From Orchards to End Zones: Worker Power in Unexpected Places
In this episode of The Labor Force Podcast, I travel from the apple orchards of upstate New York to a corporate warehouse in Syracuse to NFL stadium sidelines—uncovering the common threads in modern labor struggles. I begin with a landmark union win at Cahoon Farms, where both year-round and seasonal H-2A guest workers have secured New York’s first-ever farmworker contract under the United Farm Workers. Then I zoom out to examine the systemic roots of worker exploitation—from immigration policy to NAFTA to the myth of corporate “perks.” I break down the story of TCGplayer workers who used…
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