Radio Socialist Olympia

My comrade from DSA Isaac Wagnitz and I are proud to share with you our latest episode of Radio Socialist Olympia. We're taking a break here from the Why We're Socialists series to interview Michael Hines, president of UFCW 367, which represents around 8,000 grocery workers in the South Puget Sound area. I couldn't make it to record this episode, so it'll just be Isaac asking the questions. The interview covers a lot of ground about the state of the grocery industry during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and how changes in the industry have affected workers. Next up after this will be an interview with Norah and Billie, two workers from the Cooper Point Starbucks in Westside Olympia, who succeeded in winning a union 19-2! We hope you enjoy this episode and we'll try to have that next episode of Why We're Socialists out soon.

Sources:
Hungry at the Table, a study conducted by Economic Round Table https://economicrt.org/publication/hungry-at-the-table/

Food Retail: Financial Trends, Industry Challenges & Opportunities for Workers: a slideshow that was part of a presentation at the UFCW 367 leadership conference in January 2022 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qTlWlgwmbqsXgVyAVAiTHF72TRv0NfWy/view?fbclid=IwAR0DernkDCPaq4fSNLHv-k1rcjl9YqljNf5wsxWDGk00Sn2ZP3ZLwMJRQQw

DSA Labor: The Rank & File Strategy
https://rfs.dsausa.org/

Home in Tacoma for All platform:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/home-in-tacoma-for-all-platform/

Matt Bruening: When McDonald’s Came to Denmark
https://mattbruenig.com/2021/09/20/when-mcdonalds-came-to-denmark/