Voice of the People: Week of 8.30.21

PN #2989 Doctors. Loans. Harvard. Luxury. Prices. Russia. Codes. Health. Climate
PN #2990 Afghanistan. Masks. Travel. Home School. Wetlands. Starbucks. Economy. Taliban. Hate. Apps. Soc Security
PN #2991 NOLA. Facebook. Elections. Inequality. Unemployment. Texas. Courts
PN #2992 Marriage Diabetes Asians Coal Licenses Vaccinations Chines Expulsion Abortion Testing Financial Aid Ida
PN #2993 Gigs. Unions. Taxes. Unemployment. Ida. Demographics. WhatsApp. Masks. FEMA. McDonald’s. Vaccines
PN #2994 Theft. Oil. Abortion. Vaccine. Jan 6. Tyson. SAG-AFTRA
PN #2996. Women. So Africa. Emmett Till. Deconstruction. Thailand. Weather. Workers. Generals. Military. Hiring

Chief Organizer Report: Week of 09.06.21

CORR #5630. Worked Over in Bad Job
CORR #5631. The Unanswered Question about the Future of US Labor Unions – Part 1
CORR #5633. The Unanswered Question about the Future of US Labor Unions – Part II
CORR #5632. The Unanswered Question about the Future of US Labor Unions – Part 1 
CORR #5632. The Unanswered Question about the Future of US Labor Unions – Part 2
CORR #5634. Maybe Less, Not More, is Needed

Wades World: with Sociology Professor & Author Jamie McCallum

Discussing a range of topics from worker surveillance to hours of work to the impact of the pandemic on workers to the state of unions today, since McCallum was also a former SEIU organizer on the West Coast.  Not a lot of happy dancing in this conversation.

            McCallum wrote a recent book called Worked Over:  How Round-the-Clock Work is Killing the American Dream.  One intriguing chapter and a constant theme was the way that modern technological surveillance tools were squeezing more work out of regular hours, just as tech is also tethering more people to work at all hours of the day and night.