EXPOSED: Hyundai Abusing Prison Labor According To Crazy New Report We react to an incriminating report on Hyundai's abuse of prison labor in their Alabama supply chain. This comes after multiple instances of Hyundai being caught utilizing child labor (also in Alabama). 🧵

The Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, biweekly roundtable w/ a rotating group of guests! This @poweratwork.bsky.social ep features @laborradionet.bsky.social Director, Harold Phillips, @chicagotribune.com's, Talia Soglin, & @tvlrfm.bsky.social Host, Jacob Morrison: poweratwork.us/power-half-h...

The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers just barely averted going on strike this week, but even though there is now a Tentative Agreement there's still plenty of work to do. Before the TA was announced, Brenda Johnson (@MFE59) joined us to talk about what exactly is at stake. 🧵

GTA 6 Delayed By One Year... Because of Union Busting? Rockstar Games recently fired a group of workers, accusing them of "leaking information" about the highly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI. The fired workers are telling a different story, however... 🧵

Minneapolis Teachers Union on the Verge of STRIKE: "We're Ready." This interview was recorded before the strike had been called off, however there is still plenty of work for the MFE to do, and the topics discussed in this segment are still relevant and important. 🧵

Refusing Education for Your Children? Alabama GOP Chairman Thinks it's a "Parental Right" Adam & Jacob run over some recent news hits involving the Alabama Education Association, including Alabama GOP Chairman John Wahl's battle with @myAEA over so-called "parental rights." 🧵

Trump Pits Us Against Each Other, We Must Stop And Unite Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) host of @WorkingPod called in to our show to explain why he thinks it's time for us to stop letting Trump pit the working class against itself and unite.

UAW STRIKE AUTHORIZATION Voted By Supermajority of Volkswagen Chattanooga Workers A supermajority of the Volkswagen workers at the Chattanooga plant of voted in favor of a @UAW strike authorization. 🧵

Building Trades Unions Apprenticeship: Combining Classroom Education with On-The-Job Training David Clark, @steelworkers, @IBEW & Director of Labor Relations at the United Way of Central Alabama, talks about his labor movement work &building trades unions apprenticeship. 🧵

To End Shutdown "We should ALL be out on STRIKE," Flight Attendant Union President says Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara), Association of Flight Attendants @afa_cwa, joins us to talk flight attendants gains, Trump's initial popularity with the working class & his shutdown. 🧵

UAW Members Join Starbucks Baristas Practice Picket in Kentucky @UAW members recount how they stood with Sbux workers (@SBWorkersUnited) who held a "practice picket" in Kentucky & why it's crucial for unions to stand in solidarity with all workers no matter the industry. 🧵

SOUNDING THE ALARM: Privatizing TVA Would CRIPPLE Our Economy Daniel Tait (@EnergyAlabama), Zachary Barber (@OPEIU), & Keith McFarland (@IAM_Union) are sounding the alarm: if lawmakers go with the Trump-backed privatization of the TVA it would devastate the valley economy. 🧵

Teamster Concerned About Sean O'Brien, Trump: "This is an existential moment." A Heartland Teamster expresses his concern about this political moment and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien playing footsies with "one of the most anti-labor administrations of my life." 🧵

Bosses of Low-Income Aid Organization Caught STEALING and LYING 🧵

SHUTDOWN: Federal Workers Union BLASTS Both Parties in Scathing Letter @AFGE_National and other labor unions are yelling through the bullhorn at Trump, Republicans, and Democrats, for their role in this shutdown and the suffering it's causing. 🧵

"They're Criminals, Screw 'em!" Alabama's Prison Problem EXPOSED in New Doc "The Alabama Solution" Documentary is now out, exposing the ugliness happening behind the scenes in the state because of a general apathy towards prisoners. 🧵

Dollar Store Workers Are Done Being Taken Advantage Of And ABUSED Reporter for @capitalandmain Jesse Baum talks her article about the abuse and various issues dollar store workers across the country are facing and how they are taking a stand, despite not being unionized. 🧵

Boeing Worker Critical of Josh Hawley's Faster Labor Contracts Act During a labor law reform senate committee hearing, a Boeing worker with the @IAM_Union expressed concern about the Josh Hawley-led "Faster Labor Contracts Act." But are his concerns valid? 🧵

How Can Workers Fight and Thrive in Union - Hostile States? We received an email from a local educator who desperately wants real change, but it's just a question of how to do it in Alabama (or any similar state) that puts roadblocks in the way of collective bargaining. 🧵

The @Teamsters' Pressure on UPS Pays Off with Air Conditioned Trucks 🧵

UAW Preps for a Potential STRIKE against Volkswagen for Bad Faith Negotiating The @UAW will be holding a vote for a strike authorization this week as Volkswagen continues to be uncooperative; we take a look at the setup and what Shawn Fain and the union have been saying. 🧵

Heat-Related Death Toll Expected To Rise As Trump Ends a Biden OSHA Heat Rule It's time for BOSS WATCH, where we take a look at what illegal activities bosses were up to as well as ways in which the Trump Administration has been enabling them. 🧵

Republican Katie Britt Wants You To Be ANGRY At Retirees Making $40k Getting Subsidies As the Shutdown battle drags on, Alabama Senator Katie Britt tweeted her apparent disdain for retired couples getting subsidies, and she thinks you should be pissed off too.

FREE SPEECH: Southern Teachers Fired for "Anti Charlie Kirk" Posts Push Back with Lawsuits On one hand the Right is executing swift "justice" against people speaking ill of Charlie Kirk while on the other making excuses for the leaked Young Republicans leadership chats... 🧵

Former NALC Vice President Says Good Representation is CRITICAL in a Union Lew Drass, NALC Branch 462 & former @NALC_National Vice President, joins us to talk about his years of service and why it's crucial to be a leader who actually gives a damn about the members. 🧵

Biden Labor Advisor says SHUTDOWN is "Consistent with Trump's Anti-Worker, Anti-Union Agenda" Seth Harris, Biden labor advisor & @PowerAtWorkBlog podcast host, talks about how the crippling of the NLRB & the Shutdown are hurting working people, but Trump couldn't care less. 🧵

The Shutdown Canceled Their Union Election, Now They're On Strike Horseshoe Casino workers in Indiana were just about to finalize their unionization with the @Teamsters when it was brought to a standstill by the government shutdown. Now they're on strike for recognition. 🧵

Republicans in N.C. Taking Away Workers' Electoral Power to Gain Trump's Favor Braxton Winston (@NCStateAFLCIO President & @IATSE Local 322) talks about the Shutdown and his efforts to help workers in the state fight GOP efforts to silence them via redistricting (@AFLCIO). 🧵

The REAL Reason Trump Is Stalling with Ending the Shutdown It's Day 20 of Trump's Shutdown and the battle is dragging on over healthcare premium tax credits and government subsidies. But Trump seems to be more concerned with helping criminals than helping working people. 🧵

Sean Duffy Calls Air Traffic Controllers “CHILDREN” We react to Sean Duffy on TV taking a sh*t on overworked Air Traffic Controllers who have been hanging on by a mental thread. 🧵

Hawley BLASTS Boeing Exec for Underpaying Workers It's a bit surprising when Republicans actually stand up for workers, but we're here for it, even when it's Josh Hawley, who left a Boeing exec in a stammering panic after absolutely grilling him about the @IAM_Union strike.

Huntsville REFUSES to Address Underfunding of Libraries Dr. Marisa Alison, public sociologist and community organizer with At The Root Collective, gives us the latest updates on government pressure on local libraries and our own library system's critical underfunding. 🧵

Local TV News Stations are EXPLOITING Their Workers A wrongfully-terminated union worker at Nexstar and a @CWAUnion Research Department worker join us to talk about how they're breaking the news on just how messed up local TV News stations have become. 🧵

Federal Union President Responds to Trump Firing Her Members During Shutdown Workers at the CDC in Atlanta have been fired by Trump during the shutdown. Yolanda Jacobs (President, @AFGENational Local 2883 at the CDC), talks to us about the consequences and repercussions. 🧵

Trump EXPOSES His Bad Faith in Shutdown Fight As Trump's Shutdown drags on agonizingly, he hasn't waited long to let the mask slip about his true intentions... actually he didn't wait at all, to be honest... as he takes aim (once again) at federal workers. 🧵

Alabama Man SUES DHS for Racial Profiling Just one of many US citizens who've fallen victim to blatant racial profiling by ICE and the Trump Admin. And this is just one part of a much larger tapestry of how these raids are hurting the working class and U.S. economy. 🧵

PACK IT UP? Reacting to an Article Arguing AGAINST Building Militant Unions A former member of the @Teamsters wrote an article for @SublationMag arguing that union reformism is ineffective and pointless. We read excerpts and explain why we think he's wrong. 🧵

Report Finds Populists Should Run as Independents We take a look at a new Working Class Politics Report, "Democrats' Rust Belt Struggles and the Promise of Independent Politics," and highlight some of the interesting bits that caught our attention. 🧵

Trump ILLEGALLY FIRED HUD Worker for Whistleblowing Last week Paul Osadebe (Department of Housing and Urban Development) told us how the Trump Admin targeted him after blowing the whistle, and now they've fired him, ignoring all legal protections for federal whistleblowers 🧵

I need a liquor store that only plays pro-union propaganda.

We were joined by @Jacobin associate editor @meagankday to talk about what she thinks is the best way to respond to the death of Charlie Kirk as someone on the Left. Do you agree or disagree with her? 🧵

Texas Worker and Member of the @Teamsters FIRED for Organizing, Not Done Fighting We're joined by Topher White to talk about his attempt to organize workers at a major Texas liquor store that resulted in him being fired. 🧵

.@Teamsters Get 30% Raise in New Georgia Contract 🧵

Union Members REACT to Trump Shutdown We take a deeper look at what's going on with this Shutdown, what Republicans are claiming Democrats are doing, Karoline Leavitt's comments on illegal immigrants receiving hospital care, and what all is at stake. 🧵

WORKER DEATH: Georgia Bosses Fined NEARLY $1M 🧵

The WORST STATES to Work In? (You'll Never Guess Which Ones Rank Highest) Adam and Whitney read reports on the best (and worst) states to be a worker in, based on labor rights and protections, average wages, and more. You'll never guess which states ranked lowest... 🧵

How to Oppose Charlie Kirk’s Canonization Without Alienating Your Coworkers @meagankday, associate editor with @Jacobin, joins us to discuss why our response to Kirk's death matters and why it's important as adults to approach these situations with nuance. 🧵

Trump Admin AGAIN Signals Interest in Stealing from Retirees Trump and Republicans are once again letting the mask slip to reveal their unwavering intent to destroy Social Security and see to it that American citizens work until the day they drop dead. 🧵

“That’s PATENTLY FALSE,” HUD Whistleblower SLAPS DOWN Trump Admin Denials Department of Housing & Urban Development whistleblower Paul Osadebe (@AFGENational) joins us and gives his stern response to the Trump Administration's denials of weakening civil rights enforcement. 🧵

UAW Respond to Volkswagen’s Supposed “Final” Offer @UAW President Shawn Fain doesn't hold back in his response to Volkswagen's supposed "final offer." And we're here for it. 🧵