Strike! Labor’s resurgence: Exclusive Interview with Dr. Mindy Chen

Bill interviews Dr. Mindy M. Chen, Director, Dolores Huerta Labor Institute, Los Angeles Community College District.

 

Bill and Dr. Chen discuss the status of organized labor in the United States today. Their wide-ranging conversation includes a brief history of the labor movement, current labor activity, strikes in California, and what the future might look like for organized labor in the U.S. How did they fit all of that into one podcast?

 

For more information:

 

The Dolores Huerta Labor Institute (DHLI)

https://www.laccd.edu/about/dhli

 

Cornell labor action tracker: up-to-date labor actions throughout the U.S. https://striketracker.ilr.cornell.edu

 

UCLA IRLE and Labor Center. Information on the current Labor Movement https://irle.ucla.edu/