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Strike while the iron is hot. Just be quick about it

UMC Nurses take inspiration from Taylor Swift at a picket sign-making party on October 24, 2024, ahead of their one-day strike.
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Gulf States Newsroom
UMC Nurses take inspiration from Taylor Swift at a picket sign-making party on October 24, 2024, ahead of their one-day strike. Swift was in town as part of her “Eras Tour” and the nurses hoped to use the star’s visit to draw more attention to their strike.

Traditionally, union strikes have lasted until their demands were met. But in the last decade, unions have taken a new approach to strikes — making them shorter. Economic mobility reporter Stephan Bisaha looks at a nurse’s union who went on strike for just one day.

Also on this week' episode, sports and culture reporter Joseph King talks to transgender students who worry about their safety on college campuses and justice, incarceration and gun violence reporter Kat Stromquist looks into a new report that found Alabama leads the country in “pregnancy criminalization” cases.

This week’s Gulf States Gem: Saltine Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi.

This episode is hosted by community engagement reporter Maya Miller and edited by Priska Neely, with help from Stephan Bisaha. Our theme music is by DJ Supreme.

To get in touch with the team, email connect@gulfstatesnewsroom.org.

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Strikes can be a double-edged sword. Keeping them short can help workers gain leverage while minimizing the pain for those who don’t have it.

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The report’s findings help shed light on the use of criminal laws informed by the idea of fetal personhood, a legal premise gaining traction in the South.

Transgender students’ rights have come under increased scrutiny with a new school year underway as Alabama continues to push back against new Title IX rules.