Better Bad Ideas with Sean O'Brien

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Chapters

1:20 Striking UPS

6:20 Everything is Politicized

10:30 Collaboration Will Help Working Middle Class

19:30 Question 1

20:53 Question 2

23:03 Question 3

24:49 Question 4

27:29 Question 5

29:45 Question 6

32:48 Question 7

36:20 Question 8

38:41 Question 9

39:25 Question 10

40:52 Question 11

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Chapters

00:40 | Benefits Of Partnering With Union

02:25 | What Is Armstrong Ambulance?

04:40 | Getting Into Being An Emt

07:15 | PTSD In The Field

17:00 | Training To Deal With Horrific Scenes

26:15 | Navigating The Politics Of Your Organization

33:45 | Sean’s Healthcare Company Vs Competitors

36:20 | Costs Of Running A Bus

41:15 | Being Politically Connected In This Business

43:54 | Giving Your Heart And Soul Into The Community

47:21 | Specific Contract Language

52:36 | EMT Response Time

55:19 | Is The Mayor Anti-Union?

1:05:34 | Next Moves As A CEO

1:10:00 | Day To Day Responsibilities

1:14:44 | If You Could Have Lunch Or Dinner With Anyone, Who Would It Be?

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Chapters

00:00 | Government Oversight is OUT of Teamsters

09:49 | What Important Lessons Did Sean Learn?

11:09 | What Are the Plans for UPS Part-Timers’ Raises?

14:19 | How Do We Sustain Healthcare Costs?

16:39 | Follow The International Union!

22:52 | How Have Women Strengthened Teamsters?

26:24 | Teamsters’ Plans for the Next 5 Years

31:53 | How Politicians Get Teamsters’ Support

36:34 | Has the Labor Movement Relied Too Much on Politicians?

37:59 | Negotiating Better Protections for Union Workers from Third Parties

39:30 | Teaching Rank-and-File Members to Lead

42:05 | Outro

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Chapters

00:00 | 31st Teamsters Convention

06:05 | The Bipartisan Effort & Faster Labor Contracts Act

10:19 | Corporate America vs. Union Legislation

15:53 | Viewer Questions

18:06 | Who Has a Better Job Than Chris Hansen?

25:09 | How Should Members Prepare for Next Negotiation?

31:45 | What If Bipartisan Efforts Fail?

34:49 | How Will Future Generations Maintain the Opportunities Offered by Unions?

39:07 | FIFA Fans Drinking Boston Dry

39:57 | Changes to Give Power Back to the Members

43:30 | Outro

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Chapters

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Chapters

03:10 Harry Wilson

10:26 Breaking social stereotypes

15:30 Charles Stuart

23:24 You want change, be the change

26:20 Whitey Bulger story

34:30 Leveraging Authority

37:27 Detective SGT. to first black Superintendent in Chief

47:29 Success has 1 million fathers, failure is an orphan

1:03:17 Stepping up, no Ego

1:08:10 Learn from each other

1:17:45 Toughest part about being Commissioner

1:20:45 Empathy, Sympathy, Care, Respect

1:27:00 What do you do in retirement?

1:28:45 Lunch with anybody still alive?

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Chapters

00:00 | Intro

00:20 | Welcome Congressman Mike Lawler

01:40 | Winning the Support of a Swing District

04:14 | The Effects of Being Bipartisan In Congress

19:34 | Discharge Petitions, Keeping Promises

27:07 | The Negotiation Process In Congress

36:23 | Future Senate Races, Issues Facing New York

46:54 | The Impact of Social Media on American Politics

51:41 | Working Under the Trump Administration

59:11 | Getting Into Politics

1:02:26 | Balancing Congress and Family Life

1:08:08 | Who Would You Have Lunch With?

1:11:18 | Outro

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Chapters

00:00 | Intro

00:20 | Welcome Steve Cardillo

05:15 | Unconventional Athlete Training

07:02 | Good Coaching & The Future of Fitness

14:00 | Gyms have changed

18:58 | Childhood and Parenting

23:30 | Switching from education to construction

28:46 | Starting up ANC and the pump belt

35:14 | Dealing with disappointments and negativity

42:27 | Social Media & Cardillo’s weight belt business

48:00 | Professional wrestling’s effects on wrestler’s bodies

52:55 | Life after the belt business & being on TV

58:04 | Steve on politics

1:01:00 | More on gyms

1:05:04 | Steve’s daily routine, One Night in Millstreet

1:10:50 | Who would you have lunch with?

1:12:25 | Outro

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro

00:21 - Welcome Jimmy Fulton and Sean Allen

04:15 - Reaching non-union workers

06:56 - Then vs. Now

13:07 - The Technology Replacement Triangle

19:51 - Politics & The Employee Free Choice Act

22:15 - Politics and Union Solidarity

24:50 - Social Issue Prioritization and Arguing with each other

28:30 - Feedback on the Union Proud’s Trajectory

31:29 - Pension Funds

35:40 - Contractor Pushback on Union Proud Warrior Statement

42:00 - The Labor Movement’s Future

44:59 - Getting the Union Culture Back

47:18 - Picket Line Protection

52:29 - Sean & Jimmy’s Future & Rebuilding the Brand

1:00:27 - Outro

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