The Rise of the New Labor Movement (Encore)
The last few years have seen a wave of labor organizing as it becomes more and more clear to workers that what they do is not expendable, but actually the heart of every business. From walkouts to unionization, workers from Starbucks to Amazon to your local coffee shop have come together to build and exercise their power. In this episode we explore the issues that led people to organize their workplaces, the ins and outs and ups and downs of the process, and the backlash.
On the forefront of the next labor revolution, we visit a coffee shop in Maine called Little Dog whose staff starts a union. Then we talk to Robert Chlala from the UCLA Labor Center about the rise in unionization efforts among service workers and the social and cultural ethos in a post lockdown country that have led to this new wave of the labor movement.\xa0
Featuring:
- Robert Chlala \u2013 Assistant Professor, CSU Long Beach & Visiting Researcher at UCLA Labor Center
- Jessica Czarnecki, Sydney, Sophie, Kira \u2013 Workers at Little Dog Cafe\xa0
Making Contact Team:
- Host: Salima Hamirani
- Reporter: Jules Bradley
- Executive Director: Jina Chung
- Staff Producers: Anita Johnson, Lucy Kang, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum
- Engineer: Jeff Emtman
- Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Music:
- \u201cIndustrial Zone\u201d by Bio Unit
- \u201cStay Quiet\u201d by Monplaisir
- \u201cBleu\u201d by Komiku
- \u201cLeap Second\u201d by Doctor Turtle
- \u201cWhich Side Are You On\u201d by Pete Seeger
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