What Next | The Flight Attendant Who Wants You to Go on Strike

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Trump administration’s actions on immigration and firing the federal workforce have drawn condemnation from all sorts of unions—from building trades to graduate students. What happens when labor speaks as one? Guest: Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL–CIO. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, Isabel Angell, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Hello once again, my friends.
0:40.0	We have filled the house to capacity.
0:42.9	This is about a week ago in Missoula, Montana.
0:46.9	Thank you, Montana.
0:47.9	Thousands more are waiting outside to get in.
0:51.9	A crowd is waiting to hear from Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
0:58.6	It's their fighting oligarchy tour.
1:01.6	But before the main event, there was this other speaker.
1:05.6	And honestly, when I heard what she had to say, I really wanted to bring her on the show. Her name is Sarah Nelson.
1:13.9	Good afternoon, Missoula!
1:20.5	Sarah is a flight attendant, the head of the flight attendants union.
1:27.9	And the first thing that caught my attention
1:30.9	was that she treated this rally sort of like a training session.
1:38.3	So Montana, turn to the people around you.
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