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Year in Re/Pre-view (Part 2)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - February 16, 2022 02:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 3-2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Part 2 of our Year in Review/Year in Preview with labor leader Rosemary Trump and labor historian Dr. Charles McCollester. They continue their discussion with ho...

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A Year in Work Re/Pre-view (Part 1)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - January 25, 2022 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 3-1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. A New Year and new season on the podcast! Long-time friends of the show, labor leader Rosemary Trump and labor historian Dr. Charles McCollester join host Natha...

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Bonus: The $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - December 23, 2021 20:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 2-5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. A bonus previously unreleased excerpt from our interview with entrepreneur and author Jeff Wald., in which he talks about his $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize ...

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Industrial Revolutions and On-Demand Workers

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - December 09, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 2-4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Host Nathan Ruggles discusses the book The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations with author Jeff Wald. A best-selling writer, tech e...

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Dr. Joe Trotter and Black Labor in the Making of America

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - November 23, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is Episode 2-3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Nathan Ruggles hosts our feature interview Dr. Joe Trotter is the Giant Eagle University Professor of History and Social Justice and past History Departm...

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Microloans for Hidden Peoples

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - June 25, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Season 2, Episode 2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Nathan Ruggles hosts our feature interview with the co-founders of ASA Social Fund for Hidden Peoples: Dr. Louis Picard and Pauline Greenlick.  They disc...

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Back Again!

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - May 19, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is Season 2, Episode 1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. The start of a new season! Host Nathan Ruggles talks with Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Manager and music guru Larry McCullough....

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Farming for the Future: Community & Urban Gardening

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - February 10, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is Episode 11 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Including: 1. Patricia DeMarco (https://patriciademarco.com) hosts our feature interview with Rayden Sorock, Director of Community Projects for Grow Pitt...

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Investing in Communities to Build a New Economy: A Marshall Plan for Middle America

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - December 05, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is Episode 10 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. "Investing in Communities to Build a New Economy: A Marshall Plan for Middle America" Includes: 1.  A feature interview from host Patricia DeMarco (http...

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Working Over Time: What’s at Stake in Election 2020

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - October 31, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is Episode 9 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Working Over Time: What’s at Stake in Election 2020 Includes: Commentators Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester return just in time for Election Day wi...

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A 21st Century WPA: Back from Halimuhfack

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - October 24, 2020 17:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 8 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation: A 21st Century WPA: Back from Halimuhfack Taking a look at the most impactful and ambitious employment program in American history: the Works Progress Administrat...

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Pathways to a New Economy that Works for Us

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - October 17, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 7 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation: Pathways to a New Economy that Works for Us Includes: 1. Patty DeMarco returns with Pathways to a New Economy.  Her feature interview is with teacher, activist a...

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¡Que Viva Clemente!

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - October 10, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 6 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Includes: A feature interview about the issues facing immigrant workers from Latin America in the United States, and in particular those who are undocumented, wit...

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Serving It Up Pandemic-Style

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - October 05, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Final episode in the series featuring the struggles of food service workers.  Representatives of the nonprofit organization The Restaurant Opportunities Center (RO...

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Serving It Up Pandemic-Style (ROC Part 3)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - October 03, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Final episode in the series featuring the struggles of food service workers.  Representatives of the nonprofit organization The Restaurant Opportunities Center (RO...

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs artwork

Nickeled and Dimed (ROC Part 2)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - September 20, 2020 03:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Includes: A feature interview continuing the focus on the struggles of food service workers with Part 2 of a conversation with the nonprofit organization The Rest...

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs artwork

Nickeled and Dimed

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - September 20, 2020 03:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Includes: A feature interview continuing the focus on the struggles of food service workers with Part 2 of a conversation with the nonprofit organization The Rest...

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs artwork

Compliments of Your Waitress (Part 1)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - September 12, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Includes: A feature examining the struggles of food service workers through a conversation with Pittsburgh representatives of the nonprofit organization The Resta...

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Compliments of Your Waitress (ROC Part 1)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - September 12, 2020 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Includes: A feature examining the struggles of food service workers through a conversation with Pittsburgh representatives of the nonprofit organization The Resta...

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs artwork

Episode 3: Compliments of Your Waitress

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - September 12, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Includes: A feature examining the struggles of food service workers through a conversation with Pittsburgh representatives of the nonprofit organization The Resta...

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs artwork

We Just Come to Work Here (We Don't Come to Die)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - September 05, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is Episode 2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Episode 2 includes: The start of a new monthly feature called Working Over Time, with regular expert commentators Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester. ...

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Episode 2: We Just Come to Work Here (We Don't Come to Die)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - September 05, 2020 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is Episode 2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Episode 2 includes: The start of a new monthly feature called Working Over Time, with regular expert commentators Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester. ...

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs artwork

The Premiere Episode of Essential Work!

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - August 28, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is the premiere episode of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. The episode features: Discussion between host Nathan Ruggles and John Haer, current President of the Battle of Homestead Foundation, about the ...

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The Premiere Episode: ReImaging an Economy for All

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - August 28, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is the premiere episode of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. The episode features: Discussion between host Nathan Ruggles and John Haer, current President of the Battle of Homestead Foundation, about the ...

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs artwork

ReImaging an Economy for All (Premiere Episode!)

Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Jobs - August 28, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
This is the premiere episode of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. The episode features: Discussion between host Nathan Ruggles and John Haer, current President of the Battle of Homestead Foundation, about the ...

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