Power At Work

The Power At Work Blog proudly presents the fourth and final installment of our Labor Day blogcasts, an exclusive interview with Brent Booker, newly elected General President of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA). Booker talks about his experience as a third-generation laborer, LIUNA’s history as a union of immigrants and how they are protecting their workforce today, union density and growth, and more. Pay special attention to Booker as he talks about the future of LIUNA, because it may surprise you. ** This blogcast is made possible, in part, by the generous support of Ullico Select, a marketplace offering insurance products that protect and empower union workers and their families. Wherever union workers are, Ullico Select strives to serve. It’s for us—all of us! Learn more at UllicoSelect.com **

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with two front-line UAW members, Glenn Kage and Don Looney, as they discuss their fellow strikers attitudes toward the strike, what it will take to settle, and what it is like to work in an auto factory. Follow us on TikTok: Power at Work – @poweratworkblog Glenn Kage – @laborfront Don Looney – @the_telecom_don

The Power at Work Blog is proud to present its newest featured blogcast: The Power Hour. The Power Hour is a monthly labor experts roundtable in which Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris discusses current labor news with expert guests. This special blogcast is designed to provide you with a diverse perspectives and opinions, as well as to keep you updated with the latest news and analysis.  In this month's Power Hour blogcast, Seth is joined by Dr. Ruth Milkman, chair of the Labor Studies Department at CUNY's School of Labor and Urban Studies, and Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina, the Executive Director of The Worker Institute at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations.

Watch Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with the President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten. In the third installment of the Power at Work's Labor Day blogcasts, President Weingarten discusses important ideas for public education, the assault on education, worker organizing, democracy, and the future. If you care about worker power, collective action, and unions, this is one interview you should not miss. ***This episode is marked as explicit because it includes one swear word. It is only said once, but please be aware.***

Watch Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. In this special blogcast recorded a day after Labor Day, President Shuler talks candidly about her earliest organizing experience, the increase in worker militancy, the AFL-CIO's role in organizing, and much, much more. If you care about worker power, collective action, and unions, this is one interview you should not miss.

On Friday, September 1, Northeastern University Prof. Alicia Modestino led a panel including The New School's Teresa Ghilarducci and Economic Policy Institute's Elise Gould in a Power At Work Blog/Workers by the Numbers discussion of the Bureau of Labor Statistics's August jobs, unemployment and wages report. This conversation aired live on the Power at Work Blog at 8:45 AM ET on Friday, September 1—just 15 minutes after the release of the report. 

Watch Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. In this special blogcast, recorded a week before Labor Day, Abruzzo talks candidly about her long history with the NLRB, the organization’s mission and workers’ rights, and some of the most important labor issues in our country today. If you care about worker power, collective action, and unions, this is one interview you should not miss.

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris spoke with Maida Rosenstein, the organizing director for the UAW local 2110, and three museum employees she worked with-- Jordan Barnes, Karissa Francis, and Erika Wentworth. Listen to what they have to say about their experiences working to ratify their unions' first contracts with their employers.

Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, hosts this month's Workers by the Numbers Blogcast. Listen to her in conversation with Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University, and Aaron Sojourner, Senior Researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for July 2023. This conversation was aired live on the homepage of the blog at 8:45 AM ET on Friday, August 4—just 15 minutes after the release of the report.

In this special National Whistleblower Day blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris spoke with Siri Nelson and Stephen Kohn, the executive director and the founding director of the National Whistleblower Center, and whistleblowers Dr. Toni Savage, a former contracting officer with the Army Corps of Engineers, and Jane Turner, a former FBI Special Agent.