Take Your Job and Shove It
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by Luis Feliz Leon, writer and educator with Labor Notes, and Lauren Kaori Gurley, labor reporter for Vice Magazine’s Motherboard to talk about the labor strikes happening across the country, from farm equipment workers to undocumented immigrant workers. They also talk about how the pandemic has fueled the calls for better working conditions. Staff Picks: - Luis Feliz Leon writes about a 64-year-old taxi driver who is fighting for debt relief for her medallion debt, for In These Times. - Lauren Kaori Gurley writes for Vice’s Motherboard about Amazon warehouse workers in New York City who are filing for a union election. - Clara McMichael writes about the workers forming New York’s first farmworkers union, for DocumentedNY. Photo credit: Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP
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| 0:00.0 | Hey dear listener, a quick favor. |
| 0:03.5 | We're conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just |
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| 0:15.6 | To take our survey today, that's survey.prx.org slash futuro. |
| 0:22.8 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:32.4 | As the rich got into motion, you know, writing their palatine bikes in the worst months of |
| 0:37.1 | the pandemic, workers got into gear for a different kind of motion. |
| 0:41.6 | Hey, what's up fam? |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to In the Thick. |
| 0:46.2 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm Maria Inohosa, and I'm Julio Ricardo Arella. |
| 0:53.4 | And joining us from Queens, New York, heck yes, is Luis Feliz León. |
| 0:58.0 | He's a writer and educator with labor notes. |
| 1:00.8 | Hey, Luis, welcome to the show. |
| 1:03.2 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:04.2 | We're very excited to be joining you today. |
| 1:06.0 | And joining us, just down the street from me, because I'm in Bethlehem, Connecticut. |
| 1:11.8 | So representing you, Haven, Connecticut, is Lauren Kaui-Gurley, a labor reporter for |
| 1:16.6 | Vice Magazine's Mother Board. |
| 1:18.3 | Welcome, Lauren. |
| 1:19.4 | Hi, thank you so much for having me. |
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