
Haymarket Originals is a new home for audio deep dives, by and for the left—brought to you by Haymarket Books. The second season of Haymarket Originals is HEAT THE GROUND UP: AN ORAL HISTORY OF STARBUCKS WORKERS UNITED What does it *feel like* to build worker power? Season two of Haymarket Originals is bringing you inside one of the most dynamic and inspiring organizing drives in the labor movemen... more
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Welcome to Heat the Ground Up, an oral history of Starbucks Workers United. In this episode, baristas in Buffalo, NY weather the final blows of management’s anti-union campaign and prepare for an election. Over the course of the series, we’ll follow ... more
Welcome to Heat the Ground Up, an oral history of Starbucks Workers United. In this episode, baristas take the union public in Buffalo, NY and we get an inside look at management’s anti-union campaign. Over the course of the series, we’ll follow one ... more
Welcome to Heat the Ground Up, an oral history of Starbucks Workers United. Together, we’ll follow one of the most important labor fights in a generation through the voices and perspectives of the workers who organized it from the ground up. In this ... more
Welcome to Heat the Ground Up, an oral history of Starbucks Workers United. Together, we’ll follow one of the most important labor fights in a generation through the voices and perspectives of the workers who organized it from the ground up. In this ... more
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Small editing error 50m mark of 9/17 coda episode—two voices speaking over each other—otherwise 100!
Knowing working class history can help us fight! We need more fantastic podcasts like this
Absolutely essential listen for modern organizers inside and outside of the labor movement.
While labor has learned from this history, so has management. In the show from Socialism 2024, Emma says that investment strikes are one managements strategy. As she suggests, this applies to the current UAW strike threat against Stellantis. You touch on management strategies as each struggle is depicted in the podcast. Could you have an episode that covers the continuity and innovations in the evolution of capitalist corporations’ strategies against the labor movement over the whole sweep of th... more
I disagree with some points but deeply appreciate the show. Especially impressed to hear Judy Stepan Norris as guest (whom I’ve met). Following the listener who corrected pronunciation of Reading PA, when I was in the UE (as shop worker and steward), the name Matles rhymed with hatless, not rattles. But we could have been wrong in assuming that.
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Season two offers a rigorous, people-centered look at worker organizing, tracing how Starbucks Workers United built a city- and store-wide campaign from the ground up. Episodes center on frontline experiences, internal strategy, and the human costs of organizing, with a strong emphasis on mentorship, workplace culture, and how worker power challenges corporate practices. Across episodes, listeners get a clear sense of how local actions—conversations, mutual aid, and long-term organizing—connect to broader labor history, while guest voices from scholars and veterans of organizing provide historical context and tactical insight. Notable is the blend of personal narratives with historical analysis, producing a narrative that's as much about so... more
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