In this episode, we talk with Shareatha Escobar, who is the Vice President of SEIU Local 925, one of the unions on campus. She is also a patient services supervisor at Northwest Hospital. In our conversation we discuss how she came to the UW, her journey with 925, and the ongoing contract negotiations with UW.

In this episode, we talk with Jake Grumbach, who is an associate professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Before that, he was an associate professor at the University of Washington and a faculty associate for the Bridges Center. At UW, he taught Introduction to Labor Studies, one of the core courses of the labor studies minor. In our conversation we discuss the increasing popularity of quantitative research in the social sciences, movement building in and outside work, and the changing politics of Gen Z.

In this episode, we talk with Bisma, Maya, Niki, and Sara, the research team behind the Student Worker project from the Bridges Center. The student worker research project is a study from the Bridges Center that seeks to provide a better understanding of student workers – those who balance the demands of higher education with employment – and their relationship with work. In our conversation we discuss how the project got started, the survey and interview process, and the most surprising revelations they’ve found so far.