Michelle Chambers Fort Wayne City Council at Large 2023 MLR 3 8 23

05/03/2023 53 min
Michelle Chambers Fort Wayne City Council at Large 2023 MLR 3 8 23

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Meet Michelle Chambers who is running for reelection as a Fort Wayne City Council at Large member. She talks about history, talks about mentors, and tells us why she wants to run again too. You can visit her Website MichelleChambers.info and find her on the socials as VoteChambers (FB, Insta) on Twitter she is also @voteChambers to learn more.  We talk about her mentor Shirly Chisholm and I have a link to a new book on this amazing femnist and leader in the 1960's and 1970's. Shirley Chisholm Champion of Black Femnist Power Politics follow the link to purchase the book from a Union Book Store in Portland OR. Powell's Books.  We talk about the United MineWorkers and their 23 month struggle in Brookwood AL. Details are in two places an article by Kim Kelley  which was published in The Nation, and the website UMWA.org  Learn more about what happened in Labor in 2022 with this great article by Eric Dirnbach. Always add a click to the work of Jonah Furman on Substak, his analysis and information is top notch. His work is titled Who Gets The Bird? Also you should check out the Cornell University Labor school Web address. This article and analysis is a very good read - The 2022 ILR Labor Action Tracker's Report As always you can find us at MyLaborRadio.org and on Twitter we are @mgevaart   Thanks for listening and supporting the work we do.