CUNY TV's City Works

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders interviews CUNY SLU's Kafui Attoh and Cameron Black and Georgetown’s Katie Wells about some remarkable transformations in the labor market that are reimagining the way people work and earn a living.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Brian Schneck, President of UAW Local 259, and Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes, about the UAW’s historic strike and victory against the “big three” automakers.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to labor historian Steve Fraser and Nina Mast, an economic analyst with the Economic Policy Institute, about the EPI’s recent report on the alarming increase in child labor across the country.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to labor historian Jeff Schuhrke and organizer Ron Kaminkow about the critical working conditions faced by our nation’s railroad workers and their fight for workplace justice.

On this episode of City Works, staff writer for Jacobin Magazine Alex Press, and WGAE council member Josh Gondelman sit down with Laura Flanders to talk about the WGA and SAG-AFTRA’s ongoing strikes in the entertainment industry.

On this special one-hour edition of City Works, new developments and new strategies from organizers, union leaders and labor scholars who participated at the recent SLU conference, “How Workers Win: Rebuilding Labor’s Power for the 21st Century”.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders talks to Irene Tung, a Senior Researcher at NELP, and Ellen Dichner, former Chief Counsel with the NLRB, about how legislation is aiming to push back against unjust firings and other abuses by employers.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders is joined by CWA organizer Erin Mahoney, Polygon journalist Nicole Carpenter, and QA tester Rhyanna Eichner for an inside look at the unprecedented push to unionize the video games industry.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders is joined by tenant advocates Jasmin Sanchez and James Rodriguez to discuss the importance of public housing to New York’s working class, and efforts to protect it from privatization.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to journalist Juan González about his long career in social activism, the history of American journalism, and his advice for new generations of organizers and advocates.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Rebecca Lurie, LaRay Brown, and NYC Council Member Sandy Nurse about the recent enthusiasm surrounding worker cooperatives and their potential to build more just workplaces.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders hosts a reporter roundtable with journalists Rozina Ali, Gabrielle Gurley, and Kim Kelly, to talk about the 2022 midterm election and how working people figured into the results

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Ellen Cassedy, co-founder of the 9to5 movement, and Sarita Gupta, VP of U.S. Programs at the Ford Foundation, to discuss the history and current state of organizing women in offices and beyond.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to organizers from both new and veteran unions, with Brett Daniels from the Amazon Labor Union and Joanne Borts from Actors’ Equity.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Ligia Guallpa, Joshua Wood and Andrew Wolf, three activists working to organize NYC’s app-based delivery workers for better working conditions in the often hazardous profession.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to the authors of a new book, The Future We Need, about organizing in new industries and beyond. And organizer Marianne LeNabat talks about the hard work that lies ahead of recent labor victories.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Professor Penny Lewis about her new book, A People’s Guide to New York City. And an SLU digital event explores what role worker pension funds can play in building a progressive economy.

On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders examines the growing crisis in elder care with National Domestic Workers Alliance founder Ai-jen Poo, former NYC Deputy Mayor J. Philip Thompson and Public Health Professor Maggie Ornstein.

On this episode of City Works, two outstanding thinkers, NYC Health Department First Deputy Commissioner Dr. Torian Easterling and author/journalist Heather McGhee, help unravel the fundamental inequality that holds back this nation.

Executive Director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Bhairavi Desai, and NYC Taxi Owner/Driver, Richard Chow, speak to City Works host Laura Flanders about their historic campaign to alleviate the huge financial crisis faced by medallion owners.

On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders speaks to the director of CUNY SLU’s International Program for Labor, Climate and Environment, Sean Sweeney, who recently attended the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Scotland.

On this episode, Zephyr Teachout and SLU's Samir Sonti talk about a renewed public interest in breaking up industrial monopolies. And Laura Flanders talks to columnist Christopher Mims about his new book “Arriving Today", and the global supply chain

On this episode of City Works, the de Blasio administration is reexamined in a “Tale of Two Cities Revisited” panel discussion held by SLU, and by guest Deepak Bhargava, who talks about the progressive agenda and its prospects under the next mayor.

On this episode of City Works, Laura speaks to Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce about two reports that they co-authored: the annual State of the Unions Report, and Changing the Subject, a report on Occupy Wall Street and its effects ten years later

What can the experiences of disabled workers tell us about the possibilities of work after COVID? On the season premiere of City Works, Laura Flanders talks with three advocates about the past, present and future of disability in the workplace.