Melanie Barron's guest appearances

Melanie Barron

Working People

OwlTail

Chris Daniel

Announcement: Our next live show will be on Monday, May 8, from 5-7pm EST at the Canadian Labour Congress’ 30th Constitutional Convention in Montreal! We took Working People on the road and hosted another live show on March 21 in Atlanta, Georgia, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team. In this panel discussion, Max speaks with local organizers about the specific challenges workers in the South face in their workplaces and in their efforts to organize—and how they are finding creative ways to overcome those challenges today. Panelists include: Chris Daniel of the Georgia AFL-CIO; Melanie Barron of the Communications Workers of America / United Campus Workers; and Maurice "Mo" Haskins of the Union of Southern Service Workers.  Additional links/info below...  Melanie's  Twitter page Communications Workers of America  website,  Twitter page,  Facebook page, and  Instagram  United Campus Workers  website and  Twitter page Georgia AFL-CIO  website,  Twitter page, and  Facebook page  The Union of Southern Service Workers  website,  Twitter page,  Facebook page, and  Instagram  Action Network  website,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page Action Builder  website Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "Union of Southern Service Workers Is Organizing Low-Wage Workers Across Industries" Saurav Sarkar, The Real News Network, "Punjabi Workers in Toronto Are Fighting Wage Theft—and They’re Winning" Jimmy Williams (General President of IUPAT)  statement on Cop City  Working People, "A "Do or Die" Moment for the Academic Labor Movement (w/ Matt Thomas, Kristina Mensik, Bryan Sacks, &amp; Todd Wolfson)" Chris Kromm, Facing South, "A New Day for Labor in the South?"  Permanent links below...  Working People  Patreon page  Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network  website,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page In These Times  website,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page The Real News Network  website,  YouTube channel,  podcast feeds,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page  Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive:  freemusicarchive.org)  Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song 

Announcement: Our next live show will be on Monday, May 8, from 5-7pm EST at the Canadian Labour Congress’ 30th Constitutional Convention in Montreal! We took Working People on the road and hosted another live show on March 21 in Atlanta, Georgia, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team. In this panel discussion, Max speaks with local organizers about the specific challenges workers in the South face in their workplaces and in their efforts to organize—and how they are finding creative ways to overcome those challenges today. Panelists include: Chris Daniel of the Georgia AFL-CIO; Melanie Barron of the Communications Workers of America / United Campus Workers; and Maurice "Mo" Haskins of the Union of Southern Service Workers.  Additional links/info below... <ul> <li>Melanie's <a href="https://twitter.com/organizesouth" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Communications Workers of America <a href="https://cwa-union.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/cwaunion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CWAUnion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cwaunion/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> </li> <li>United Campus Workers <a href="https://ucw-cwa.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CampusWorkers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Georgia AFL-CIO <a href="https://unionhall.aflcio.org/georgia-afl-cio" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AFLCIOGeorgia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GaAFLCIO" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page </li> <li>The Union of Southern Service Workers <a href="https://ussw.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RaiseUptheSouth" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RaiseUptheSouth/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/raiseupthesouth/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> </li> <li>Action Network <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheActionNet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheActionNet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Action Builder <a href="https://www.actionbuilder.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a></li> <li>Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "<a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/union-southern-service-workers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Union of Southern Service Workers Is Organizing Low-Wage Workers Across Industries</a>"</li> <li>Saurav Sarkar, The Real News Network, "<a href="https://therealnews.com/punjabi-workers-in-toronto-are-fighting-wage-theft-and-theyre-winning" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Punjabi Workers in Toronto Are Fighting Wage Theft—and They’re Winning</a>"</li> <li>Jimmy Williams (General President of IUPAT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jimmy_iupat/status/1637915576344408064" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> statement on Cop City</a> </li> <li>Working People, "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xZtqDRq1DUewwPNJf9O4u" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A "Do or Die" Moment for the Academic Labor Movement (w/ Matt Thomas, Kristina Mensik, Bryan Sacks, &amp; Todd Wolfson)</a>"</li> <li>Chris Kromm, Facing South, "<a href="https://www.facingsouth.org/2021/01/new-day-labor-south" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A New Day for Labor in the South?</a>"</li> </ul> Permanent links below... <ul> <li>Working People <a href="https://www.patreon.com/WorkingPeople" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Patreon</a> page</li> <li><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/workingpeople" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Leave us a voicemail</a> and we might play it on the show!</li> <li>Labor Radio / Podcast Network <a href="https://www.laborradionetwork.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/laborradionet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>In These Times <a href="https://inthesetimes.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/inthesetimesmag/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/inthesetimesmag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>The Real News Network <a href="https://therealnews.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> YouTube</a> channel, <a href="https://therealnews.com/our-shows-podcasts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> podcast</a> feeds, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealNews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> </ul> Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> freemusicarchive.org</a>) <ul> <li>Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song</li> </ul>