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RFH Ep. 87 The New Independent Union Organizing - Lowes Workers

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The co-hosts and Gabriel Donnelly (himself a young labor activist) interview Felix Allen, lead organizer and president of Lowe’s Workers United, the newly-formed independent union at a Lowe’s home-improvement store in New Orleans. Felix discusses the situation at the Lowe’s store—pay, hours, working conditions that impelled him and his co-workers to organize, and he explains why they decided to form an independent union. He discusses recent labor and anti-racist struggles that convinced him that a fight for union representation might succeed even in the deep South. He also tells the story of his union’s difficult fight for a union-representation election. He, Gabriel, and the co-hosts discuss the racial dimension of class struggles, and the class dimension of anti-racist struggles. Plus current-events segment on the arrest of former NY FBI agent Charles McGonigal and what it reveals about collusion between Trump and Putin’s regime.
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The co-hosts and Gabriel Donnelly (himself a young labor activist) interview Felix Allen, lead organizer and president of Lowe’s Workers United, the newly-formed independent union at a Lowe’s home-improvement store in New Orleans. Felix discusses the situation at the Lowe’s store—pay, hours, working conditions that impelled him and his co-workers to organize, and he explains why they decided to form an independent union. He discusses recent labor and anti-racist struggles that convinced him that a fight for union representation might succeed even in the deep South. He also tells the story of his union’s difficult fight for a union-representation election. He, Gabriel, and the co-hosts discuss the racial dimension of class struggles, and the class dimension of anti-racist struggles. Plus current-events segment on the arrest of former NY FBI agent Charles McGonigal and what it reveals about collusion between Trump and Putin’s regime.
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