“Labor Spring” sweeps nation

Broadcast on March 2, 2023
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith

In one of the largest series of labor-focused teach-ins in recent memory, academics have joined with workers, Gen Z activists, unions and others to launch “Labor Spring.” These events, held on college campuses and in communities nationwide from late February through early May, are clear outgrowths of the current moment’s surge in union organizing and pro-worker sentiment. We talk with Dr. James Benton, director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, which launched the effort. Click here for a full list of planned events.

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman.
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