In the sea of millions of migrant workers who end up slaves or in forced labor, a pilot project has empowered Nepalese women working in Jordan’s garment industry to make a better deal. I spoke to the International Labor Organization’s Phillip Fishman about how the project works—and whether it can be scaled up. I, then, […]
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Episode 93: Nepalese Women Empowered; The Stock Buy-Back Robbery
Posted on 01 August 2018.
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Episode 79: Arizona Teachers Are Lit!; Privatization Is A Bust; Lowe’s Poisons People
Posted on 25 April 2018.
The uprising is hitting Arizona. Tomorrow, thousands of teachers will flood the state capitol to demand—like their brethren in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Colorado—fair wages. I talk with the both the head of the union and a rank-and-file union leader. I also take up the silly idea of privatization, inspired by a recent dumb-as-can-be […]
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