Union Wave Continues, Shapiro is Misinformed, & Chatting with Local Organizers - TVLR 8/11/2021
NYT Tech workers continues media union wave and increased worker militancy with half day walkout in response to unfair labor practices, Shapiro gives a hot take on unions, and local activist Catherine Hereford joins with the North Alabama School for Organizers to talk police reform in Huntsville and answer an audience Q&A.
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The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama. The show covers local, state, and national news with an emphasis on the former two. Jacob and David hope to educate the audience about the power they can have with their fellow workers through cooperation, organizing, and solidarity.
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The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama. The show covers local, state, and national news with an emphasis on the former two. Jacob and David hope to educate the audience about the power they can have with their fellow workers through cooperation, organizing, and solidarity.
The show is live on Saturdays from 9:30am to 11:00am on 92.5 FM WVNN in the Huntsville/Decatur/Athens listening area. A recording of the show plays from 8:00am to 9:30am on 100.7FM WGOL in Russelville, Alabama. You will be able to listen live online on wvnn.com and the broadcast will be livestreamed on Youtube.
Help them agitate and educate Alabama workers: patreon.com/TheValleyLaborReport
Follow the show on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheValleyLaborReport
Follow the show on Twitter: @LaborReporters
Follow Jacob and David on Twitter: @JacobM_AL @RadiclUnionist
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