Listen "The Future We Need"
Episode Synopsis
Broadcast on January 27, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith
Erica Smiley (Jobs with Justice) and Sarita Gupta (Ford Foundation's Future of Work) on their new book, “The Future We Need, Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century,” plus 1199SEIU organizer James Crosby on “Low-wage workers prop up the nursing home industry. They’re quitting in droves.”
Today’s music: Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” which hit #1 on January 28, 1981.
Plus labor news headlines: King Soopers workers ratify 3-year contract after striking across Denver metro; Bus Drivers Go on Strike to Protest Low Pay in Rural Mississippi School District; CTA reaches tentative labor agreement; Golden Gate Transit Bus Drivers Vote to Authorize Strike; Next Thursday, February 3, is national Transit Equity Day, local activities are planned and we’ll be covering it here on Your Rights At Work; Union feels optimistic about Amazon union vote in Alabama.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Ciera Shine.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @saritasgupta @SmileyJWJ
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith
Erica Smiley (Jobs with Justice) and Sarita Gupta (Ford Foundation's Future of Work) on their new book, “The Future We Need, Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century,” plus 1199SEIU organizer James Crosby on “Low-wage workers prop up the nursing home industry. They’re quitting in droves.”
Today’s music: Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5,” which hit #1 on January 28, 1981.
Plus labor news headlines: King Soopers workers ratify 3-year contract after striking across Denver metro; Bus Drivers Go on Strike to Protest Low Pay in Rural Mississippi School District; CTA reaches tentative labor agreement; Golden Gate Transit Bus Drivers Vote to Authorize Strike; Next Thursday, February 3, is national Transit Equity Day, local activities are planned and we’ll be covering it here on Your Rights At Work; Union feels optimistic about Amazon union vote in Alabama.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Ciera Shine.
@wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @saritasgupta @SmileyJWJ
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