Working to Live in SW Washington; AFT Connecticut; The State of Working America; Blue Collar Gospel Hour; Union Strong

Can your boss actually do that? What workplace legal protections do you have if you’re not covered by a union contract? On the Working to Live in SouthWest Washington podcast, hosts Shannon and Harold sat down with Diana Winter, attorney for IBEW Local 48…On the AFT In Action podcast we meet Connecticut State representative Josh Elliott who discusses the costs of higher education in the Nutmeg State…The Economic Policy Institute’s podcast, The State of Working America, is back, and none too soon, as EPI staffers fact-check the labor shortage hype…Then on The Blue Collar Gospel Hour, author and activist Sue Blaustein remembers her earliest days in the labor movement and the describes what it’s really like to be a food safety inspector. Finally, a touching story on the Union Strong podcast from the New York State AFL-CIO, as we meet fifth generation electrical worker Chris Erickson, who donated a kidney to his brother in 2017, and changed the way members of his local thought about live organ donation.

Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.

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Edited by Patrick Dixon; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips