John Logan on Amazon & Starbucks Organizing

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Now Amazon has suspended dozens of JFK8 workers who refused to go to work after a fire that left the air smelling of chemicals and many feeling unsafe; 10 of those suspended were union workers. They can, however, underplay this movement, or patronize it, or try and confuse it by presenting it as “emotional” and irrational. We’ll talk with John Logan; he’s been reporting on organizing in media-friendly corporate behemoths like Amazon and Starbucks for Jacobin. He’s professor and director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University. Transcript: “‘People Are Taking Inspiration From Union Victories at Amazon and Starbucks'”Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent press coverage of the Azov Battalion.