CUNY TV's City Works

On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to labor experts Alex Press, Elaine Kim, and Paul Ortiz about workers' rights under the second Trump administration and what history can teach us about combatting its anti-union efforts.

On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, and Lee Saunders, former president of AFSCME, about how national unions are responding to new heights of anti-union hostility from the Trump administration.

On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders is joined by three organizers of the 2026 nurse strike; the largest such strike in New York City history. Montefiore Medical Center ER nurse and former president of the New York State Nurses Association Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital neonatal nurse Beth Loudin, and Mount Sinai Hospital nurse Goodness Iheanachor speak to Laura about both the accomplishments and frustrations of the strike, and how the heightened aggression and coordination coming from management in this round of negotiations actually served to strengthen bonds between the nurses and their patients.

On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to JoAnn Lum, Vic Galvan, and Luz Estrella about the 24 hour shifts for home care workers in NY, and an SLU seminar explores the cuts, waste, and surveillance accompanying A.I. in higher education.

On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Brandon Mancilla, director of UAW Region 9A, and Robin Harvey, NYU professor and CFU-UAW contract bargainer, about ways to renew the labor movement in New York under its new democratic socialist mayor.

On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders is joined by the President of the New York City Central Labor Council, Brendan Griffith, and labor organizer and educator David Unger, to talk about the ways that organized labor is engaging with popular movements across the country and here in New York, and what more can be done to protect workers under attack.

On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Council Member Amanda Farías and other advocates of NYC street vending about recent landmark legislation that brings thousands more vendors into compliance, and provides them with support and training.

On this episode, host Laura Flanders presents excerpts from a recent CUNY SLU event, “Lessons from 100 Years of Black Labor Activism,” that featured labor scholars and activists in discussion about the unsung history of black labor organizing.

On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders takes a look back at the historic 2005 New York City transit strike on its 20th anniversary, with strike leader and former TWU Local 100 President Roger Toussaint, and Bill Herbert, Executive Director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. The three discuss the strike’s impact and legacy and the state of collective bargaining for public sector workers in New York City today.

On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders convenes a panel of political reporters to discuss the 2025 mayoral election and what the future may hold for the incoming Mamdani administration.