Power At Work
The Burnes Center for Social Change
Sustained and effective worker power arises out of collective action. Our goal at Power At Work is to advance actions that build power to confront power — contributing to a discourse in the United States that puts workers at the center of the conversation.
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Jan 19, 2023 • 48min
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #4: Analyzing the Union Members Report with Sara Nelson and Kate Bronfenbrenner
Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants, and Kate Bronfenbrenner, the Director of Labor Education Research and Senior Lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Union Members Report for 2022.
Jan 14, 2023 • 47min
Power at Work Blogcast #3: Non-Compete Agreements and Worker Power
This in-depth conversation examines the FTC's proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements and other topics at the intersection of antitrust law, labor law, and worker power. Elizabeth Wilkins is a former senior Biden White House official and currently serves as a top policy advisor to FTC Chair Lina Khan and the other FTC commissioners. Sanjukta Paul is an internationally recognized expert in labor and antitrust and broader issues of law and market governance. Her forthcoming book Solidarity in the Shadow of Antitrust: Labor and the Legal Idea of Competition reinterprets major developments in the history of antitrust law in relation to labor and workers.
Jan 6, 2023 • 26min
Power At Work Blogcast #2 - Workers by the Numbers with Joelle Gamble, Chief Economist, USDOL
This in-depth conversation about the latest jobs, wages, and unemployment numbers, seeks to examine and explain this snapshot of the U.S. economy and what it mean for unions, workers and their families, and worker power. Joelle Gamble previously served as a Special Assistant to the President in the White House’s National Economic Council. Prior to joining the White House staff, Gamble held positions as a Policy Coordinator at SustainUS and National Network Director for the Roosevelt Institute. As a government official, Gamble is not allowed to comment on the report until 9:35 AM EST — so this will be the earliest opportunity to hear her insightful analysis about the numbers.
Dec 7, 2022 • 51min
Power At Work Blogcast #1 - A Discussion About the National Freight Rail Labor Dispute
This Power at Work blogcast will take you behind the headlines to explore why a Democratic-controlled Congress this week imposed an agreement on the freight railroads and the rail unions and effectively prohibited the unions from striking for a better deal. Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris was joined by two expert commentators: Jonah Furman, a reporter for Labor Notes; and Sharon Block, a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, the Executive Director of the Harvard’s Labor and Worklife Program, and a former senior Biden White House official.
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