Work Stoppage

Episode 1 - Women Workers in the Industrial Revolution If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. We've covered a ton of different eras and stories of the US labor movement...

We start this week's episode checking in on some recent victories by the UAW. Next we discuss a judge smacking down Trader Joe's ridiculous copyright lawsuit against Trader Joe's United. Also this week, Adda Coffee in Pittsburgh shut its doors rather...

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. On the second part of our discussion of Confessions of a Union Buster, we sit down once again with our friend Pat to talk about t...

We start this week with a few quick congratulations to workers at Wells Fargo, DHL, and elsewhere before diving into a discussion of news this week that SAG-AFTRA has negotiated an agreement with an AI voice model company for video games. Then we dis...

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. Friend of the show and head of our discord reading group Pat joins us this week to discuss one of their recent books, Confessions...

For our first episode of 2024, we've got tons new labor stories to cover. After some quick follow ups, we discuss a recent piece in Forbes about how our capitalist system is forcing elders to work longer and longer. Next we've got a bunch of UAW stor...

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. 2023 was a monumental year for US labor. From the Teamsters contract fight at UPS winning historic gains, to the UAW's Stand Up...

For our final episode of 2023, despite the holidays we have a lot to cover. The longest adjunct faculty strike in US history ended with a new contract. Wells Fargo workers in Albuquerque became the first unionized branch of a major bank. Thousands of...

We're taking a break from new episode this week, but in the spirit of the season (such as it is this year), we're unlocking the first episode of one of our Patron series earlier this year, the history of the International Longshoremen's Association a...

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. For the finale of our series discussion various attempts at organizing soldiers during the 1970s, we arrive at one of the most ...