Workplace violence and mental health

Broadcast on May 27, 2021
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith

This week's show: Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the maintenance and dispatch center for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, California has once again raised the issues of workplace violence and mental health. We talk with Nurse Consultant – and DCNA member -- Laverne Plater.
Also, Strathmore Music Center is threatening to replace ticket-sellers there with machines; Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union, IATSE Local 868 Business Agent Anne Vantine reports on what’s at stake.
We do have some good news this week, as DC workers notched another victory against wage theft on Monday and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s just-released budget restores salary cuts for AFSCME Comps 1+2; we check in with Elizabeth Falcon, Executive Director at DC Jobs With Justice, for an update.
Plus: WPFW’s Spring Pledge Drive; click here to support Jazz & Justice in the nation’s capital.

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia.
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