Saket Soni on the People Who Make Disaster Recovery Possible
Who cleans up and rebuilds our communities after floods, fires, and hurricanes? COVID redefined America's definition of \u201cessential workers,\u201d but many who help communities recover from climate disasters remain underpaid and overlooked.\xa0\n\nIn 2006, labor organizer Saket Soni got an anonymous call from an Indian migrant worker in Mississippi who had scraped together $20,000 to apply for the \u201copportunity\u201d to rebuild oil rigs after Hurricane Katrina. The caller was only one of hundreds lured into Gulf Coast labor camps, surrounded by barbed wire, and watched by armed guards. Since then, the frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters has only increased \u2013 and disaster recovery has become big business. How are the lives of people displaced by disasters intertwined with those helping to rebuild?\n\nGuests:\nSaket Soni, Founder and Director, Resilience Force\nDaniel Castellanos, Director Of Workforce Engagement, Resilience Force\n\nFor show notes and related links, visit https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices