South Africa, trade unions, and Palestine | UAW in 1937 and today | Child labor | SCOTUS and SBUX | Rank and file power

South Africa, trade unions, and Palestine | UAW in 1937 and today | Child labor | SCOTUS and SBUX | Rank and file power

Author: WORT-FM Labor Radio January 20, 2024 Duration: 27:51

Today, we commemorate the Flint sitdown strike of 1937 and look at UAW organiizing today, talk to a South African trade unionist about that country's legal and social actions in support of Palestine, look at the US Supreme Court and its taking up of a Starbucks labor case, hear from a longtime union activist on the state of unions today, see how child labor is growing in the 21st century, and more.


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