Blue Collar Buzz

On this episode of LaborPress' Blue Collar Buzz Lena Melendez of the group Dominicans in Defense of Businesses and Housing talks about how the Real Estate Board of NY [REBNY] is driving up rents and hurting communities; Drama Desk Awards President Charles Wright and BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge talk about theater in NYC and the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards on June 3; UA Local 1 plumber Judaline Cassidy talks about her Tools & Tiaras mentoring program for women and girls; and Sarah Jaffe, Reporting Fellow at The Nation Institute and author of "Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt" talks about the challenges of covering today's Labor Movement.

On this episode of LaborPress' Blue Collar Buzz Lena Melendez of the group Dominicans in Defense of Businesses and Housing talks about how the Real Estate Board of NY [REBNY] is driving up rents and hurting communities; Drama Desk Awards President Charles Wright and BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge talk about theater in NYC and the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards on June 3; UA Local 1 plumber Judaline Cassidy talks about her Tools & Tiaras mentoring program for women and girls; and Sarah Jaffe, Reporting Fellow at The Nation Institute and author of "Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt" talks about the challenges of covering today's Labor Movement.

On this episode of LaborPress' Blue Collar Buzz Lena Melendez of the group Dominicans in Defense of Businesses and Housing talks about how the Real Estate Board of NY [REBNY] is driving up rents and hurting communities; Drama Desk Awards President Charles Wright and BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge talk about theater in NYC and the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards on June 3; UA Local 1 plumber Judaline Cassidy talks about her Tools & Tiaras mentoring program for women and girls; and Sarah Jaffe, Reporting Fellow at The Nation Institute and author of "Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt" talks about the challenges of covering today's Labor Movement.

On this episode of LaborPress' Blue Collar Buzz Lena Melendez of the group Dominicans in Defense of Businesses and Housing talks about how the Real Estate Board of NY [REBNY] is driving up rents and hurting communities; Drama Desk Awards President Charles Wright and BroadwayWorld.com's Richard Ridge talk about theater in NYC and the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards on June 3; UA Local 1 plumber Judaline Cassidy talks about her Tools & Tiaras mentoring program for women and girls; and Sarah Jaffe, Reporting Fellow at The Nation Institute and author of "Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt" talks about the challenges of covering today's Labor Movement.

On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we welcome Michael DeVito, progressive candidate for Congress in the 11th District, as well as an outspoken supporter of striking IBEW Local 3 workers at Charter/Spectrum. Sanela Djencic returns to the show to talk about the impact the more than 400-day Charter/Spectrum strike is having on Local 3 families. Chief-Leader reporter Bob Hennelly also weighs in on the ongoing strike in a wide-ranging discussion on the current state of the U.S. Labor Movement. And DC1707 Executive Director Kim Medina joins us at the mic to continue our ongoing discussion about community-based Early Childhood educators and their fight for pay parity with their counterparts in the DOE.

On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we welcome Michael DeVito, progressive candidate for Congress in the 11th District, as well as an outspoken supporter of striking IBEW Local 3 workers at Charter/Spectrum. Sanela Djencic returns to the show to talk about the impact the more than 400-day Charter/Spectrum strike is having on Local 3 families. Chief-Leader reporter Bob Hennelly also weighs in on the ongoing strike in a wide-ranging discussion on the current state of the U.S. Labor Movement. And DC1707 Executive Director Kim Medina joins us at the mic to continue our ongoing discussion about community-based Early Childhood educators and their fight for pay parity with their counterparts in the DOE.

On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we welcome Michael DeVito, progressive candidate for Congress in the 11th District, as well as an outspoken supporter of striking IBEW Local 3 workers at Charter/Spectrum. Sanela Djencic returns to the show to talk about the impact the more than 400-day Charter/Spectrum strike is having on Local 3 families. Chief-Leader reporter Bob Hennelly also weighs in on the ongoing strike in a wide-ranging discussion on the current state of the U.S. Labor Movement. And DC1707 Executive Director Kim Medina joins us at the mic to continue our ongoing discussion about community-based Early Childhood educators and their fight for pay parity with their counterparts in the DOE.

On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we welcome Michael DeVito, progressive candidate for Congress in the 11th District, as well as an outspoken supporter of striking IBEW Local 3 workers at Charter/Spectrum. Sanela Djencic returns to the show to talk about the impact the more than 400-day Charter/Spectrum strike is having on Local 3 families. Chief-Leader reporter Bob Hennelly also weighs in on the ongoing strike in a wide-ranging discussion on the current state of the U.S. Labor Movement. And DC1707 Executive Director Kim Medina joins us at the mic to continue our ongoing discussion about community-based Early Childhood educators and their fight for pay parity with their counterparts in the DOE.

On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz we talk to NYU Langone staffer Andy Cassagnol about the medical network’s decision to pull out of the League of Voluntary Hospitals and what it means for workers who now fear their wages & benefits are in jeopardy; Co-Host Bill Hohlfeld and friends from Rockland Community College travel to New Orleans, Louisiana to build homes with Habitat for Humanity; TWU President John Samuelsen talks about negotiating a fair contract for 5,000 JetBlue flight attendants, and JR Helton, author of “Bad Jobs And Poor Decisions: Dispatches From The Working Class” talks about his book.

On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz we talk to NYU Langone staffer Andy Cassagnol about the medical network’s decision to pull out of the League of Voluntary Hospitals and what it means for workers who now fear their wages & benefits are in jeopardy; Co-Host Bill Hohlfeld and friends from Rockland Community College travel to New Orleans, Louisiana to build homes with Habitat for Humanity; TWU President John Samuelsen talks about negotiating a fair contract for 5,000 JetBlue flight attendants, and JR Helton, author of “Bad Jobs And Poor Decisions: Dispatches From The Working Class” talks about his book.