Alex Bores
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694 appearances
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2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 21 Apr
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Well, it began with something that I wouldn't necessarily call politics, only in retrospect would I put that phrase on it.
But it was with my parents in union fights.
In second grade, my dad and his colleagues were locked out by Disney for fighting for better health care.
There were contract disputes for over a year, and Disney wouldn't budge.
And finally, the workers went on strike.
And in response, Disney locked them out for three months.
and cut off their healthcare benefits, including my dad's friend who was about to start chemotherapy.
And thankfully, the union stepped in and they paid for the treatment and he survived.
But my dad would pick me up from second grade and bring me to the picket line.
And that was my first experience of people working together for change.
He would put me in front of the Disney store.
And we've all seen people walk past picket lines.
It's not hard to do.
It's a lot harder to walk past an eight-year-old with a sign that says Disney is mean to my dad.
And so that was my first lesson, both that healthcare needs to be universal, but also that the way we win is by working together.
That if you're one worker, you're one person, you're one anything advocating,
it's easy to get crushed.
But if you have a union, you have an organization, you have a campaign, you have a movement, well, then you stand a chance.
What did your dad do for Disney?
My dad worked for Monday Night Football at the time.
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