Following a U.S. court ruling holding Chiquita Brands, formerly the United Fruit Company, liable for killings between 1997 and 2004 by a Colombian right-wing paramilitary group that the company gave millions of dollars; the LMC speaks with freelance writer Joshua Collins about the company’s history of bananas and blood.
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May 24th, 2024: Worker’s Rights in Mississippi
Almost five years after the largest ICE raid in US history devastated Mississippi’s immigrant community, the LMC speaks with Lorena Quiroz, the founder and director of the Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, about the challenges immigrant whistleblowers still face in Mississippi’s meat-packing industry.
May 10th, 2024: Tennessee Auto Workers
Following last year’s landmark labor victories by United Auto Workers, the momentum has extended to Tennessee where workers voted last month to unionize. So the LMC spends the hour with Luis Feliz Leon, staff writer for Labor Notes, to discuss the importance of this latest labor victory and the frontline workers who led the way.
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