Organizing Work

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A podcast about workplace organizing and union strategy, produced by Organizing Work, and hosted on the website Organizing Work... more

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The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.

Organizing Work episodes:

June 28, 2022 Wobcast 9: William Z Foster
Nick Driedger discusses the life and ideas of William Z. Foster, taking a critical look at his ideas about “boring from within” and the “militant minority” as it relates to union strategies.
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44min
January 07, 2022 Wobcast 8 – Class Struggle Unionism
In the latest episode of the Organizing Work podcast, a joint episode with Laborwave Radio, Marianne Garneau and Alex Riccio talk to Joe Burns about his new book, Class Struggle Unionism.
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51min
December 10, 2020 Wobcast #7 – Peter Cole
Marianne Garneau interviews Peter Cole, author of Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly, now out in its second edition from PM Press.
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1h 12min
October 09, 2020 Wobcast #6: Talking Politics
In the sixth episode of our podcast, site publisher Garneau and contributing editor Nick Driedger talk about politics: what it is, whether workplace organizing is political, and where working class power lies.
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43min
July 07, 2020 Wobcast #5 – Adventures in Leftist Leadership on the Job
In our fifth Organizing Work podcast, site publisher Marianne Garneau and regular contributor MK Lees talk about three recent articles addressing the left's role in workplace organizing -- and the massive reaction online
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1h 8min
April 15, 2020 Wobcast #4: Crises, elections, and working class power
In the fourth episode of the Organizing Work podcast, Nick Driedger and Marianne Garneau talk about the coronavirus crisis, the defeat of Bernie Sanders, and what both mean for the labor movement and for the left
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April 29, 2019 Wobcast #3: Organizing Reproductive Work
In the third episode of our podcast, host Rhiannon speaks to Katia Roscov, an early childhood educator, about reproductive labor, such as housework and child care. They note that sometimes it is paid and sometimes unpaid, but it always reflects a gender dynamic in society. more »
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1h 18min
January 17, 2019 Wobcast #2: Proof of Concept
In the second episode of our podcast, Marianne Garneau argues that the Stardust campaign in NYC is the “proof of concept” of the solidarity unionism model developed by the IWW. Find us on Stitcher and iTunes. RSS feed here. Hear episode one of our podcast more »
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1h 14min
November 01, 2018 Wobcast #1: Not The Standard Playbook
Introducing Wobcast! This is a podcast produced out of the Edmonton branch of the IWW. It is about workplace organizing, with a focus on solidarity unionism. In this first episode, Nick Driedger explains the difference between solidarity unionism and “workplace contractualism” — the mainstream approach more »
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50min
November 01, 2018 Wobcast #1: Not The Standard Playbook
Introducing Wobcast! This is a podcast produced out of the Edmonton branch of the IWW. It is about workplace organizing, with a focus on solidarity unionism.
In this first episode, Nick Walter explains the difference between solidarity unionism and “workplace contractualism” — the mainstream approach to organizing, handled through government-supervised elections and bargaining.
Topics include recognition as a legal category versus recognition as a political dynamic.
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50min

FAQs about Organizing Work:

How many episodes does Organizing Work have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.