Gig Work is Not a Jobs Safety Net

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09032020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River     If service work had been the equivalent of a jobs’ “safety net” for workers in many cities and towns in the past, the only replacement available would seem to be “gig” work.  What kind of safety net for the working class would that be? I …

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The Disappearance of Service Industry Safety Net Jobs

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09022020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Perhaps the most dependable host on WAMF, our low power noncommercial radio station in New Orleans, has been a product representative for a fine local distillery in the city.  Her show every Tuesday afternoon, “Road to the Ramones,” is a rocking, eclectic mix with …

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Banning Dispersants

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     Bjorn Skogquist was a former mayor of one of the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs some fifteen miles away, when he was a young man.  He did a couple of terms and went on with his life.  That didn’t mean he no longer paid attention.  Watching …

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