University of Michigan professor Dr. Adam Finkel is a former OSHA whistleblower and current occupational and environmental scientist. He spoke to Pacifica’s Thomas O’Rourke about safety on American job sites and the consequence of Trump’s budget cuts to federal regulatory agencies.
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The rise of AI and robotics in the workplace isn’t just changing jobs—it’s threatening the rights and lives of workers here and around the world. Adrienne Williams, a former Amazon employee and now with the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) shares her firsthand experience and warns about the dangers this technology poses to working people and their basic freedoms.
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Trump and Musk moved quickly to bust federal workers’ unions by gutting contracts for over 800,000 government employees, including members of the American Federation of Government Employees. Now, the union is fighting back. Veterans and VA workers are rallying in Washington, D.C. on June 6. Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer spoke with AFGE District 2 National Vice President David Gonzalez about the impact on workers and the public.
You can find out more about the June 6 national veterans rally in Washington, DC at unite4veterans.org
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Music:
Merle Haggard, “Working Man Blues”
Neil Young, Computer Age
