Power At Work

In this podcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris speaks with with Amy Livingston and Sarah Lazare, co-authors of Workday Magazine and In These Times article "5 Things Unions Can Do To Defend Transgender Workers".

Learn about the gender related terms they define, listen to them talk about why gender identity rights are workers' rights, what unions can do to protect their transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive members, and more.

Read the article here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/5-things-unions-can-do-to-defend-transgender-workers

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In this month's Power Hour blogcast, Seth is joined by Victor Narro, Project Director for the UCLA Labor Center, and David Madland, senior fellow and the senior adviser to the American Worker Project at American Progress. Listen to them as they discuss strike activity, sectoral bargaining, labor's role in immigration, and Bidenomics.

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Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with returning guests Glenn Kage and Don Looney, two front-line UAW members from Local 2250. Hear their update about the strike against General Motors in Wentzville, Missouri.

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In this blogcast, "WorkerTech" experts Michelle Penson of the AFL-CIO and Adrian Haro of the Workers Lab join Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris to discuss how technology is being used as a tool to build worker power.

Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, hosts this month's Workers by the Numbers Blogcast. Watch to her in conversation with Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University, and Aaron Sojourner, Senior Researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for September 2023. This conversation was aired live on the homepage of the blog at 8:45 AM ET on Friday, August 4—just 15 minutes after the release of the report.

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Listen to Burnes Center Senior fellow Seth Harris in discussion with Mike Sukal, AFSCME’s organizing and field services director, and three volunteer member organizers as they discuss their choice to be volunteer member organizers, their experiences organizing through the pandemic, the future of organizing, and more.

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**This episode is updated with a new intro to explain why we are keeping it on the blog despite the federal government remaining open**

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, and Doreen Greenwald, president of the National Treasury Employees Union as they talk federal government shutdown. Listen to how this shutdown will affect workers, both union and non-union alike, the American people, and more.

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Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, and Doreen Greenwald, president of the National Treasury Employees Union as they talk federal government shutdown. Listen to how this shutdown will affect workers, both union and non-union alike, the American people, and more.

This is breaking news here on the Power At Work Blog, and you do not want to miss it!

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Watch Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with Senator Jessica Ramos of the New York Senate and Debby King, a trade unionist with the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Our guests describe the current program in New York state to help working people find childcare, which is in high demand but low supply, and the impact it has on young people, especially young moms. There are some great ideas in here to bolster worker power that unions in other states should pay attention.

The Power At Work Blog proudly presents the fourth and final installment of our Labor Day blogcasts, an exclusive interview with Brent Booker, newly elected General President of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA).

Booker talks about his experience as a third-generation laborer, LIUNA’s history as a union of immigrants and how they are protecting their workforce today, union density and growth, and more. Pay special attention to Booker as he talks about the future of LIUNA, because it may surprise you.

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