We're talking about Starbucks Workers United's union efforts and the companies moves to fight them, informed shopping and doing our best to buy ethnically, and much more before learning about the history of unions in the US and why they were great but also, not so great.
Sometimes you just have to be Sally Field
On today's Good Work we're following up on New York City's lifeguard problem, talking about HarperCollins' impending strike, and thinking about volunteering for some cafe work, all before talking to Cheryl Jones, a “Visitor Experience Associate” at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures who tells us about her experience working for the museum as Academy Museum Workers United seeks union recognition.
Pure Talk
We’re talking a bit about the prison industrial complex in the States and the labor abuse of inmates, the shift to working from home in a post COVID-19 world, a follow-up to our favorite Burger King employee and his single movie ticket, a Chilean man who has earned Employee of the Month, and much more all before exploring some of the worst jobs of a bygone era.
Yacht Life
Discussing unions’ responses to Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, the FDNY's diversity, Medieval Times workers taking a stand, Washington Commander's owner Daniel Snyder taking a yacht trip, WWE's Vince McMahon, Wage Theft statistics and much much more before exploring Class Consciousness.
Jeff Spacezos
Today we're talking about the first DSNY test since 2015, NYC's need for lifeguards, North Hollywood exotic dancers aiming to unionize, how Burger King thanks you for 27 years of good work, and more before having a conversation about Class Struggle and the exploitation and alienation of workers. Unfortunately that conversation is interrupted by surprise contact from a strange and bizarre off-planet lifeform, Jeff Bezos.