Hardly Working

A podcast about how even though we're working hard, modern life is hardly working for us. This is the pro-worker show about your job and how to make it better.

Hardly Working is a news podcast hosted by Will and Andy, with 9 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Will and Andy hosts Hardly Working, a news show with 9 episodes published.

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  Strikes are still the answer | Costco, King Soopers, bad bills, and Wisconsin

  Mar 6, 202551 minS0

  <p>Andy and Will are back to pick through some of the disheartening news of the last month.</p><p>Stories:</p><p>5:18 - Costco, Teamsters reach tentative agreement and avert a strike</p><p>21:12 - "NOSHA" Act</p><p>25:34 - National Right to Work Act</p><p>27:57 - 10,000 workers get the goods by striking King Soopers</p><p>30:29 - Lessons from Wisconsin's recent labor history</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-teamsters-tentative-contract-avoid-strike/</p><p>https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/86/text</p><p>https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1232/text<...

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  "Return to office" and other nonsense

  Jan 27, 202549 minS0

  <p>Recorded January 22, 2025</p> <p>Andy and Will discuss: Trump's inauguration, Elon Musk is just another far-right billionaire, SEIU and AFL-CIO join forces, and the ski patrollers strike.</p> <p>Resources mentioned:</p> https://redflag.org.au/article/the-teamsters-strikes-at-amazon-a-critical-assessment https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/350-the-civil-wars-in-u-s-labor

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  Inside the fight to organize Starbucks (with Evan McKenzie)

  Jan 7, 20251h 51mS0

  <p>It's a supersized episode to start 2025: Andy and Will discuss the ever-accelerating upward transfer of wealth, H-1B visas, and the overall state of union membership in the US.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Then, (at 40:30) union organizer Evan McKenzie joins the show to give an inside look at the Starbucks Workers United campaign leading up to the recent strikes in December 2024.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Write to us: hardlyworkingshow@gmail.com</p>

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  Post-Election Reaction / NYT Tech Guild, company unions, and more

  Nov 17, 20241h 8mS0

  <p>Andy and Will are back to deliver their analysis of the 2024 election as well as some labor news from the last couple of weeks.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Chapters:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:51 Welcome to the show</p> <p>3:45 Captive audience meetings are ruled to be unlawful</p> <p>8:39 New York Times Tech Guild to return to work, negotiations will go on</p> <p>19:42 Boeing machinists approve contract</p> <p>26:30 Massachusetts voters allow Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize</p> <p>37:45 Post-election discussion</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Resources:</p> https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-rules-captive-audience-meetings-unlawful https...

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  'Out of Office' Documentary / Union Nurses Strike / Dockworkers Strike / Boeing Workers Reject Contract

  Oct 31, 20241h 16mS0

  <p>In this episode of the Hardly Working podcast, Andy and Will talk about some of the labor news from the past month. Then, Andy interviews Will about Will's documentary, "Out of Office," the story of how office workers stood up to their employer and won.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Chapters:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>1:44 Welcome to the show</p> <p>2:48 Honolulu Nurses Weather Long Lockout and Win Staffing Ratio Language</p> <p>17:12 Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract</p> <p>29:20 ‘Not Good Enough’: Striking Machinists Reject New Boeing Offer</p> <p>35:2...

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