Mark Medina

And there's a question mark about that in my mind. Because, you know, my entire adult life, I've heard stories of the state repression against union organizers in the 20s and the 30s and the 40s. You hear the stories, if you're an organizer, about all the violent eras and how hard it was in the past. And we forget that a lot of that does continue on.

And there's a question mark about that in my mind. Because, you know, my entire adult life, I've heard stories of the state repression against union organizers in the 20s and the 30s and the 40s. You hear the stories, if you're an organizer, about all the violent eras and how hard it was in the past. And we forget that a lot of that does continue on.

And there's a question mark about that in my mind. Because, you know, my entire adult life, I've heard stories of the state repression against union organizers in the 20s and the 30s and the 40s. You hear the stories, if you're an organizer, about all the violent eras and how hard it was in the past. And we forget that a lot of that does continue on.

It's just not where you would imagine it, where a lot of American workers imagine it. And so they don't see it in their shops and their factories and their unions. But this right here is an attack on the labor movement.

It's just not where you would imagine it, where a lot of American workers imagine it. And so they don't see it in their shops and their factories and their unions. But this right here is an attack on the labor movement.

It's just not where you would imagine it, where a lot of American workers imagine it. And so they don't see it in their shops and their factories and their unions. But this right here is an attack on the labor movement.

Had this been the head of the electricians union, the head of the SEIU, had this been an attack on what a lot of Americans would view as the mainstream labor movement, this would be headlines. The fact that it isn't shows and that it has been so much work to try to get attention to a union leader being picked up and kidnapped by the state.

Had this been the head of the electricians union, the head of the SEIU, had this been an attack on what a lot of Americans would view as the mainstream labor movement, this would be headlines. The fact that it isn't shows and that it has been so much work to try to get attention to a union leader being picked up and kidnapped by the state.

Had this been the head of the electricians union, the head of the SEIU, had this been an attack on what a lot of Americans would view as the mainstream labor movement, this would be headlines. The fact that it isn't shows and that it has been so much work to try to get attention to a union leader being picked up and kidnapped by the state.

should be a blaring red light on the labor movement to take action immediately. I hope that what we're doing is the first steps to that, because this is one of those moments. They went after the trade unionists, and I was not a trade unionist. Well, they're going after the farm workers. I am not a farm worker. It is incumbent upon us morally to stand up for one another at this point in time.

should be a blaring red light on the labor movement to take action immediately. I hope that what we're doing is the first steps to that, because this is one of those moments. They went after the trade unionists, and I was not a trade unionist. Well, they're going after the farm workers. I am not a farm worker. It is incumbent upon us morally to stand up for one another at this point in time.

should be a blaring red light on the labor movement to take action immediately. I hope that what we're doing is the first steps to that, because this is one of those moments. They went after the trade unionists, and I was not a trade unionist. Well, they're going after the farm workers. I am not a farm worker. It is incumbent upon us morally to stand up for one another at this point in time.

Yeah, and I think that the history of the labor movement has been an interesting one in my adult life because, you know, I'm as pro-labor as they come. However, the history of the labor movement in the modern day has been a fascinating one. It is one that, when it came to large strikes, was at its nadir at the mid and late 2000s. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, and I think that the history of the labor movement has been an interesting one in my adult life because, you know, I'm as pro-labor as they come. However, the history of the labor movement in the modern day has been a fascinating one. It is one that, when it came to large strikes, was at its nadir at the mid and late 2000s. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, and I think that the history of the labor movement has been an interesting one in my adult life because, you know, I'm as pro-labor as they come. However, the history of the labor movement in the modern day has been a fascinating one. It is one that, when it came to large strikes, was at its nadir at the mid and late 2000s. Mm-hmm.

I think at one point it was just over a dozen strikes, over 2,000 workers. And you compare that to the high labor movement in the 40s and the 50s when it was in the hundreds. And you had strike actions all the time. And that is what built so much of what we called middle class for some. And it was this really historic moment at the time.

I think at one point it was just over a dozen strikes, over 2,000 workers. And you compare that to the high labor movement in the 40s and the 50s when it was in the hundreds. And you had strike actions all the time. And that is what built so much of what we called middle class for some. And it was this really historic moment at the time.

I think at one point it was just over a dozen strikes, over 2,000 workers. And you compare that to the high labor movement in the 40s and the 50s when it was in the hundreds. And you had strike actions all the time. And that is what built so much of what we called middle class for some. And it was this really historic moment at the time.

And we're in a historic moment now where I think the labor movement for so long from that point has been trying, workers from the rank and file have been trying to kind of reshape the labor movement in the thoughts and the ideas of the new. But it comes with its own regressive setbacks and it comes with its own shortcomings of leadership. Right.

And we're in a historic moment now where I think the labor movement for so long from that point has been trying, workers from the rank and file have been trying to kind of reshape the labor movement in the thoughts and the ideas of the new. But it comes with its own regressive setbacks and it comes with its own shortcomings of leadership. Right.