The Union Episode: A Panel of Union Leaders on How and Why Unions Work

What do Unions stand for?  How and why do Unions work?  And how exactly have Unions made life better for millions of workers and their families?

Host Timothy Regan welcomes 6 Union leaders to share from the heart about what Unions are all about.  We take a deep dive into Union principles, and hear several stories about successes of Union work.

Hear from:

Keith Brown, Educator and Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Alameda Labor Council AFL-CIO.

Vilma Serrano, Oakland Teacher and Lead Negotiator/Bargaining Chair of the Oakland Education Association Union.

Tanzil Chowdhury, Graduate Student Research Assistant at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and the Unit Chair for the Berkeley Unit of UAW Unit 2865, representing 36000 student workers across the University of California.

Sarah Arveson, PhD, Vice President of UAW 5810, union for post-doc and academic researchers across the University of California system.

Doug Jones, Political Organizer for SEIU-UHW and health care worker of many years, representing 85,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente and across California

Michael Sommers, Actor and union member of SAG-AFTRA, currently on strike.

The participants ask that you visit these websites for more information:

Unionize California

Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions

SAG-AFTRA

Oakland Education Association

United Auto Workers

 

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