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Working People

Working People

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Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The Real News Network). Working People is a podcast about working-class lives in 21st-century America. In every episode, you'll hear interviews with workers from around the country, from all walks of life. We'll talk about their life stories, their jobs, politics, and families, their joys and hopes and frustrations. Overall, Working People aims to share and celebrate the diverse stories of working-class people, to remind ourselves that our stories matter, and to build a sense of shared struggle and solidarity between workers around the country. 世界 社会科学
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  • Who's afraid of Chris Smalls?

    Who's afraid of Chris Smalls?
    2026/06/08
    At a live event hosted at Red Emma's Cooperative Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Baltimore, Maryland, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez got to sit down for a deep and wide-ranging conversation with Chris Smalls, co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union. Alvarez and Smalls discuss Smalls' new book, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class; they recount the incredible story of the formation of the Amazon Labor Union and the unionization of the first Amazon warehouse in the US; and they talk about Smalls' journey from warehouse worker and labor organizer to becoming an internationally recognized public figure and a human rights activist who has sailed with humanitarian flotilla missions to Gaza and Cuba.

    Additional links/info:
    • Chris Smalls X page and Instagram
    • Chris Smalls, Penguin Random House, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class
    • Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, "Chris Smalls: Sabotage attempts and death threats won't stop Gaza Freedom Flotilla"

    Featured Music:
    • Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song

    Credits:
    • Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor
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    54 分
  • 'They were going after everyone': Baltimore security officers fired and removed from schedules after lawful strike

    'They were going after everyone': Baltimore security officers fired and removed from schedules after lawful strike
    2026/05/27
    Nearly a year after workers voted to authorize a strike, non-union city and commercially contracted security officers in Baltimore, MD, walked off the job on April 9 on an Unfair Labor Practice strike against their employers, Abacus Corporation, Metropolitan Protective Services, and Urban Development Solutions. Now, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) say that workers have been retaliated against by Metropolitan Protective Services (MPS), alleging that the city contractor "fired and harassed workers following [the] lawful strike." MPS denies these allegations and claims "that no employees have been terminated due to union involvement." In this episode of Working People, we speak with Victoria Cox, a former MPS employee who worked to reach the rank of sergeant, and Daril Riley, a former MPS employee who reached the rank of corporal. Both Cox and Riley have had their shifts taken off the schedule—and, essentially, their jobs taken away—and both have been put under investigation by MPS since the strike in April.

    Additional links/info:
    • Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, "Underpaid, uninsured, held at gunpoint: Baltimore security guards strike for a union"
    • SEIU Local 32BJ website, Facebook page, and Instagram
    • Katherine Wilson, Baltimore Sun, "Baltimore contract security officers at city properties prepare to strike"

    Featured Music:
    • Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song

    Credits:
    • Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor

    Statement from Derrick Parks, CEO and President of Metropolitan Protective Services (5/26/26):     Metropolitan Protective Services, Inc. (MPSI) maintains that no employees have been terminated due to union involvement. We fully support our employees' right to choose whether or not to join a union. The individuals recently removed from the schedule were terminated for failing to maintain the current Maryland guard license required by the Maryland State Police. Regarding Sergeant Cox, she was removed from the schedule at the specific request of the client following multiple advisements regarding violations of client policy and insubordination. Of our 175 employees, only six have been removed from the schedule or terminated, all due to licensing issues or performance concerns. We find these allegations to be without merit and believe they are being used by the union to exert pressure on the company. Furthermore, we have received reports of union representatives harassing employees who chose not to join, including unauthorized site visits and the use of derogatory language. MPSI is currently considering filing a cease and desist order and a harassment lawsuit to protect the rights of our staff. Our priority remains protecting all employees, regardless of their union status.
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  • Kim Kelly: Coal miners are dying, and Trump betrayed them

    Kim Kelly: Coal miners are dying, and Trump betrayed them
    2026/05/20
    Since the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump and his acolytes, rightwing media, and coal industry barons and lobbyists have obsessively painted the picture of Trump as a friend to coal miners and the so-called "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal." But as labor journalist Kim Kelly reports at In These Times, "the simpering ​'Trump digs coal' image the administration seeks to project is vastly at odds with the actions it's taken to limit miner protections, endanger their health, and exacerbate the black lung crisis consuming Central Appalachia." In this episode of Working People, we speak with Kelly about the Trump administration's latest betrayal of coal miners and their families and its underreported attack on the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission and abrupt, unprecedented firing of FMSHRC Commissioner Moshe Z. Marvit.

    Additional links/info:
    • Kim Kelly website, X/Twitter page, TikTok, Bluesky page, and Instagram
    • Kim Kelly, In These Times, "Trump's latest target: Coal miners' safety"
    • Jordan Barab, Confined Space, "Friday night massacre at Mine Safety Review Commission"
    • Kim Kelly, In These Times, "The Trump administration ramps up its war on coal miners"
    • Kim Kelly, In These Times, "Trump to coal miners: Drop dead"

    Featured Music:
    • Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song

    Credits:
    • Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor
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    33 分
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