Amazon And Starbucks Finally Feel The Heat

In this week’s Lever Time podcast, we report on the ground from Amazon and Starbucks workers’ big Labor Day march in New York, where Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls told us about his plans for a general strike in 2024.

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In the new episode of our weekly podcast Lever Time, David Sirota discusses Joe Biden’s recent comments on what he considers the biggest threat to American democracy (2:35); Julia Rock breaks down her reporting on the dark side of Biden’s student debt policy, including how his Justice Department is fighting debtors in bankruptcy court (9:38); and Matthew Cunningham-Cook updates us on how a corporate Democrat’s big bet on pumping workers’ retirement funds into private equity is now paying off in his Rhode Island congressional race (17:00).

In addition, Producer Frank and Julia share their on-the-ground coverage from this past Monday’s Labor Day march which was co-organized by the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United, including their interview with ALU President Chris Smalls (24:15).

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