HOW Venture capital kills unions

This episode is a casual chat about Starbucks Workers United with the author of We Are the Union and Red State Revolt. We dive into the worker-to-worker approach that built such a high degree of solidarity.

This episode dives into Grim Kim's take on the historic Starbucks Workers United drive. Author of the book Fight Like Hell, Kim is also a labor reporter for In These Times magazine, a columnist for Teen Vogue since 2018, and video correspondent for More Perfect Union.

This episode is a sprawling discussion with the author of The Hammer. Hamilton is also a labor writer for In These Times. He has spent the past decade writing about labor and politics for Gawker, Splinter, The Guardian, and elsewhere. More of his work is on Substack: How Things Work.

This oral history features Jaz, one of the original salts who kicked off the Starbucks Workers United drive in Buffalo, NY. They later authored a wonderful book called Get On The Job And Organize. Stories from this memoir are included in the oral history.

In this episode, John walks us through the history of organizing at Starbucks, starting long before the union we see today. His team over at WCH is capturing some of the most important stories from the labor movement. 

In this episode Jenny, a Labor Notes staff writer, dives into why this campaign was so impactful for the spirit of the labor movement in the US. She touches on how this shop, even though it's not an obvious target, turned out to be a strategic jackpot.