In this episode we chat with Drew Duzinskas, an Amazon organizer who has spent the last year effectively utilizing TikTok to spread the word about Amazon's worker exploitation. 

Follow Drew on TikTok: 

https://www.tiktok.com/@drdreduzin?_t=8XZYCnjgLpT&_r=1

Learn more about the Make Amazon Pay Black Friday event: 

https://makeamazonpay.com/

In this episode we speak to Brandi Mcnease, an organizer who is currently facing retaliation from her employer Chipotle, located in Augusta, Maine. To avoid a union election the company has closed down the restaurant, an action which the NLRB has ruled is a violation of the NLRA.

To support these employees, please consider donating to their solidarity fund

https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/solidarity-fund-for-chipotle-workers

You can follow for updates on social media here

https://twitter.com/1ChipotleUnited?t=ZXKRyFLJR43vEox2BvqZew&s=09

https://instagram.com/chipotleunited?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

In this episode, we chat with Mary, a Target worker in Colorado organizing with the UFCW, and Adam, a Target worker organizing with the IWW in Virginia, about their unionization efforts and the retail chain's grotesque anti-union response.

Keep up with their campaign:

targetworkersunite.com

They can also be followed on Twitter at @tgtworkersunite

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In this episode, we talk with Sharon, an IWW organizer and former Doordash employee. Despite her phenomenal employee reviews, she was fired as a result of her tireless effort to organize the employees in her department.

Since the recording of this episode, Sharon has been struggling financially as a result of this retaliatory firing.  As you listen, please consider donating to her gofundme so that she may continue to keep her family safe and fed.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-fired-door-dash-union-leader-sharon?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

Back in Episode 5, we talked with Chris, an organizer involved with efforts to unionize New Seasons Market's Seven Corners location in Portland, OR. Following the success of that drive with the New Seasons Labor Union, workers at the Orenco Station store proceeded with their unionization efforts in partnership with UFCW Local 555. 

In this episode, we chat with Hunter Buen, an organizer involved with the campaign at Orenco Station, about why they lost their union election, what can be learned from it, and where things are heading next. 

Keep up with New Seasons Labor Union on Instagram: 

https://instagram.com/nslu_pdx?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

In this episode, we're chatting with Vince Quiles, an organizer and five-year employee of Home Depot who is working to organize the chain's first union in Philly, PA. 

Vince gives us details about why Home Depot workers started organizing and how they ended up moving to form their own store-specific union. We also talk about how Home Depot has responded by hiring a notorious union busting law firm and address some of the anti-union propaganda they have disseminated. 

Follow Vince on TikTok here: @vee_del_sol

Check out the Home Depot anti-union video mentioned in the episode here: 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRmAbJe5/

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Back in our second episode, we talked with Matt Littrell about his efforts to organize an Amazon warehouse in Campbellsville, KY. Since then, Matt has been fired, his unemployment claims are at a standstill, and a climate of fear has mostly stalled organizing efforts at his former workplace. In this update, we get the basics on what happened and where things are going.

Follow Matt on Twitter @AmazonUnionofKY

If you want to help Matt out, his Cashapp is $MattAmazonunionKY

He also has a fundraiser here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/1f94594f-a62a-4a3b-bf7f-88e92b69442a

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When tour guides at Yellowstone National Park started unionizing to bargain for higher wages, a consistent work schedule, and better housing conditions, they were quickly fired. In this episode, we chat with Ty Wheeler, one of the terminated organizers, about what it's like working at Yellowstone, why workers wanted to unionize, and where things have gone since Delaware North, the private company managing tours, illegally fired guides following their unionization efforts. 

Keep up with organizing at Yellowstone on Twitter: @is_rolling

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