Power At Work

In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Rev. Terrence L. Melvin, President of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and Secretary-Treasurer of New York AFL-CIO to discuss the significance of Juneteenth to the labor movement, why Juneteenth can be considered a workers' holiday, and the work that needs to be done to fully liberate black workers....

In this breaking news blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Aviva Aron-Dine, Acting Assistant Secretary on Tax Policy in the Treasury Department, and Alex Jacquez, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Industrial Strategy, to discuss how the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service's new regulation implemen...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by two labor journalists to discuss some of the most important stories that affect workers, worker power, collective action, and unions in our country.  Robert Iafolla is a Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law, where he covers issues related to labor and employment.  Alex N. Press is a staff writer at Jacobin w...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by the hosts of two fascinating labor radio shows to discuss why labor podcasting is important and a few current labor issues. Tune into his conversation with Lynn Fields, host of the Resolved Labor Podcast, and Mark Gevaart, host of My Labor Radio, about what inspired their shows, the UAW's recent loss in Al...

In this edition of The Power Hour, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Lilly Irani,  Associate Professor of Computer Science and Faculty Director of the Labor Center at U.C. San Diego; and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Evaluation in...

In this blogcast,  Professor  Orly Lobel joins  the Burnes Center for Social Change  and the Power at Work Blog to discuss her new book   The Equality Machine - Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future .  Burnes Center Senior Fellow and former top White House labor policy advisor and Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor Professor  Seth Harris moderated the discussion. The conv...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Christine Root, Project Manager of the African Activist Archive at Michigan State University, and Alan Wierdak, reference archivist and social media manager for the Labor collections in University of Maryland's Special Collections and University Archives, to discuss the importance of maintaining the record...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Emily Matthews, striking photographer and Treasurer of the Post-Gazette Branch of the Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild, and Natalie Duleba, striking designer and union member, to discuss what their contract demands are, their experiences after 18 months on the picket line, and how they are keeping their union siblin...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by labor leaders from Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia to discuss how the labor movement succeeded in stopping the billionaire owner of two sports teams from relocating those teams from downtown D.C. to the suburbs of Northern Virginia and, in the process, stood up for union jobs and workers in the region....

In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Anneisha Williams, fast food worker and Fast Food Council member; Michelle Healy, SEIU Director of Breakthrough Campaigns; and Maria Maldonado, statewide director and Fast Food Council member, to discuss the organizing and innovation achieved by the California Fast Food Workers Union, an affiliate of the Servi...

In this BREAKING NEWS BLOGCAST, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Hannah Garden-Monheit, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning, to discuss the FTC's new rule prohibiting employers from imposing non-compete agreements on their employees. Harris and Garden-Monheit explain the legal reasoning behind the rule and explore how t...

According to preliminary returns, workers in the Volkswagen manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted overwhelmingly on April 17, 18, and 19 to be represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) in a historic election result with important implications for those workers and their families, the city of Chattanooga, the state of Tennessee, the labor movement, and the auto industry.  Early...

This webinar was hosted by the International Labour Organization on April 9, 2024 and was republished with permission.  In this International Labour Organizaton webinar, economists Janine Berg and Pawel Gmyrek present the findings of their report "Generative AI and jobs: A global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality." Listen to these experts discuss the impact of art...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Terri Gerstein, Director of the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; and Alí Bustamante, deputy director of the Worker Power and Economic Security program at Roosevelt University. Listen to their conversation on sectoral bargaining, the importance of protecting workers and child...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Tim Rowden, editor of the St. Louis/Central Illinois Labor Tribune, and Don McIntosh, editor of the Northwest Labor Press to talk about how national headlines are impacting their regions, what they're hearing from workers on the ground, and the uncertain future of labor journalism. You don't want to miss the latest Powe...

Join the Power at Work Blog, the Burnes Center for Social Change, and the Massachusetts State House Employee Union for a conversation with acclaimed labor reporter Hamilton Nolan about his new book The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor. This conversation was recorded live on March 27. The conversation was moderated by Seth Harris, former top Biden White House labor...

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris’s conversation about worker power, the labor movement, social justice, and podcasting with Jamala Rogers and Bianca Cunningham, co-hosts of Convergence Magazine's Black Work Talk, and Adam Keller and Jacob Morrison, co-hosts of The Valley Labor Report. Our guests discuss how they coordinate their podcasts and their other jobs, what workers in t...

In this blogcast, Northeastern University students from Huskies Organizing with Labor, or HOWL, take over the Power At Work blog for a discussion about how to get involved on university campuses, use your leverage as a student, and organize alongside workers. Abigail Thomas, August Escandon, and Amelia (Mimi) Yu share HOWL's top five tenets for undergraduate organizing and tell stories from th...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Sarah Bright, Organizing Director at SEIU 925; Juan Eldridge, Assistant Organizing Director at IAMAW; and Indira Mohan, Associate Director of Organizing at AFL-CIO/AFSCME DC 37 to talk about how to become a union organizer, why union activism is increasing, and how to confront employer opposition to worker organizing. You don&#...

Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, hosts this month's Workers by the Numbers Blogcast. Listen to her in conversation with Elise Gould and Teresa Ghilarducci as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for February 2024. This conversation was recorded live on March 8, 2024. You don't want to miss this Numbers Day blogca...

In this special blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by film and labor experts to reveal the results of the blog's #LaborOscars2024 and discuss the importance of supporting worker power in media. This conversation features Andrea Lyman, actor and New England Local President of SAG-AFTRA; Harold Phillips, actor, host of "Labor Week," co-coordinator of the Labor...

In this new Power At Work Blog weekly segment, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow and former top White House economic advisor Seth Harris provides his analysis of the latest news stories in the labor movement. In this episode, Seth discusses Starbucks and Workers United's framework for collective bargaining, UAW's organizing plans, and NYU contract faculty's recent election...

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Wendy Chun-Hoon, Director of the Women's Bureau in the Department of Labor; Anita Bruno, founder and CEO of Rhode Island Women in the Trades; Jeannine Giguere-Gagnon, retired union carpenter and RI Women in the Trades representatives; and Sinade Wadsworth, New York City union carpenter and RI Women in the Trades representat...

In this blogcast, labor journalists Lauren Gurley and Nick Niedziadek join Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris for a conversation about some of the biggest stories impacting workers, worker power, collective action, and unions. Their conversation covers news about protests and strikes involving employers like Alaska Airlines and Anheuser Busch, the latest corporate assault against the National...

In this new Power At Work Blog weekly segment, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow and former top White House economic advisor Seth Harris provides his analysis of the latest news stories in the labor movement. In this episode, Seth discusses the recent wave of Starbucks union filings, union opposition to the Wizards and Capitals' plans to move to Virginia, and the American Federatio...