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The Dig: How to Build a Fighting Labor Movement w/ Jane McAlevey

Apr 15, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 6min
2
Jane McAlavy: The Daughter of a World War II Fighter Pilot
05:34 • 2min
3
The Influence of Bernie Sanders on My Life
07:12 • 2min
4
The Importance of Methods
08:47 • 2min
5
The Importance of a Strong Labor Movement
10:28 • 2min
6
The History of the Labor Movement and the Civil Rights Movement
11:59 • 2min
7
Macalavianism and the Black Church
13:36 • 2min
8
The Importance of Radical Political Education
15:53 • 2min
9
Rules to Win By: How to Win 90% of Workers Over to Anything
17:49 • 2min
10
The Role of a Full Time Organizer in the Workplace
19:46 • 1min
11
How to Build Power in the Wrong Movement
21:14 • 2min
12
How to Be a Good Organizer
22:45 • 2min
13
Rules to Win by You
24:28 • 3min
14
Brent Yesen's Intimidation of Nurses
27:01 • 2min
15
The Power of Power Research Analysis
28:44 • 1min
16
The Power of Honesty
30:12 • 2min
17
The Power of Open Negotiations
31:47 • 2min
18
How to Put Workers at the Center of Negotiations Process
33:30 • 2min
19
Building a 90% Union in a Voluntary Pay as You Go State
35:06 • 2min
20
How to Make the You and Union Real to People
36:40 • 1min
21
The Power of Intelligence in Trade Union Negotiations
38:07 • 2min
22
The Role of Negotiation in the Labor Movement
39:47 • 2min
23
The Eight Unions That We're Still Trying
41:46 • 2min
24
The Unbelievable Theory of Union Density
43:26 • 1min
25
The Power of Strategy
44:52 • 2min
26
The Time Clock on the Labor Movement
46:46 • 2min
27
The Power of Unions
48:21 • 2min
28
Set Fear on Fire by Las Teces and Translated by Camille Valle
49:56 • 2min
29
How to Win With a High Participation Union
51:42 • 2min
30
How I Got Into a High Functioning Union
53:23 • 1min
31
The Nurses' Union's Election
54:51 • 2min
32
How to Overcome the Employer's Message
56:27 • 2min
33
The Union Busters Don't Go Away
58:03 • 1min
34
How to Overcome the CEO's Bullshit Line
59:29 • 2min
35
The Story of a Strike in Philadelphia
01:01:03 • 2min
36
The Choice to Lose
01:02:50 • 2min
37
How to Win Negotiations
01:04:26 • 2min
38
The 20 Elements of Good Negotiations
01:06:16 • 2min
39
The Relationship Between Ideology and the American Labor Movement
01:07:53 • 2min
40
The Importance of Ideology in the Workplace
01:09:37 • 2min
41
The Importance of Ideology in Union Negotiations
01:11:30 • 2min
42
The Communist Party in the Auto Factory
01:13:08 • 2min
43
The Importance of Strategy and Tactics for Organizing Unions and Negotiations
01:14:48 • 2min
44
The Power of Whole Worker Organization
01:16:28 • 1min
45
The Importance of Listening to Yourself
01:17:51 • 2min
46
The University of California Strike
01:19:29 • 2min
47
The Failure of the United Auto Workers to Engage People in a Good Power Structure Analysis
01:21:07 • 2min
48
How to Make Open Bargaining a Reality in Unions That Don't
01:22:54 • 2min
49
The Importance of a Closed System in Contract Negotiations
01:24:46 • 2min
50
Three Rules in a Negotiation Room
01:26:20 • 2min
51
How to Build a Supermajority of Workers
01:27:59 • 1min
52
Raising Expectations and Raising Hell by Jane McElavy
01:29:26 • 4min