What An Amazon Union Vote Could Mean For Organized Labor, Problems And Solutions For US Asylum System

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An historian and expert on labor and unions helps us contextualize a vote on unionization at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. Then we talk to a former U.S. immigration leader about ways the asylum system in this country could improve.

Featured in this Show

  • Amazon And The State Of Labor Unions

    We explore what the vote at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama means for the future of labor unions.

  • Former Immigration Official Discusses State Of US Asylum System

    The rising number of people seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border has overwhelmed immigration courts and led to crowded detention facilities. The former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Services talks with us about how the system got to this point, and what could change in the future.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Dean Knetter Producer
  • Jon Shelton Guest
  • Doris Meissner Guest