May 6, 2023
Announcement: Our next live show will be on Monday, May 8, from 5-7pm EST at the Canadian Labour Congress’ 30th Constitutional Convention in Montreal!
We took Working People on the road and hosted another live show on March 21 in Atlanta, Georgia, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team. In this panel discussion, Max speaks with local organizers about the specific challenges workers in the South face in their workplaces and in their efforts to organize—and how they are finding creative ways to overcome those challenges today. Panelists include: Chris Daniel of the Georgia AFL-CIO; Melanie Barron of the Communications Workers of America / United Campus Workers; and Maurice "Mo" Haskins of the Union of Southern Service Workers.
Additional links/info below...
- Melanie's Twitter page
- Communications Workers of America website, Twitter page, Facebook page, and Instagram
- United Campus Workers website and Twitter page
- Georgia AFL-CIO website, Twitter page, and Facebook page
- The Union of Southern Service Workers website, Twitter page, Facebook page, and Instagram
- Action Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- Action Builder website
- Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "Union of Southern Service Workers Is Organizing Low-Wage Workers Across Industries"
- Saurav Sarkar, The Real News Network, "Punjabi Workers in Toronto Are Fighting Wage Theft—and They’re Winning"
- Jimmy Williams (General President of IUPAT) statement on Cop City
- Working People, "A "Do or Die" Moment for the Academic Labor Movement (w/ Matt Thomas, Kristina Mensik, Bryan Sacks, & Todd Wolfson)"
- Chris Kromm, Facing South, "A New Day for Labor in the South?"
Permanent links below...
- Working People Patreon page
- Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show!
- Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page
- The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page
Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)
- Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song