Class Matters

By: Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute
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  • Class Matters is the podcast where we ask the question: "What Would Our Country Look Like If It Were Run By and For the Working Class?"
    © 2021-23 Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute. All Rights Reserved.
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Episodes
  • Ep 14: Wall Street’s War on Workers with Les Leopold

    Ep 14: Wall Street’s War on Workers with Les Leopold
    Mar 19 2024

    In Episode 14 of Class Matters, Adolph Reed Jr. talks with labor educator Les Leopold about his new book, Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It.
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    49 mins
  • Ep 13: Medicare Advantage: What Unions & Retirees Need to Know

    Ep 13: Medicare Advantage: What Unions & Retirees Need to Know
    Nov 8 2023

    In Episode 13 of Class Matters, we’re talking with labor activists Marianne Pizzitola, Rose Roach, and Mark Dudzic about Medicare Advantage (Disadvantage?) health plans and what they mean for union retirees, for collective bargaining, and for the future of traditional Medicare. And we get the scoop on how retirees in New York City are fighting back against efforts to force them onto Advantage plans.
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    45 mins
  • Ep 12: Power and Participation in Negotiations and Politics with Jane McAlevey

    Ep 12: Power and Participation in Negotiations and Politics with Jane McAlevey
    May 22 2023

    In Episode 12 of Class Matters, we’re talking with labor organizer Jane McAlevey about how to democratize union negotiations and build significant worker power by practicing transparent, big, and open negotiations. That’s the focus of McAlevey’s latest book, Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations. McAlevey talks with Gordon Lafer and Adolph Reed Jr. about the impact of negotiations as political education, for building strong unions and for rebuilding democracy.
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    51 mins
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