memphis 1968.
