Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The Real News Network). Working People is a podcast about working-class lives in 21st-century America. In every episode, you'll hear interviews with workers from around the country, from all walks of life. We'll talk about their life stories, their jobs, politics, and families, their joys and hopes and frustrations. Overall, Working People aims to share and celebrate the diverse stories of working-class people, to remind ourselves that our stories matter, and to build a sense of shared struggle and solidarity between workers around the country.
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episode 3: Darrow Omar
We talk with Darrow, office coordinator for Portland State University’s Women, Sexuality, & Gender Studies Department and member organizer for SEIU Local 503. We talk about Darrow’s involvement in the union and about the planned statewide strike that was narrowly averted soon after we recorded this episode. But we also got a chance to talk about Darrow’s life as a queer millennial from the Northern Mariana Islands who made their way to being a university staff worker in Oregon and getting involved in union organizing.
Additional links/info below...
- CSEIU 503 website and Twitter page
- Kelly Hayes, Truthout, "Oregon State University Employees Vote to Authorize a Strike Amid Heated Moment"
- Kim Kelly, The New Republic, "The Next Big Labor Strike Hits Oregon"
- Henry Houston, Eugene Weekly, "SEIU, Universities Avoid Strike"
Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)
- Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"
- Scott Holmes, "Hotshot"