Eppsaddison, president and executive director of the center for popular democracy. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Host tell us about your organization. Guest it is a National Network of grassroots political organizations. We are in 34 states. There are a lot of things our Community Works on. Fast food workers going on strike for better wages and the right to form a union, immigrants not just working to transform our broken immigration system but who are building the culture and fabric of their communities, black workers and black folks who have been struggling economically in this country who are seeking the opportunity to thrive and not just survive. Withe a network of people great imagination who believe that america can be a place where all of us have what we need, not just a select few. Guest we will talk call it host we will talk politics in a moment. This is from the Washington Post with regards to the dominant store in our countr
Where companies, starting with the president of the United States really attacked workers and their unions. And then you tell hopeful stories about different creative and innovative ways that workers have been organizing in unions and other forms. And make policy recommendations. One of the things i have to say, a lot of books like this are criticized because they come up short on the policy recommendations but i hope we get into that because you really made quite a few, i thought, interesting suggestions on what might be done to restore the voice and power of workers in this country. Why dont you start by laying out where you see things right now . What is the status ofworking people in this country and their ability to shape their own lives at work . Sure. I covered it at the New York Times for 18 years. One of my concerns and interviewing people all over our nation is so many people have no idea what unions are and what unions do and how they help bring us the 40 hour work week and
Beaten, worked up. Guest thanks for the kind words, congressman. Great to speak with you. Host when i think about this book, i think about it as having three major parts after you sort of introduced the situation now, you do a really good job of talking about three stories about how workers struggle and built the middle class by organizing and bargaining through a lot of adversity and demanding policy changes. And then you go through a lot of thhard times is what i call the reagan era that we are still in where companies and starting with the president of the United States who attacked workers a lot in their unions and then you telling the hopeful stories about different creative and innovative ways and make some policy recommendations. A lot of books like this are criticized because they come up short on the policy recommendations i hope we get into that because you paid quite a few interesting suggestions on what might be done to restore the voice of power and workers in this country
Time to talk to about it. Thank you for the kind words it is great to speak with you. When i think of this book i see three major parts per go after you introduce the situation now, you do a really good job of talking about through stories how workers struggle and how they themselves have built the middle class to a great extent by organizin organizing, striking, bargaininh adversity and to demand policy changes. And then you go through the hard times of what i call the reagan era that i think were still in that companies starting with the president of the United States attacked workers a lot and they are unions and to tell a lot of hopeful stories about the creative and innovative ways workers have been organizing and make policy recommendations. A lot of books like this are criticized because they come up short on the policy recommendations because you have made a quite a few interesting suggestions of what could be done to restore the most powerful workers in this country. So lay ou
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