# First Contracts, Strike Data & Starbucks Organizing

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Podcast: [Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/labor-radio-podcast-weekly-128367)
Published: 2026-07-03T21:04:58+00:00
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## Resource

This week on the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly: Work Stoppage examines the Faster Labor Contracts Act and whether it could finally speed first-contract negotiations. Reinventing Solidarity digs into the Labor Action Tracker's latest findings on strikes and labor militancy. Labor Radio on KBOO checks in with Oregon university workers preparing for a possible strike, while Grocery Nerds talks with Dr. Bronner's CEO David Bronner about worker justice and regenerative business. Plus: the Manufacturing Report visits Detroit's "Arsenal of Democracy," Working Class History revisits the IWW's pioneering Starbucks organizing drive, and our regular roundup of Shows You Should Know. Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below.Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

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