Biden’s Real Union & Labor Track Record
Biden has presented himself as a friend of unions. But does he have a record of showing up for workers? Kamau Franklin and Jeff Cohen discuss his record with host…
Bernie Sanders’ Union Platform Calls for Class Struggle
Union strikes are growing, as is voter support for unions. In this context, what does Sen. Bernie Sanders’ union platform mean? Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
Boeing Gets Up To $17 Billion In Loans From Coronavirus Stimulus
Economist Dean Baker explains how the $2.2 trillion stimulus quietly provides up to $17 billion in loans for Boeing with almost no strings attached. Director/Video Editor: Taylor Hebden Visual Producer:…
Wall Street Before Main Street: COVID-19 Relief Plans Will Hurt Workers
What relief will American workers get after the government poured $2.2 trillion into banks and businesses? Economist Dr. Jack Rasmus explains why the bailout for workers needs to be as…
Palestine Is Occupied, Segregated, And About To Face COVID-19
Israel’s military control of Gaza and the West Bank has only grown more brutal during the pandemic. Workers are held in quarantine, prisoners have been infected, and Israel is withholding…
Fired Amazon Worker Chris Smalls Responds To Leaked Smear Campaign Plans
Amazon executives described Smalls as “not smart or articulate.” Smalls was fired after organizing a walkout over employee safety at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse. Director/Video Editor: Dwayne Gladden Visual Producer:…
A Doctor In Italy Shares Lessons Learned Battling COVID-19
Italian doctors and labor organizers learned painful lessons from the global coronavirus pandemic. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended…
Workers Are Fighting Back
Labor journalist Sarah Jaffe says despite unprecedented challenges, working people are finding new ways to organize for basic protections during the coronavirus pandemic. Subscribe to our page and support our…
The Second COVID-19 Bailout Still Won’t Be Enough
Trump demands that states take the lead on COVID-19 response but won’t give federal support for local governments or workers, and is still fighting oversight for the trillions already spent…
A Just Reopening Prioritizes People Over Profits
As Trump’s “reopening” endangers lives, Democrats must advance policy that gives working people something to fight for, argues In These Times’ Sarah Lazare. Director/Video Editor: Will Arenas Visual Producer: Andrew…
Is Germany Dealing With COVID-19 As Well As We Think?
Despite the hype around Chancellor Angela Merkel’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing kits are still scarce, medical teams are overworked, and unemployed workers receive less compensation than in other…
Amazon VP Quits In Support Of Fired Whistleblowers
Senior Amazon engineer Tim Bray said the firings were evidence of “a vein of toxicity running through the company culture.” We get a response from Chris Smalls, one of those…
Johns Hopkins Leads The COVID-19 Response, But Just Laid Off Its Low-Wage Workers
At a May Day rally, workers said Johns Hopkins University reneged on a commitment to give laid off workers four weeks pay. Subscribe to our page and support our work…
Union Leads West Coast Port Shutdown On Juneteenth
Former political prisoner Arthur League talks about the ILWU shutdown and the campaign to free Black political prisoners, some of whom have been imprisoned for over 50 years. Producer: Ericka…
Worker ownership can save businesses and protect employees
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous for workers and small businesses alike. As reopening plans pit employee safety against economic viability for struggling businesses, can the worker co-op model provide…
Exploited Turkish workers hit the streets on May Day
Working people in Turkey are engulfed in a deep economic crisis. Facing an inflation squeeze and huge price hikes, the conditions and rights of workers in Turkey are deteriorating day…
Why Starbucks workers are unionizing around the US
The rank-and-file effort to unionize Starbucks stores around the United States is one of the most head-spinningly historic worker-led movements in our generation. Since the Elmwood Avenue store in Buffalo,…
From Amazon to Starbucks, workers are rising up
Last Friday, Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island shocked the world by pulling off one of the great labor victories in US history, becoming the first Amazon…
Starbucks escalates war on unions with store closures
The union wave is hitting coffee chains big and small, but the bosses aren’t going down without a fight. In June, after workers there voted overwhelmingly to unionize, Starbucks permanently…
Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library workers move to unionize
Employees of Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library system have announced their intention to unionize, citing better pay, benefits for all, and greater employee input into working conditions as their chief…
Rattling the Bars: Unions must stand up for prisoners
Prisoners today are fighting the same labor conditions behind bars that birthed the union movement in the 19th Century. US labor journalist and Real News contributor Michael Sainato joins Rattling…
Casino workers at Cambodia’s NagaWorld face brutality, jail time for striking
Read the transcript of this video: https://therealnews.com/casino-workers-at-cambodias-nagaworld-face-brutality-jail-time-for-striking The women-led struggle at Cambodia’s largest hotel and casino is now a major front in the country’s labor movement, and offers lessons to…
New anti-union law in UK takes aim at strike wave
Read the transcript of this interview: After a two-day work stoppage last week by Britain’s rail workers, Parliament is threatening new legislation that would require striking workers to continue providing…
Fired construction workers speak out against Alba Demolition
Read a translated transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/this-nyc-construction-union-is-reaching-out-to-undocumented-and-non-union-workers-the-bosses-dont-like-it Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New…
Workers at Amazon, Starbucks, Home Depot, etc. share strategies for unionizing your workplace
We hosted another Working People live show on Feb. 22 in New York City, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team and The People’s Forum. In this…
Workers Strike Back coalition for a $25 min wage & more w/Kshama Sawant | The Chris Hedges Report
After over a decade on Seattle City Council, socialist Kshama Sawant is launching a national coalition called Workers Strike Back to fight for wages, universal healthcare, LGBTQ rights, a clean…