Latest Laura flanders Podcast Episodes
Disability and Work
CUNY TV's City Works - September 07, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutesWhat 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
CUNY TV's City Works - June 08, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutesJoin 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
CUNY TV's City Works - May 04, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutesOn 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?
CUNY TV's City Works - April 06, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutesEssential 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
CUNY TV's City Works - March 02, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutesLaura 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
CUNY TV's City Works - February 02, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutesLaura 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
CUNY TV's City Works - December 08, 2020 01:00 - 26 minutesLaura 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
CUNY TV's City Works - November 03, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutesLaura 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
CUNY TV's City Works - October 06, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutesLaura 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
CUNY TV's City Works - September 07, 2020 12:00 - 26 minutesCan 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
CUNY TV's City Works - June 02, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutesHighlights 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
CUNY TV's City Works - May 06, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutesHow 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
CUNY TV's City Works - April 07, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutesLaura 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
CUNY TV's City Works - March 03, 2020 02:00 - 25 minutesHost 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
CUNY TV's City Works - February 11, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutesRandi Weingarten; Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates on the strikes of 2019 and what comes next.
Beyond Resistance
CUNY TV's City Works - January 07, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutesOn 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
CUNY TV's City Works - December 03, 2019 01:00 - 26 minutesOn 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
CUNY TV's City Works - November 05, 2019 01:00 - 26 minutesOn 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
CUNY TV's City Works - October 08, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutesOn 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.
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