On this edition of Your Call, we’re discussing the ongoing worker strikes across the nation.
In Alabama, more than 1,000 coal miners have been striking for better pay and benefits for the last five months. Last month, after three weeks on strike, Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kansas won a new contract guaranteeing pay raises and at least one day off per week. We’ll also get an update from the Garment Worker Center in Los Angeles, who are still fighting to abolish the piece-rate in favor of a minimum wage.
Guests:
Kim Kelly, labor columnist at Teen Vogue and freelance contributor whose work has appeared in the the Washington Post, the New Republic, The Nation and more. Her forthcoming book is: FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor
Maximillian Alvarez, Editor in Chief at The Real News Network and host of the Working People podcast
Samuel Huntsman, worker at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas who helped organize the recent workers strike
Daisy Gonzalez, organizing director with the Garment Worker Center in Los Angeles
Web Resources:
The Nation, Kim Kelly: Alabama’s Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives
Al, William Thorton: Striking Alabama miners planning rally Wednesday as strike enters fifth month
VICE, Mark McCarter: I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Days a Week
In These Times Magazine, Maximillian Alvarez: Striking Frito Lay Workers Say They Deserve More Than Crumbs
The Topeka Capital-Journal, India Yarborough: 'Strike over': Union Local 218 members approve Frito-Lay's latest contract offer, bringing Topeka strike to an end
WWD, Tara Donaldson: Fashion Seems Split on the Garment Worker Protection Act — But Why?
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