Episode 118: Fast Food Workers Have A Union!; A Judge’s Inside View of the Immigration System
Episode 118: Thousands of workers, and supporters, have rallied and marched for several years under the banner “Fight for 15”—a demand that fast food workers, and all workers, be paid at least $15-an-hour, almost double the poverty-level federal minimum wage, and, as important, have the right to form a union. It’s been a hard slog but a bright spot shines: workers who toil for Burgerville in Oregon have won union representation rights at three of the chain’s locations. I talk with two of the workers, Emmett Schlenz and James Curry. Then, we see through a judge’s eyes the crisis facing the immigration system—a crisis exacerbated by the racism hurled at immigrants from the Oval Office. It’s my chat with Ashley Tabaddor, an immigration judge in Los Angeles and the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. Our Robber Baron is the CEO of Burgerville.
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