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Working People

Dec 27, 2019

In this first installment of our new series on unpaid labor,  we chat with Bridget Huff, a stay-at-home mom and political organizer. We talk about Bridget's life and  about the pains, joys, and social pressures of being a stay-at-home parent. We also talk about how political organizations can and should make themselves...


Dec 20, 2019

In this week's mini-cast, we talk with Veronica, Marcelo, and Justin, three grad student workers involved in the ongoing wildcat strike at the University of California – Santa Cruz. 

 

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Dec 14, 2019

We've got a super special crossover with the Wrong Boys themselves, Aaron and Shawn from the Srsly Wrong podcast! We teamed up to take a deep dive into the history and meaning of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, the largest labor strike in Canada's history.  

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Dec 13, 2019

Working People is back and we are excited to announce our official partnership with In These Times magazine! In this episode, we chat with new father Clarke, a contract commercial diver who works on different jobs for different companies throughout the year, completing tasks from underwater welding to removing shoreline...


Nov 11, 2019

Part II of our mini-cast series on undocumented workers and the fight to repeal the employers’ sanctions provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)  (in collaboration with the Break the Chains Alliance). We talk to David Tieu, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local...