The Summer Of Labor

The NPR Politics Podcast

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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Public opinion toward organized labor is at recent highs. As a potential strike by the United Auto Workers looms, we look at what UAW workers are looking for in a new contract, and how the Biden administration & Republicans alike are approaching this moment.

This episode: political correspondents Susan Davis & Don Gonyea, and labor & workplace correspondent Andrea Hsu.

This episode was produced by Casey Morell and Elena Moore. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:00.0	There's a lot in the news these days, and sometimes the headlines just aren't enough.
0:06.0	Every Sunday on Up First, we bring you an in-depth exploration behind a major story.
0:11.9	We dive deeper into the details and why you should care.
0:16.2	Listen now to the Sunday story from NPR's Up First Podcast.
0:21.0	Hi, this is Melissa from Fairfax, Virginia.
0:26.0	I'm a private tutor and this summer.
0:28.7	I've been focusing on writing with my students.
0:32.1	Here's some of the politically themed figurative language examples they've come up with
0:37.4	as we've worked on our poems and stories.
0:41.4	As strong as the USA Army, older than the American President,
0:47.9	and they had more arguing going on than the US Congress.
0:53.8	The time is...
0:55.2	12.39pm on Wednesday, September 13th.
0:59.0	Things may have changed since the time this was recorded.
1:03.0	Enjoy the show.
1:07.8	Kids really do say the darnedest things.
1:10.4	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
1:12.4	I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics.
1:14.4	And I'm Don Gagne, National Political Correspondent.
1:17.7	And Andrea Shoe who covers the Labor Movement for NPR joins us today.
1:21.4	Hey Andrea.
1:22.2	Hey Sue.
	...

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