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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #70: Striking Oil, with Steve Garey
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Behind every drop of the nation’s black gold is the blood, sweat and tears of union workers. Today U.S. oil workers are on  strike, in the largest walkout since 1980. After contract talks broke down on Sunday, United Steelworkers launched a work stoppage at nine refinery sites, representing an estimated 10 percent of...