Episode 124: Johnnie Kallas Talks Data and the Labor Upsurge
The Checkout · Errol Schweizer
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Show Notes
Episode #124 Notes
1:00 - How did you get into tracking labor strikes as data?
2:00 - Is there an actual labor uprising in the country right now?
4:00 - What is your methodology for data collection for labor strikes?
6:05 - Key findings from Johnnie’s research.
9:00 - What types of industries have been striking recently?
11:00 - What motivates folks to go on strike generally?
14:00 - On distinctions between Organizing vs. Strikes.
16:00 - What are unions roles in labor strikes?
20:20 - On Strike Maps.
23:30 - On the changes in labor policy over the past 40 years. And NAFTA / deindustrialization.
28:00 - Where are we headed in labor organizing currently?
32:00 - Closing thoughts.