Power At Work

By The Burnes Center for Social Change

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Sustained and effective worker power arises out of collective action. Our goal at Power At Work is to advance actions that build power to confront power — contributing to a discourse in the United States that puts workers at the center of the conversation.

Episode Date
The Power Half-Hour Episode #26
May 12, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #25
Apr 28, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #24
Apr 14, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #23
Mar 31, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #22
Mar 17, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #21
Mar 03, 2026
Power At Work Blogcast #114: Results from the Labor Action Tracker with John Kallas
Feb 18, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #20
Feb 17, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #19
Feb 10, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #18
Jan 27, 2026
The Power Half-Hour Episode #17
Jan 13, 2026
Power At Work Blogcast #113: Stories of Belonging and Worker Power
Dec 22, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #16
Dec 16, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #15
Dec 09, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #112: Fighting for Amazon’s Employees - Lawsuits and Organizing
Dec 02, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #14
Nov 25, 2025
Power at Work Blogcast #111: Workers in the Boardroom with David Foster and Lenore Palladino
Nov 18, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #13
Nov 11, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #110: How Workers Win - Thousands of Child Care Providers Win a New Contract
Nov 03, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #12
Oct 28, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #109: Corporations Undermining Democracy with David Sirota and Luc Triangle
Oct 20, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #11
Oct 14, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #108: Working Class Politics - Virginia and New Jersey Elections 2025
Oct 06, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #10
Sep 30, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #107: AI Training for Union Teachers (and Others)
Sep 23, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #9
Sep 16, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #106: Organizing College Football Players
Sep 08, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #8
Sep 04, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #105: 'What Could Happen Under Trump?' Recap
Sep 02, 2025
Power At Work Special Labor Day Blogcast: Interview with Gov. Tim Walz
Aug 25, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #104: Are There Real Conservatives Who Support Real Worker Power?
Aug 18, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #7
Aug 14, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #103: State Labor Leaders Take on Artificial Intelligence
Aug 11, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #102: Labor Department Plans to Stop Protecting Workers
Aug 04, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #6
Jul 31, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #101: How Workers Win – Teamsters Strike Republic Services
Jul 24, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #100: The Future of Labor Mediation with Javier Ramirez
Jul 21, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #5
Jul 17, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #99: How Workers Win – UFCW Contract Victory at JBS
Jul 14, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #98: Labor Reporters Roundtable with Josh Eidelson and Michael Sainato
Jul 07, 2025
The Power Half Hour #4
Jul 03, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #97: Working-Class Politics After NYC’s Mayoral Primary
Jun 30, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #96: Would workers have more power without the NLRA and NLRB?
Jun 24, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #3
Jun 19, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #95: What Trump’s Tax Cuts Will Mean For Workers and Worker Power
Jun 17, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #94: Worldwide Worker Power: Live Dispatch from the International Labour Conference
Jun 10, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #2
Jun 05, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #93: Washington Post Tech Workers' Organizing Success
Jun 03, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #92: Trump’s Attacks on Universities and Academic Workers
May 27, 2025
The Power Half-Hour Episode #1
May 20, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #91: Federal Employee Unions Fight Back
May 13, 2025
Power At Work Crossover Blogcast: Lessons for the Trump Era
May 06, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #90: The Battle Over the NLRB
Apr 29, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #89: Workers, Worker Power, and the Trump Economy
Apr 22, 2025
Power at Work Blogcast #88: Reporting on Worker Power with Claudia Irizarry Aponte, McKenna Schueler, and Suhauna Hussain
Apr 15, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #87: Labor, Right-Wing "Populism,” and Employment-Based Immigration
Apr 08, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #86: Celebrating Cesar Chavez Day with Andres Chavez
Mar 31, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #85: Labor History, Women’s History, and Kate Mullany
Mar 25, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #84: What Could Happen Under Trump? Tariffs, Trades, and Worker Power
Mar 18, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #83 (Live!): “Buy or Sell” 2025 Labor Predictions
Mar 12, 2025
Power At Work Special Blogcast: 2025 Labor Oscars Awards Ceremony
Mar 04, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #82: Analyzing The Labor Action Tracker Annual Report 2024
Feb 19, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #81: What Could Happen Under Trump?: Assault on Federal Workers with NTEU Pres. Doreen Greenwald
Feb 17, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #80: What Could Happen Under Trump?: Worker Power and Congress
Feb 11, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #79: What Could Happen Under Trump?: The Future of Organizing
Feb 03, 2025
Power At Work Special Blogcast: Labor Grammys 2025 Awards Ceremony
Jan 30, 2025
Power At Work #78 (Live): 2024 BLS Union Member Survey Results
Jan 28, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #77: How Worker Power Can Defend and Strengthen Reproductive Rights
Jan 20, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #76: What Could Happen Under Trump?: Department of Labor
Jan 13, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #75: What Could Happen Under Trump?: A Labor Law Analysis
Jan 07, 2025
Power At Work Blogcast #74: 2024: A Year in Review
Dec 16, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #73: A Worker Power Overview for the Trump Administration
Dec 11, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #72: A Deep Dive Into the International Labour Organization
Dec 02, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #71: Labor Reporters React to the 2024 Election and Predict Labor's Future
Nov 25, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #70: IUPAT President Jimmy Williams Jr. Shares His Insights on the Election, the Democratic Party, and the Path Forward for Labor
Nov 18, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #69: Worker Power in the Next Economy
Nov 12, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #68: From Classroom to Career: Inside Illinois’ New Workplace Readiness Week
Nov 04, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #67: BREAKING NEWS Blogcast: An Inside Look at the Ongoing Machinists Strike at Boeing
Oct 30, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #66: Labor Podcasters Discuss the Most Intriguing People in Labor
Oct 28, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #65: Building Bridges: The Intersection of Immigration and the U.S. Labor Movement
Oct 21, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #64: Buy or Sell Labor's Future with Sharon Block and Bill Samuel
Oct 14, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #63: Secretary of Labor Julie Su on Her Role and the State of Labor in 2024
Oct 04, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #62: Senator Bernie Sanders on the Current State of Labor and Worker Rights
Sep 30, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #61: Leading the Movement: Inside the Growing World of Organizing in the Nonprofit Sector
Sep 23, 2024
The Power Hour #9: Labor Experts on Arbitration, Organizing College Athletes, and much more!
Sep 16, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #60: Celebrate Later, Fight Now: A Labor Day to Remember in Boston
Sep 09, 2024
PAW Blogcast #59: Labor Day 2024 - AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond on the State of the Unions
Sep 02, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #58: Surviving the Heat: What OSHA's Proposed Heat Standard Would Mean for Workers
Aug 26, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #57: Fighting Governor Ron Desantis’ Attack on Public Employee Unions in Florida
Aug 19, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #56: 2024 Election Rollercoaster: Union Political Directors Return!
Aug 12, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #55: Inside the Movement: Jaz Brisack on Starbucks Unionizing and the Future of Organizing
Aug 02, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #54: Transformational Organizing and "Expanding the We": An Interview with the AFL-CIO's Cindy Estrada
Jul 26, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #53: Project 2025 and Labor -- The Plan to Destroy Worker Power
Jul 23, 2024
The Power Hour #8: Democracy Under Attack: Lieberwitz and Reddy on Unions, Universities, the Supreme Court, and more!
Jul 15, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #52: Strippers Are Workers: Fringe Organizing in Washington’s Strip Clubs
Jul 09, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #51: Rainbow Revolution: Labor & the LGBTQ+ Community
Jun 25, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #50: Labor & Liberation: Juneteenth and Worker Power with Rev. Terrence L. Melvin
Jun 19, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #49: BREAKING NEWS BLOGCAST: Understanding Treasury’s New Rules - Higher Wages, More Apprentices, and More Union Members
Jun 18, 2024
Power at Work Blogcast #48: Reporting on Worker Power with Alex N. Press and Robert Iafolla
Jun 11, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #47: Labor Podcasters on Labor with Lynn Fields and Mark Gevaart
Jun 04, 2024
The Power Hour #7: Labor Experts on Generative AI, Worker Organizing, & the Online Platform Economy with Lilly Irani and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
May 28, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #46: AI & the Future of Workplace Democracy with Orly Lobel
May 21, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #45: Safeguarding Labor's History: Labor Archivists for Labor History Month
May 14, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #44: Behind the Bylines: Surviving the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Epic 18-Month Strike
May 07, 2024
Power at Work Blogcast #43: How to Beat a Billionaire: Stadium Battles w/ Samuel Epps, Virginia Diamond, & Greg Akerman
May 05, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #42: Order Up: California Fast Food Workers Serve Justice Through Union Power
Apr 30, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #41: BREAKING NEWS BLOGCAST: FTC Kills Non-Compete Agreements
Apr 25, 2024
EMERGENCY BLOGCAST: Volkswagen Workers Vote "Union Yes"
Apr 21, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #40: ILO Webinar: Generative AI & Jobs with Janine Berg & Pawel Gmyrek
Apr 21, 2024
The Power Hour #6: Labor Experts on Sectoral Bargaining, Child Labor, & Public Policy with Terri Gerstein and Alí Bustamante
Apr 16, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #39: Beyond the Headlines: Regional Reporting on Worker Power with Don McIntosh & Tim Rowden
Apr 09, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #38: Live Interview + Q&A with journalist Hamilton Nolan on his new book "The Hammer"
Apr 02, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #37: Labor Podcasters on Labor with Jamala Rogers, Bianca Cunningham, Adam Keller & Jacob Morrison
Mar 26, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #36: Building Power with Undergraduate Organizers with August Escandon, Abigail Thomas, & Mimi Yu
Mar 19, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #35: Labor Organizers Roundtable w/ Indira Mohan, Sarah Bright, & Juan Eldridge
Mar 12, 2024
Workers by the Numbers #17: Analyzing the February Jobs and Unemployment Report with Elise Gould and Teresa Ghilarducci
Mar 08, 2024
Power At Work Blog's #LaborOscars2024 Awards Ceremony
Mar 07, 2024
Power at Work Blog's Labor News #2: March 4, 2024
Mar 04, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #34: Uplifting Women in Construction with Director Wendy Chun-Hoon, Anita Bruno, Jeannine Giguere-Gagnon, & Sinade Wadsworth
Mar 03, 2024
Power at Work Blogcast #33: Reporting on Worker Power With Lauren Gurley and Nick Niedzwiadek
Feb 27, 2024
Power at Work Blog's Labor News #1: February 26, 2024
Feb 26, 2024
Power at Work Blogcast #32: Legal Assault on the NLRB
Feb 21, 2024
Power at Work Blogcast #31: Analyzing the Labor Action Tracker 2023 Annual Report with Johnnie Kallas
Feb 15, 2024
The Power Hour: Labor Experts on Automation, Climate Change, and Attacks on the NLRB with Tia Koonse and Todd Vachon
Feb 11, 2024
Workers by the Numbers #16: Analyzing the January Jobs and Unemployment Report with Aaron Sojourner and Seth Harris
Feb 02, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #30: Experts Analyze BLS’s 2023 Union Members Survey
Jan 24, 2024
Power At Work Blogcast #29: Labor Podcasters on Labor
Jan 18, 2024
Workers By The Numbers #15: Analyzing The December Jobs and Unemployment Report With Kate Bahn and Harry Holzer
Jan 05, 2024
The Power Hour: End-of-Year Labor Roundup with Cynthia Estlund and Steve Greenhouse
Dec 17, 2023
Workers By The Numbers #14: Analyzing The November Jobs and Unemployment Report with Elise Gould and Rick McGahey
Dec 08, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #28: Higher Education Organizing
Dec 05, 2023
The Power Hour #3: Labor Experts Discuss Labor in Politics, Labor Law, the NLRB, and Technology
Nov 28, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #27: An Exclusive Veterans Day Blogcast
Nov 13, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #26: Reporting on Worker Power
Nov 09, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #25: A Political Directors Roundtable
Nov 07, 2023
Workers By The Numbers #13: Analyzing The October Jobs and Unemployment Report with Aaron Sojourner and Teresa Ghilarducci
Nov 03, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #24: Unions and Transgender Worker Power
Nov 01, 2023
The Power Hour #2: Labor Experts Discuss Strike Activity, Sectoral Bargaining, and Immigration
Oct 17, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #23: An Interview With UAW Local 2250 Members Don Looney and Glenn Kage
Oct 12, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #22: Worker Organizing Technology
Oct 10, 2023
Workers By The Numbers #12: Analyzing The September Jobs and Unemployment Report
Oct 06, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #21: AFSCME Volunteer Member Organizing Program
Oct 05, 2023
(Updated) Power At Work Blogcast #20: EMERGENCY BLOGCAST Assessing the Federal Government Shutdown
Oct 02, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #20: EMERGENCY BLOGCAST Assessing the Federal Government Shutdown
Sep 29, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #19: New York's Facilitated Childcare Enrollment Program
Sep 28, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #18: An Interview With LIUNA President Brent Booker
Sep 25, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #17: An Interview With UAW Local 2250 Members Don Looney and Glenn Kage
Sep 20, 2023
The Power Hour #1: Labor Experts Discuss the UAW Strike, Union Density, and Prevailing Wage Laws
Sep 19, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #16: An Interview with Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers
Sep 12, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #15: An Interview with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler
Sep 06, 2023
Workers by the Numbers #11: Analyzing the August Jobs and Unemployment Report with Elise Gould, and Teresa Ghilarducci
Sep 01, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #14: An Interview With NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo
Aug 30, 2023
[Podcast] Power at Work Blogcast #22: Cultural Institution Organizing in the UAW Local 2110
Aug 22, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #16: Analyzing the July Jobs and Unemployment Report with Alicia Modestino, Harry Holzer, and Aaron Sojourner
Aug 04, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #21: Honoring National Whistleblower Day
Jul 27, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #20: Reporting on Worker Power with Josh Eidelson and Dave Jamieson
Jul 11, 2023
Workers by the Numbers #19: Analyzing the June Jobs and Unemployment Report with Alicia Modestino and Elise Gould
Jul 07, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #18: Farmworker Organizing Rights in New York State
Jun 27, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #17: An Interview With John O'Malley
Jun 20, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #16: A State Labor Secretaries Roundtable
Jun 13, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #15: Analyzing the Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Supreme Court Decision
Jun 06, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #14: Analyzing the May Jobs and Unemployment Report with Aaron Sojourner and Alicia Modestino
Jun 02, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #13: An Interview with Daniel Ratner
May 23, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #12: Beyond the Headlines: Reporting on Worker Power with Matthew Cunningham-Cook, Alexandra Martinez, Tim Noah, and Noam Scheiber
May 16, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #11: Analyzing the April Jobs and Unemployment Report with Alicia Modestino and Elise Gould
May 05, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #10: An Interview with Tony Clark
May 02, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #9: An Interview With Andy Levin
Apr 25, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #8: Analyzing the March Jobs and Unemployment Report with Alicia Modestino, William Spriggs and Aaron Sojourner
Apr 07, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #7: Analyzing the February Jobs and Unemployment Report
Mar 10, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #6: Did Worker Activism and Strike Activity Grow in 2022? An Interview with Johnnie Kallas
Feb 21, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #5: Analyzing the Employment Situation Report with Alicia Modestino, William Spriggs and Aaron Sojourner
Feb 03, 2023
Workers by the Numbers Blogcast #4: Analyzing the Union Members Report with Sara Nelson and Kate Bronfenbrenner
Jan 19, 2023
Power at Work Blogcast #3: Non-Compete Agreements and Worker Power
Jan 14, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #2 - Workers by the Numbers with Joelle Gamble, Chief Economist, USDOL
Jan 06, 2023
Power At Work Blogcast #1 - A Discussion About the National Freight Rail Labor Dispute
Dec 07, 2022