We chat with Dave G, cohost of the Mandatory OT podcast, member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and longtime State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) in the Ohio Valley. We talk about what it's like to work as an STNA, the low pay, the rampant injuries workers sustain, and about the difficulty of unionizing when your coworkers are reactionaries. 

 

Additional links/info below...

• Mandatory OT podcast Soundcloud and Twitter page
• IWW Twitter page 
• West Virginia IWW Twitter page
• Sample CNA Job Description 
• ZipRecruiter, "What Is the Average CNA Salary by State"
• John Caniglia & Jo Ellen Corrigan, The Plain Dealer, "Ohio Nursing Homes' Low Staffing Called a 'Crisis,' Puts Residents at Risk: A Critical Choice"
• Zack Budryk, Fierce Healthcare, "Workplace Danger: Nursing Assistants Suffer More Physical Injuries than Construction Workers"
• Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes, "Don't 'Lean' On Me, Hospital Workers Say" 
• Jeff Spross, The Week, "America Is on the Verge of a Nursing Crisis"

 

Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)

• Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"