"Work, Workers, Workers' Rights, and Unions" - a Jewish Labor Committee - Uri L'Tzedek program
* How can workers defend themselves today in their workplace?
* What protections does joining a union provide?
* How do workers gain the opportunity to join unions?
Adam Obernauer and Debbie Goldman explored these issues in a lively discussion of how working people are organizing to improve their lives on and off the job.
Our co-sponsor, Uri L'Tzedek, recorded this program - you can watch it on
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/13Bh6MpmlUc1tGbEj0M79n?si=0ccb8a9a3ca4416b
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/work-workers-workers-rights-and-unions-a-joint/id1603706369?i=1000669853602
YouTube: https://youtu.be/dUkXVMndCY8
After introductions by JLC President Stuart Appelbaum and Uri L'Tzedek President Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz. Adam Obernauer, organizing director for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a union organizer for about 12 years who has been involved in organizing major retail chains, such as Zara, as well as the Guitar Center, independent bookstores, and, more recently REI and Barnes and Noble -- and has been in the fight to organize workers at Amazon, spoke with Debbie Goldman, former Research Director and Telecommunications Policy Director for the Communications Workers of America (CWA); Ms Goldman is the author of the just-published book, "Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age" (University of Illinois Press, 2024).