Equity Check: A Podcast from the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis

The hidden cost of a budget balanced on the backs of services featuring Doris Brown from the Northeast Action Collective

In the premiere episode of  The Equity Check Podcast , host Patrick sits down with Elsa Flores, President of SEIU Texas, to discuss Harris County’s landmark decision to raise its minimum wage to twenty dollars an hour for all employees, with a higher base wage for contracted workers. They explore what this policy means for frontline workers, how it came to be, and the organizing that made it possi...