Trader Joe's and Worker's Rights: The TRUTH Behind Your "Neighborhood" Grocer

Trader Joe's is a national supermarket chain with a cult following that markets itself as a friendly, worldly farmer's market, but one with a troubled history of exploiting their workers.

This week on 51/49, James exposes the truly egregious worker’s rights violations that’s come to light recently, and also discusses the importance of unionization and collective bargaining, and the complex relationship between class, identity, and tolerance.

0:00 Introduction
0:53 Some Background About Trader Joe's
2:04 Trader Joe's Violating Worker's Rights, Again and Again
5:55 The Importance of Organized Labor
7:53 How Trader Joe's Tricks Your Brain
9:58 Class Solidarity Vs. Identity Politics
13:55 Conclusion

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