CUNY TV's City Works
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago -City Works is a show that highlights the vast array of workers across New York City. Hosted by Laura Flanders and produced in collaboration with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, the show spotlights the occupations and projects of the working people of our city, with inquiry carried out by one of the nation’s most outstanding universities.
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Episodes
Special: A Year of Strikes and Organizing
July 01, 2024 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBOn this special episode of City Works, Laura takes us through the last year of conversations with organizers from the UAW, the WGAE, and the PSC, as well as local labor advocates in NY, to explore the resurgence of labor activity around the country.
Danger on the Job
June 03, 2024 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders talks to Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz, attorney Richard Winsten, and reporter Amir Khafagy, about the rise of immigrant construction worker deaths in the city and the organizing being done to reverse it.
New York's Labor Movement: Unions Are Winning Again
May 06, 2024 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Vincent Alvarez of the NYC Central Labor Council and Council Member Carmen De La Rosa about the current state of organized labor in the city, and the impact unions have had on their own lives.
Pride at Work
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Richard Blum from the Legal Aid Society and Joanna Wuest from Mount Holyoke College, to talk about the rise and importance of LGBTQ+ leadership in the organized labor movement.
Adjunct Faculty: The Growing Crisis in Higher Ed
March 04, 2024 17:02 - 25 minutes - 24 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with James Davis from the PSC, and Anne Balay from SEIU Local 509, about the adjunct professors struggling with low pay, long hours, and insecure employment in colleges around the country.
Artificial Intelligence: The Promise and the Peril
February 05, 2024 17:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Mikhael Simmonds from CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Virginia Doellgast from Cornell ILR, about the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
Out With the Old: Reimagining the Way People Work and Earn
January 01, 2024 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders interviews CUNY SLU's Kafui Attoh and Cameron Black and Georgetown’s Katie Wells about some remarkable transformations in the labor market that are reimagining the way people work and earn a living.
Making History: The 2023 UAW Strike
December 04, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Brian Schneck, President of UAW Local 259, and Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes, about the UAW’s historic strike and victory against the “big three” automakers.
Children at Work
November 06, 2023 17:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to labor historian Steve Fraser and Nina Mast, an economic analyst with the Economic Policy Institute, about the EPI’s recent report on the alarming increase in child labor across the country.
Working on the Railroad: The Fight for Railworkers' Rights
October 02, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 379 MB VideoOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to labor historian Jeff Schuhrke and organizer Ron Kaminkow about the critical working conditions faced by our nation’s railroad workers and their fight for workplace justice.
Hollywood on Strike
September 04, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBOn this episode of City Works, staff writer for Jacobin Magazine Alex Press, and WGAE council member Josh Gondelman sit down with Laura Flanders to talk about the WGA and SAG-AFTRA’s ongoing strikes in the entertainment industry.
Special: Rebuilding Labor’s Power for the 21st Century
August 07, 2023 16:00 - 57 minutes - 53.8 MBOn this special one-hour edition of City Works, new developments and new strategies from organizers, union leaders and labor scholars who participated at the recent SLU conference, “How Workers Win: Rebuilding Labor’s Power for the 21st Century”.
New Protections for Workers and “How Workers Win" Conference
June 12, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders talks to Irene Tung, a Senior Researcher at NELP, and Ellen Dichner, former Chief Counsel with the NLRB, about how legislation is aiming to push back against unjust firings and other abuses by employers.
A New Frontier for Labor: Video Game Workers Get Organized
May 01, 2023 21:00 - 26 minutes - 3.03 GB VideoOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders is joined by CWA organizer Erin Mahoney, Polygon journalist Nicole Carpenter, and QA tester Rhyanna Eichner for an inside look at the unprecedented push to unionize the video games industry.
The Threat to NYC Public Housing and the Fight to Keep It Public
April 03, 2023 21:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders is joined by tenant advocates Jasmin Sanchez and James Rodriguez to discuss the importance of public housing to New York’s working class, and efforts to protect it from privatization.
A Life in Activism and Advocacy: Journalist Juan González
February 06, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutes - 24.9 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to journalist Juan González about his long career in social activism, the history of American journalism, and his advice for new generations of organizers and advocates.
Worker Cooperatives: Building a Better Workplace
January 02, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutes - 25.1 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Rebecca Lurie, LaRay Brown, and NYC Council Member Sandy Nurse about the recent enthusiasm surrounding worker cooperatives and their potential to build more just workplaces.
2022 Midterm Election Aftermath: A Reporter Roundtable
December 06, 2022 13:13 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders hosts a reporter roundtable with journalists Rozina Ali, Gabrielle Gurley, and Kim Kelly, to talk about the 2022 midterm election and how working people figured into the results
Gender Equality in the Workplace: The Struggle Continues
November 08, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Ellen Cassedy, co-founder of the 9to5 movement, and Sarita Gupta, VP of U.S. Programs at the Ford Foundation, to discuss the history and current state of organizing women in offices and beyond.
Organizing at Amazon and in the American Theatre
October 04, 2022 00:30 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to organizers from both new and veteran unions, with Brett Daniels from the Amazon Labor Union and Joanne Borts from Actors’ Equity.
Los Deliveristas: NYC App Delivery Workers
September 06, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Ligia Guallpa, Joshua Wood and Andrew Wolf, three activists working to organize NYC’s app-based delivery workers for better working conditions in the often hazardous profession.
The Future We Need: Organizing in the 21st Century
June 07, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to the authors of a new book, The Future We Need, about organizing in new industries and beyond. And organizer Marianne LeNabat talks about the hard work that lies ahead of recent labor victories.
A People's Guide to NYC & Wall Street's Grip on Pensions
May 03, 2022 00:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Professor Penny Lewis about her new book, A People’s Guide to New York City. And an SLU digital event explores what role worker pension funds can play in building a progressive economy.
Re-Imagining Elder Care in America
April 05, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBOn this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders examines the growing crisis in elder care with National Domestic Workers Alliance founder Ai-jen Poo, former NYC Deputy Mayor J. Philip Thompson and Public Health Professor Maggie Ornstein.
Examining Racism's Economic and Health Impacts In America
March 08, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutes - 25.3 MBOn this episode of City Works, two outstanding thinkers, NYC Health Department First Deputy Commissioner Dr. Torian Easterling and author/journalist Heather McGhee, help unravel the fundamental inequality that holds back this nation.
Solving the NYC Yellow Cab Debt Crisis
February 08, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutes - 25.5 MBExecutive Director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Bhairavi Desai, and NYC Taxi Owner/Driver, Richard Chow, speak to City Works host Laura Flanders about their historic campaign to alleviate the huge financial crisis faced by medallion owners.
Organized Labor and the Global Climate Crisis
January 04, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBOn this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders speaks to the director of CUNY SLU’s International Program for Labor, Climate and Environment, Sean Sweeney, who recently attended the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Scotland.
Challenging Monopoly and Bezosism
December 07, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this episode, Zephyr Teachout and SLU's Samir Sonti talk about a renewed public interest in breaking up industrial monopolies. And Laura Flanders talks to columnist Christopher Mims about his new book “Arriving Today", and the global supply chain
A Tale of Two Cities Revisited: NYC's Mayoral Transition
November 02, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 25.9 MBOn this episode of City Works, the de Blasio administration is reexamined in a “Tale of Two Cities Revisited” panel discussion held by SLU, and by guest Deepak Bhargava, who talks about the progressive agenda and its prospects under the next mayor.
State of the Unions & Occupy Wall Street, Ten Years Later
October 05, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce about two reports that they co-authored: the annual State of the Unions Report, and Changing the Subject, a report on Occupy Wall Street and its effects ten years later
Disability and Work
September 07, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 25.6 MBWhat can the experiences of disabled workers tell us about the possibilities of work after COVID? On the season premiere of City Works, Laura Flanders talks with three advocates about the past, present and future of disability in the workplace.
Transgender Workforce Activism: Pride is Political
June 08, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 26.7 MBJoin us for a discussion with two leading LGBTQ activists at a pivotal time for the transgender workforce. Features Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center, and Amber Hollibaugh, activist, filmmaker, and author.
Worker Organizing in 2021 America
May 04, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 25.7 MBOn this episode: worker wins and losses. While the union drive at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama failed, undocumented workers gained a huge victory elsewhere. Joining Laura Flanders are Jessica Garcia from the RWDSU, and Angeles Solis.
COVID Recovery and Essential Workers: What's Next?
April 06, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 26.3 MBEssential workers are the life blood of New York City, and have been most vulnerable at the forefront of work during the pandemic. What does the future hold for them? Laura Flanders talks to an MTA bus driver, a teacher, and a public health expert.
The Biden Administration and the Working Class
March 02, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutes - 26.2 MBLaura Flanders chats with Dorian Warren Felicia Wong to discuss the Biden administration's connection to the working class. Plus, highlights from the SLU public forum entitled "The First 100 Days: Policy Priorities for Labor and Social Justice Movements."
New York's Housing Crisis: Tenant Organizing in a Pandemic
February 02, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBLaura Flanders sits down with Cea Weaver, a tenant advocate, and Winsome Pendergrass, a domestic worker, both who have fought for tenant's rights and against evictions, to discuss tenant organizing in this fraught time.
Reporter's Roundtable
December 08, 2020 01:00 - 26 minutes - 26.5 MBLaura Flanders discusses the Joe Biden electoral win for President, and what it means for labor. Roundtable includes Harold Meyerson of the American Spectator, freelance journalist Michelle Chen, Juan Manuel Benitez of NY1, and Jeet Heer of The Nation.
Pandemic Economics: The Impact of COVID-19
November 03, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutes - 25.9 MBLaura Flanders talks with Professor Janet Gornick of the CUNY Graduate Center about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19; and Minnie Roh reports on businesses and workers during this challenging time, and how they have endured.
Immigrant Workers: Contesting the Narrative
October 06, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 25.3 MBLaura Flanders speaks with Ruth Milkman about her new book, "Immigrant Labor and the New Precaroit." And later, she talks to Cristina Jimenez of United We Dream and Kazi Fauzia of DRUM NYC about changing the immigration narrative in an election year.
BLM and Police Unions
September 07, 2020 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBCan police unions work in any meaningful way with labor and BLM movements? Laura Flanders talks with Terry Melvin, Executive Director of the Racial Justice Task Force of the AFL-CIO, and David Unger, SLU labor educator.
AOC - Pramila Jayapal - COVID-19 Frontline Workers
June 02, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBHighlights from a conference on immigrant and migrant workers featuring Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pramila Jayapal; and stories from two COVID-19 frontline workers, Kelly Cabrera from Jacobi Medical Center, and Dr. Frank Proscia.
Domestic Workers and the Pandemic
May 06, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBHow are domestic workers faring in this pandemic? Laura Flanders speaks with Ai-Jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Crystal Crawford, a domestic worker in Atlanta, about the challenges these unofficial essential workers face.
Activism in the Gaming Industry
April 07, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBLaura Flanders talks with Wes McEnany, of the Campaign to Organize Digital Workers, and Kevin Agwaze, of Game Workers United UK, about the stressful working conditions gamers and coders face, and what is being done to change it.
Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare Delivery
March 03, 2020 02:00 - 25 minutes - 24 MBHost Laura Flanders talks with Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, President of NYSNA and an E.R. nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and Pat Kane, RN, Executive Director of NYSNA, about what healthcare means on the front lines.
Teacher's Strike with Stacy Davis Gates; Randi Weingarten
February 11, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBRandi Weingarten; Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates on the strikes of 2019 and what comes next.
Beyond Resistance
January 07, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBOn this month's program: Highlights from the recent "Beyond Resistance: A Progressive Immigration Agenda for 2020" held at the School of Labor and Urban Studies. And, a follow-up interview with Deepak Bhargava.
Street Vendors; UAW Strike; Vinny Alvarez
December 03, 2019 01:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBOn this month’s City Works: Street vendors and the issues they face; Vincent Alvarez, President, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Beverley Brakeman of the UAW; and subway opera.
Wage Theft; State of the Unions; and more
November 05, 2019 01:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBOn this month's City Works: A look at the pervasive problem of wage theft; bartender and aspiring actress Christian Cordova; Ruth Milkman on the State of the Unions; and subway dancer Isyrel Jules Tales.
City Works Premiere Episode
October 08, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBOn the first episode of City Works: How gig workers make ends meet; what nail salon workers are doing to improve conditions; author Steve Greenhouse on labor history; a blacksmith in Central Park; and the Robert Anderson Jazz Band.