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Meet candidate Melissa Rinehart. We talk about her commitment to public service and the move she made in District 2 to better know who she will represent. We talk about about her work and family life, the "quite support" she gets from others and so much more. You can also find her website at MelissaRinehart.com You can find her on Instagram Melissa.Rinehart and on FB she is Melissa Rinehart For City Council

A great article about why young under the age of 35 Americans are getting into Unions like never before is linked here; Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions?

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Meet Fort Wayne City Clerk candidate Porsche J Williams. She is the Democrat for the office in the November 2023 municipal election. You can find out more at her website PorscheJWilliams.com We talk about her career and how it has prepared her for this moment. We talk family and her Fort Wayne history too. You can find her on Twitter @ElectWilliams22 and just search Porsche on the socials and you'll find her. Her website has all the links too. We also cover some labor news after the interview, so hit play and find out more.

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Meet Sharon Tucker. Fort Wayne Indiana City CouncilWoman for District 6. She is running for Re-Election in November 2023. She has served her community in many areas in her career and we talk about a number of important council wins and battles yet to be won. She is always aiming to have everyone at the table when decisions are made. Find her on Facebook as Sharon Tucker She is on LinkedIn as well.

She was honored by having the Boardroom of the newly opened The Dream Center, named after her in early 2023. Follow the link here for more details.

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The Contract Faculty at NYU are working to be recognized & represented by the UAW. Then they can bargain a first agreement. The UAW has been involved in this higher education organizing and represents the Adjuncts Coming Together-UAW local 7902. As well as the Graduate Students Organizing Committiee-UAW 2110 GSOC. This episode we talk with Elisabeth Fay (on Twitter she is @schadenfreulein ) a full time Contract Faculty member and union organizer. Joining us is Anila Gill (on Twitter she is @anilagills ) a rank and file leader of GSOC-UAW local 2110. And our third guest is Judith Sloan (on Twitter she is @jsloanNYC ) a rank and file leader of the Adjuncts Coming Together-UAW local 7902.

CLAWS - is a progressive group at NYU = Coalition for Labor Action by Workers and Students. Follow the link to find out more. They can be found at NYCLAWS.org

Visit the CFU website to learn more at NYUContractFacultyUnion.org

To learn more a great article in JACOBIN with Jacob Remes is linked here. On Twitter he is @jacremes

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This episode is a replay from June of 2020. Meet Phil Kelley. Raised in a racist household in the midwest, Phil's life changes drmaticlly when he enlists in the US Army and volunteers to go to Vietnam. This is an amazing 45 minutes that I talked with Phil. I had known him for 20 years, when we talk in 2020, I only knew he was a Vietnam Vet, the rest was my first time hearing it. An amazing story of being raised in a racist family in Illinois and going to Vietnam and then returning to the US and how he was greeted but also how he became a Democratic Socialist.

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Meet Michelle Chambers who is running for reelection as a Fort Wayne City Council at Large member. She talks about history, talks about mentors, and tells us why she wants to run again too. You can visit her Website MichelleChambers.info and find her on the socials as VoteChambers (FB, Insta) on Twitter she is also @voteChambers to learn more.

We talk about her mentor Shirly Chisholm and I have a link to a new book on this amazing femnist and leader in the 1960's and 1970's. Shirley Chisholm Champion of Black Femnist Power Politics follow the link to purchase the book from a Union Book Store in Portland OR. Powell's Books.

We talk about the United MineWorkers and their 23 month struggle in Brookwood AL. Details are in two places an article by Kim Kelley which was published in The Nation, and the website UMWA.org

Learn more about what happened in Labor in 2022 with this great article by Eric Dirnbach.

Always add a click to the work of Jonah Furman on Substak, his analysis and information is top notch. His work is titled Who Gets The Bird?

Also you should check out the Cornell University Labor school Web address. This article and analysis is a very good read - The 2022 ILR Labor Action Tracker's Report

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Meet Educator, Author, Researcher Dr. Jody Longo-Schmid, PhD. We spend the hour talking about her 2022 book, Children Not Widgets - How to fight and fix the willful miseducation of students and the dismanteling of Public Education. This show is an enlightening conversation about the book but it is also about the history of how we got to where we are today in American Public Education. You can find out more on Dr. Longo-Schmid by visiting her website JodyLongoSchmid.com you can find her on Twitter @jody_schmid

You can order her book from a Union Shop by following this link to Powell's Books in Portland OR. Those workers are represented by ILWU Local 5.

Dr. Longo-Schmid wrote a great piece that is on Medium about Childhood Hunger and why it hinders education in America. Childhood Hunger is a Political Choice: It Shoudn't Be. As a Democratic Society, we must do better

The Powell Memo we speak of in this episode is linked here if you have not read it before. Written by Lewis F Powell in 1971, it has been a roadmap for the right as they work to dismantle any thoughts of a progressive society in America.

Get your update on the struggle of the Brookwood AL United MineWorkers and their 23 month struggle vs. Warrior MET. UMWA.org

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Some Labor news and then we talk with Sean A Johnson who is running in the primary for Fort Wayne City Council at Large. The primary is Tuesday May, 2nd, 2023. Sean has a plan and wants to bring the voice of youth to the council in Fort Wayne. He is the current Chair of the Allen County Young Democrats and is already a seasoned campaign veteran from the 2022 election cycle. You can find Sean on all the socials. On Twitter he is @sjtoldyouso his website is SJ4Growth.com on Instagram he is sjtoldyouso on Facebook he is Sean Johnson

The AFM (American Federation of Musicians) Local 58 Fort Wayne Philharmonic Musicians are still on strike. Please follow the links and stay in touch with what they are doing and the attacks they are under in the bargaining session. On the web they are FWPMusicians.com on Twitter they are @FWPMusicians on Facebook and Instagram they are FWPMusicians

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This episode we talk with Olivia A Wood. She is a Lecturer at City College New York in the English Department. She is also a Union Rep PSC-CUNY Delegate/Assembly English Department Steward and a Bargaining Committiee member at Fordham Faculty United. You can find them on Twitter @FordhamFacultyU Olivia also is a contributing Writer to LeftVoice.org which is where we found her article linked here The Higher Ed Labor Movement Runs Full Speed Ahead into 2023 On Twitter they are @left_voice

Inside the article you will want to read the articles from these important links too. Are you a public school teacher in a state that bans collective bargaining? This article is for you.

Special Report - How universities are taught to Union-bust an undercover report

Also on Twitter learn about the amazing UNION Organizing Wins each week by following @UnionElections

Photos are courtesy of Olivia A Wood on Twitter @bi_rhetorics and Photographer Luigi W Morris he is on Twitter @LuigiWMorris

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We have some labor news and an interview with Stephanie Crandall of Fort Wayne. In December 2022, she committed to run for an At Large seat on City Council. Her website has more details you can get there from this link crandallwithall.com During this interview we talk about her history and the campaigns goals in the 2023 election cycle and beyond.

We also want to remind you that being a friend of labor means offering help and understanding to workers struggling in the new year. Our FW Philharmonic Musicians are still on Strike, over 30 days now. visit their web site FWPMusicians.com and stay up to date on Twitter and Facebook to know what they need and what is next.

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