Episode description
Broadcast on WPFW (89.3FM) on September 16, 2021
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith
This week's show:
Nabisco strikers win tentative contract.
Stories of terrible managers—and the workers who fought back; we talk with Mother Jones editor Jacob Rosenberg about Bad Bosses, a brand-new feature in the publication named after the legendary labor organizer.
Want shorter lines at airport security? Improve conditions for TSA workers! We’ll find out how from Johnny Jones, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFGE TSA Council.
We’re still struggling with effects of the global pandemic, now comes the threat of mass evictions on top of a housing shortage. We talk with Race and Economic Empowerment Project director James Benton about the September 22 panel on Affordable Housing in DC During (and after) the Pandemic.
Plus music from Working in DC; don’t miss the final four performances, Thu-Sun, Sept 16-19.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman.
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