Mergers, Minimum Wages, and the Making of a General Strike
This week on The Labor Force Podcast, we cover one of the busiest news cycles of the year—from Hollywood power plays to working-class realities on the ground across the country. We start with the massive proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, as Netflix and Paramount battle for control of some of the most iconic brands in film and TV. Lawmakers, guilds, and labor advocates are already sounding the alarm about what this kind of consolidation means for workers, creators, and consumers. Then we turn to the growing divide between federal inaction on the minimum wage and the wave of local…
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