Your Rights At Work Podcast
1) I AM STORY podcast
Broadcast on April 6, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Tuesday, April 4, was the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had been sup...Show More
2) “Livin’ on a Prayer”: Class struggle with Tommy and Gina
Broadcast on March 30, 2022Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Labor movement researcher and organizer Eric Dirnbach says that Bon Jovi’s 1986 hit “Livin’ on a Prayer” is an anthem about working class ...Show More
3) 2022, The Year of the Strike
Broadcast on March 30, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith If it seemed like there were more strikes last year, that’s because there were; Johnnie Kallas has the data to prove it with the Cornell ...Show More
4) “American Hospitals: Healing A Broken System”
Broadcast on March 23, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith As Americans pay astronomical health care costs, the new film “American Hospitals: Healing A Broken System” takes a provocative look at ho...Show More
5) Why did GWU Hospital fire Angelo Estrellas?
Broadcast on March 23, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Award-winning RN Angelo Estrellas, fired Wednesday for purportedly supporting DCNA’s union organizing campaign at George Washington Unive...Show More
6) Seniors demand "Stop Dirty Banks!"
Broadcast on March 16, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock Tuesday, March 21, a group of older Americans, along with their intergenerational friends and supporters, will hold a day-long action here in Washi...Show More
7) Saket Soni’s Great Escape
Broadcast on March 16, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock SAKET SONI’s astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor--told by the visionary labor leader w...Show More
8) Remembering Myrtle Witbooi
Broadcast on March 9, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock Myrtle Witbooi started as a young domestic worker in apartheid South Africa, became General Secretary of the South African Domestic Service and Allie...Show More
9) Hands Off DC!
Broadcast on March 9, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock “We pay taxes. We fight in your wars. We do everything we are supposed to do as residents and citizens of this country, and we deserve our autonomy ...Show More
10) “Labor Spring” sweeps nation
Broadcast on March 2, 2023 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith In one of the largest series of labor-focused teach-ins in recent memory, academics have joined with workers, Gen Z activists, unions and ...Show More