Heard Tell w/ Andrew Donaldson For 05SEP22

Labor Day Special: How Not To Talk About Workers, Labor, Unions, Gig Economy, Service Workers & More

Your Heard Tell for Monday, September 5nd, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by using Labor Day to review some of the Best of Heard Tell on workers, working, and the economic environment they labor in.

First, we go back to 17 May, 2022 were we turned down the noiseregarding how NOT to talk about workers, inflation, and the cost of living crisis if you are a politician, office holder, commentator, or just a decent functional adult. We find an example and teachable moment via a minister from the UK who recommended folks “take on more hours” or “move to a better paid job” to explain why that is just as tone deaf and condescending as it sounds.

Then, we revist a Good Talk from March 15th, 2022 and guest Dennis Sanders talking about unions, labor, and how things have changed in the world of organized labor. Dennis draws on being the son of autoworkers and growing up in Flint, Michigan to talk frankly about the good side of unions, their limitations, and how unions should be adapting…