Economic Update

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Facing The Human Rights Crisis

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On today’s show:

  • Professor Wolff updates an analysis of Philadelphia, PA’s extreme income inequality,
  • we consider the number of workers on strike per year since 2017 in the U.S.,
  • the UAW organizes a strike at the VW plant in Tennessee and conducts other unionization drives, and
  • 400k public employees go on strike in Quebec, which is heading towards a general strike.

In the second half, Professor Wolff interviews Rob Robinson, formerly a homeless advocate/fighter for homeless housing rights, housing, official of Human Rights Network, and Chairman of The Left Forum.