037: History of Political Action in Labor and the BCTGM, with Labor Historian Joe McCartin and BCTGM Organizing Director John Price

02/11/2024 40 min
037: History of Political Action in Labor and the BCTGM, with Labor Historian Joe McCartin and BCTGM Organizing Director John Price

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Episode Synopsis

Learn the legislative and political challenges of Labor in the last century, which inform the BCTGM's political positions today. 
We hear from:
Joe McCartin, Georgetown Univ. Professor, Executive Director of Kalmanovitz Initiative fo Labor and the Working Poor
John Price, BCTGM Director of Organization

References from this episode:
Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America - Book by Joe McCartin
Labor’s Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921 - Book by Joe McCartin

Bargaining for the Common Good Initiative


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