Podcasts by CUNY TVs City Works
City Works is a show that highlights the vast array of workers across New York City. Hosted by Laura Flanders and produced in collaboration with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, the show spotlights the occupations and projects of the working people of our city, with inquiry carried out by one of the nation’s most outstanding universities.
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Children at Work from 2023-11-06T12:00:57
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 alar...
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Working on the Railroad: The Fight for Railworkers' Rights from 2023-10-02T12:00:40
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 the...
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Hollywood on Strike from 2023-09-04T12:00
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 strike...
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Special: Rebuilding Labor’s Power for the 21st Century from 2023-08-07T12:00:07
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...
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New Protections for Workers and “How Workers Win" Conference from 2023-06-12T12:00:13
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 a...
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A New Frontier for Labor: Video Game Workers Get Organized from 2023-05-01T17:00:53
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 pus...
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The Threat to NYC Public Housing and the Fight to Keep It Public from 2023-04-03T17:00:41
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 t...
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A Life in Activism and Advocacy: Journalist Juan González from 2023-02-06T17:00:30
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 ...
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Worker Cooperatives: Building a Better Workplace from 2023-01-02T17:00
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 potentia...
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2022 Midterm Election Aftermath: A Reporter Roundtable from 2022-12-06T08:13:27
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 peopl...
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Gender Equality in the Workplace: The Struggle Continues from 2022-11-07T20:00
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 curr...
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Organizing at Amazon and in the American Theatre from 2022-10-03T20:30
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.
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Los Deliveristas: NYC App Delivery Workers from 2022-09-05T20:00
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 condition...
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The Future We Need: Organizing in the 21st Century from 2022-06-06T20:00
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 ...
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A People's Guide to NYC&Wall Street's Grip on Pensions from 2022-05-02T20:00
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 fun...
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Re-Imagining Elder Care in America from 2022-04-04T20:00
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 a...
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Examining Racism's Economic and Health Impacts In America from 2022-03-07T20:00
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 ine...
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Solving the NYC Yellow Cab Debt Crisis from 2022-02-07T20:00
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...
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Organized Labor and the Global Climate Crisis from 2022-01-03T20:00
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 Clima...
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Challenging Monopoly and Bezosism from 2021-12-06T20:00
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 ne...
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A Tale of Two Cities Revisited: NYC's Mayoral Transition from 2021-11-01T20:00
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 progres...
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State of the Unions&Occupy Wall Street, Ten Years Later from 2021-10-04T20:00
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 ...
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Disability and Work from 2021-09-06T20:00
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, pre...
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Transgender Workforce Activism: Pride is Political from 2021-06-07T20:00
Join us for a discussion with two leading LGBTQ activists at a pivotal time for the transgender workforce. Features Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center, and Amber Holliba...
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Worker Organizing in 2021 America from 2021-05-03T20:00
On this episode: worker wins and losses. While the union drive at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama failed, undocumented workers gained a huge victory elsewhere. Joining Laura Flanders are ...
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COVID Recovery and Essential Workers: What's Next? from 2021-04-05T20:00
Essential workers are the life blood of New York City, and have been most vulnerable at the forefront of work during the pandemic. What does the future hold for them? Laura Flanders talks to an MTA...
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The Biden Administration and the Working Class from 2021-03-01T20:00
Laura Flanders chats with Dorian Warren Felicia Wong to discuss the Biden administration's connection to the working class. Plus, highlights from the SLU public forum entitled "The First 100 Days: ...
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New York's Housing Crisis: Tenant Organizing in a Pandemic from 2021-02-01T20:00
Laura Flanders sits down with Cea Weaver, a tenant advocate, and Winsome Pendergrass, a domestic worker, both who have fought for tenant's rights and against evictions, to discuss tenant organizing...
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Reporter's Roundtable from 2020-12-07T20:00
Laura Flanders discusses the Joe Biden electoral win for President, and what it means for labor. Roundtable includes Harold Meyerson of the American Spectator, freelance journalist Michelle Chen, J...
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Pandemic Economics: The Impact of COVID-19 from 2020-11-02T21:00
Laura Flanders talks with Professor Janet Gornick of the CUNY Graduate Center about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19; and Minnie Roh reports on businesses and workers during this challen...
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Immigrant Workers: Contesting the Narrative from 2020-10-05T20:00
Laura Flanders speaks with Ruth Milkman about her new book, "Immigrant Labor and the New Precaroit." And later, she talks to Cristina Jimenez of United We Dream and Kazi Fauzia of DRUM NYC about ch...
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BLM and Police Unions from 2020-09-07T08:00
Can police unions work in any meaningful way with labor and BLM movements? Laura Flanders talks with Terry Melvin, Executive Director of the Racial Justice Task Force of the AFL-CIO, and David Unge...
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AOC - Pramila Jayapal - COVID-19 Frontline Workers from 2020-06-01T20:00
Highlights from a conference on immigrant and migrant workers featuring Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pramila Jayapal; and stories from two COVID-19 frontline workers, Kelly Cabrera fr...
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Domestic Workers and the Pandemic from 2020-05-05T20:00
How are domestic workers faring in this pandemic? Laura Flanders speaks with Ai-Jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Crystal Crawford, a domestic worker in Atlanta, abou...
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Activism in the Gaming Industry from 2020-04-06T20:00
Laura Flanders talks with Wes McEnany, of the Campaign to Organize Digital Workers, and Kevin Agwaze, of Game Workers United UK, about the stressful working conditions gamers and coders face, and w...
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Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare Delivery from 2020-03-02T21:00
Host Laura Flanders talks with Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, President of NYSNA and an E.R. nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and Pat Kane, RN, Executive Director of NYSNA, about what ...
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Beyond Resistance from 2020-01-06T21:00
On this month's program: Highlights from the recent "Beyond Resistance: A Progressive Immigration Agenda for 2020" held at the School of Labor and Urban Studies. And, a follow-up interview with Dee...
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Street Vendors; UAW Strike; Vinny Alvarez from 2019-12-02T20:00
On this month’s City Works: Street vendors and the issues they face; Vincent Alvarez, President, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Beverley Brakeman of the UAW; and subway opera.
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Street Vendors; UAW Strike; Vinny Alvarez from 2019-12-02T20:00
On this month’s City Works: Street vendors and the issues they face; Vincent Alvarez, President, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Beverley Brakeman of the UAW; and subway opera.
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Wage Theft; State of the Unions; and more from 2019-11-04T20:00
On this month's City Works: A look at the pervasive problem of wage theft; bartender and aspiring actress Christian Cordova; Ruth Milkman on the State of the Unions; and subway dancer Isyrel Jules ...
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City Works Premiere Episode from 2019-10-07T20:00
On the first episode of City Works: How gig workers make ends meet; what nail salon workers are doing to improve conditions; author Steve Greenhouse on labor history; a blacksmith in Central Park; ...
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