Episode 50: Jon Allen Foster and Tristan Bock-Hughes of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee

Episode #50 Notes1:00 - On food sector labor organizing.5:15 - On fast food management.7:00 - What instigated the formation of EWOC?13:30 - What’s the day-to-day during COVID?17:00 - On COVID’s effect on the lives of fast food workers.19:00 - On food service low-rates of unionization.31:00 - What’s the next 6 months looks like for the union and organizing at Taco Bell?35:00 - Are Taco Bell employees communicating about organizing at other locations?45:00 - On fast food as skilled vs. unskilled labor.51:00 - If you were running the restaurant, how would you run it?58:20 - From expendable to dignified.1:30:00 - Book Recommendations!Reverend BarberThe Fire Next Time, James BaldwinLeaves of Grass, Walt WhitmanThere Is Power In A Union, Phillip DrayIron Council, China MievilleSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.