The Great Labor Injustice

In The Thick

Futuro Media

Society, News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Politics, Culture

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Maria and Julio are joined by Ai-jen Poo, co-founder and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Pablo Alvarado, co-executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, to discuss labor organizing for workers. They get into the pandemic’s impact on informal economies, on-the-ground movements to protect low-wage workers, and what meaningful labor reforms would look like.

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0:45.6	From Futuro Media and PRX, it's in the thick, a podcast about politics, race and culture.
0:52.0	And I'm Julio Ricardo Varela.
0:54.0	What's up, fam?
0:55.0	We've got a great show for you today, joining us from my hometown Chicago, Illinois is
1:01.3	Ajahn Poo, co-founder and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
1:07.0	Hey, Ajahn, how you doing?
1:08.0	Hey, it's so good to be with you.
1:10.0	Thanks for having me.
1:11.0	It's good to be with you, too.
1:12.8	And joining us from Pasadena, California is Pablo Alvarado, co-executive director of the
1:19.8	National Day Labor Organizing Network.
1:21.8	Pablo, great to have you on the show.
1:23.8	Good morning, Maria.
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