Same-Day Solidarity At Amazon with Chris Smalls
What A Day5 Apr 2022

Same-Day Solidarity At Amazon with Chris Smalls

Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to form the company’s first union in the U.S. last Friday, making a historic win for labor organizers everywhere. The union earned recognition in less than a year into its existence, and it overcame multiple arrests as well as millions that Amazon spent on anti-union consultants. Chris Smalls, founder of the Amazon Labor Union, joins us to discuss how it felt to win and what comes next.

And in headlines: Sacramento police arrested a suspect in connection to Sunday’s mass shooting in the city, the Senate reached a bipartisan $10 billion deal to fund COVID relief, and Elon Musk purchased about $2.9 billion worth of Twitter stock.


Show Notes:

Chris Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union – https://twitter.com/Shut_downAmazon

The Intercept: “New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like “Union,” “Restrooms,” “Pay Raise,” and “Plantation” – https://bit.ly/3NM8Qyy


Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/whataday/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday/

Episoder(1568)

Billionaires Brawl Over Warner Bros.

Billionaires Brawl Over Warner Bros.

We’ve been talking about the Paramount Skydance/Warner Brothers Discovery/Netflix Billionaire Boys Club Spectacular for a few days now. But it’s really worth digging into the details to understand how...

10 Des 202519min

The Vax Wars Are Here

The Vax Wars Are Here

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is likely to reverse its long-standing recommendation that all newborns be immunized against Hepatitis B. We spoke with Demetre Daskalakis, the former di...

9 Des 202522min

Why Trump’s Got A Big AI Problem

Why Trump’s Got A Big AI Problem

The Trump Administration has gone all in on artificial intelligence. It doesn’t hurt that AI’s biggest backers also happen to run the biggest companies on earth. Oh, and they also happen to have donat...

8 Des 202521min

Rep. Jim Clyburn Offers A Historical Warning

Rep. Jim Clyburn Offers A Historical Warning

The Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, released a new survey this week in an attempt to figure out who, exactly, is a Republican these days. The takeaways? Newer Republican voters are mor...

5 Des 202525min

Hegseth Takes His “Secretary of War” Title Too Seriously

Hegseth Takes His “Secretary of War” Title Too Seriously

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been under fire for his continually evolving explanations and blame-shifting regarding a September attack on an alleged “drug boat” in the Caribbean. Following a rep...

4 Des 202522min

President Trump Is Disconnected From His Beloved Base

President Trump Is Disconnected From His Beloved Base

President Trump is old, and it shows. But in his second term in the White House, he's not just old – he's cloistered. After building his political career on massive rallies, he's spent significantly m...

3 Des 202522min

With Next Phase Of Ceasefire Unclear, Gazans Brace For Winter

With Next Phase Of Ceasefire Unclear, Gazans Brace For Winter

It's been nearly two months since the fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect. The ceasefire is intended to be the first phase of an overarching plan to bring peace to th...

2 Des 202517min

Trump Capitalizes On The National Guard Shooting

Trump Capitalizes On The National Guard Shooting

Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot just a few blocks away from the White House, on Wednesday. One of the two shooting victims, 20-year-old Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, died ...

1 Des 202525min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
stopp-verden
i-retten
popradet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-gukild-johaug
fotballpodden-2
det-store-bildet
dine-penger-pengeradet
nokon-ma-ga
rss-ness
hanna-de-heldige
aftenbla-bla
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-dannet-uten-piano
e24-podden
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk