Labor Exchange: Worker Issues at BNSF and Starbuck Union Updates, and more.

On this week’s Labor Exchange we talk with Carl Smith, a railroad brakeman/switchman currently serving as Colorado State Legislative Director for SMART – Transportation Division. We talk about a new attendance policy at BNSF railroad described by the Guardian newspaper as grueling and arcane. To support BNSF workers, text NoHiViz to 67336.

We finish the episode with updates on Starbucks and nurses at Longmont United Hospital. We end with an interview by KGNU News Director Shannon Young on the recently passed Agricultural Workers Rights’ bill and a lawsuit filed over its implementation.