Episode 75: Potential Shutdown of Film and TV Production as Strike Looms
IATSE President Matthew Loeb has drawn a line in the sand saying the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees will go on strike Monday unl...
Union Strong - New York State AFL-CIO
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Union Strong is the official podcast of the New York State AFL-CIO. We share stories of working men and women who benefit from belonging to a union and having a voice in the workplace.
Episode 74: Department of Labor Update with Commissioner Roberta Reardon
On the latest episode of the Union Strong podcast, our guest is New York State Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon. Commissioner Reardon ...
Episode 73: Labor Day 2021
Newly elected AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joins us on the Union Strong podcast to talk about Labor’s priorities and what’s behind the growing support...
Episode 72: Fighting for Fairness on a picket line in Brooklyn
The Essential workers at United Metro Energy Corporation in Brooklyn, New York have been on strike since mid-April. The oil terminal workers are fight...
Episode 71: Labor’s role in the fight for social, racial, and economic justice
One year ago, the New York State AFL-CIO created a Social Justice Task Force to serve as a forum for frank and honest dialogue, and more importantly a...
Episode 70: Forming a union should not be this hard
The campaign to unionize workers at the Amazon Warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama has been referred to as the most important labor struggle in more than h...
Episode 69: 2021 Legislative Wrap Up
The labor movement had a lengthy agenda going into the 2021 legislative session, particularly because of the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. On th...
Episode 68: Food Insecurity Post Pandemic - How Labor is Helping to Feed Those in Need
The labor movement has a long history of feeding the hungry. During the height of the COVID -19 pandemic meals were provided to more than 125,000 fami...
Episode 67: Stories of Hope: Union Members and Organ Donations
After more than a year of COVID-19, Stories of Hope might be exactly what we need. On the latest Union Strong podcast, we learn about the Donate Life...
Episode 66: Workplace Violence in the Subways
The latest episode of the Union Strong podcast discusses violence in New York City’s subways. TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano spoke to us in a pre...