Chicago Teachers Union member and staffer Brandon Johnson is now the mayor elect of Chicago. As Stacey said on election night, he is a paid union organizer. And as far as I'm aware, there's not really anything comparable to this situation in recent American history. So how are you approaching this transition? That's a great question before I answer it. Because I think the answer is embedded in my love for my president, Jesse Sharkey. Who I didn't see.
Featuring Stacy Davis Gates, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Alex Han on how Chicago's labor left took over City Hall. Brandon Johnson's mayoral victory, the product of a decade-plus of social movement union struggle, is a model for the left everywhere in the United States. Guest hosted by Micah Uetricht.
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