In the latest edition of GritTV, host Laura Flanders sat down with former Republic Windows worker Armando Robles, United Electrical Workers organizer Leah Fried, and journalists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis to discuss the increasing number of worker uprisings both here in the U.S. and worldwide. The ongoing Hartmarx saga (which you can catch up on here) is what spurred the discussion. Watch it:
Flanders went on to speak by phone with longtime Hartmarx employee Ruby Sims and Workers United Midwest treasurer Joe Costigan. Watch that discussion:
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