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Home Depot Workers REVOLT After Massive Stock Buyback | Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

2022-09-22 News & Politics
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Krystal and Saagar are joined by Home Depot worker Vince Quiles who is organizing a union campaign in his Philadelphia store after the company brought in record profits during the pandemic To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Chicago Tickets: https://www.axs.com/events/449151/breaking-points-live-tickets Vince Quiles: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1572660496951832576?s=20&t=mcOFhco6Abmp428kGgEjsA

Top Comments (10)

@kylesell1537 2022-09-22

I’ve been following you two since the hill, mostly because of your coverage of working class issues. After watching you interview multiple workers who were organizing union elections, i recently decided to give it a go where I work. Excited to say that we successfully won our election and are the first cannabis dispensary in Michigan to do so!

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@chrisschultz6541 2022-09-22

He said what others haven't. Until the treat of unionizing is present, the corporate heads do not care. The same thing happened at Starbucks. They sent big people and said "we are here to help". WELL WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN PRIOR?!

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@vee_del_sol 2022-09-23

For those asking why i was in my car, scheduled the interview 45 minutes before work and was going to do it at my parents house who live up the street from my store. Unfortuantely a 20 minute ride turned into an hour ride so i had to pull over to do it.

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@Scourge77 2022-09-22

Worked there a year ago, 15 for overnight, 95% on your feet, under extreme pressure to alway work and stay busy. Buy back stocks are a middle finger to employees saying that they have money but don't want to pay you.

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@Sunflowrrunner 2022-09-22

All power to the workers! Glad to see more people like this working to lead a new labor movement.

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@sts__ 2022-09-22

When he thanked you for inspiring him with your coverage of previous unionization efforts I literally went awwww and clutched my heart. Feel good story of the year!

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@timothydoyle6859 2022-09-22

A common characteristic between Amazon and Home Depot is that these are not jobs that can be shipped overseas.

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@Reubs9 2022-09-22

I used to work with HD right out of HS and the problems are STILL the saaaaame. But hurray for that Philly store!

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@MichaelMartin-q4t 2022-09-22

I don’t know, sounds like a leader to me. Keep going man!

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@darinsingleton3553 2022-09-23

Still recall the worker on the John Deere picket line, who was asked just how long he could keep fighting such a huge company. He replied, "One day longer than they can." Keep the faith.

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