In light of the recently ceased LAUSD strike and their tentative victory, I take a look at the events that got us to this point, using Los Angeles' SEIU Local 99 as the main character. Watch as the state uses every available excuse and tactic to not pay its poorest workers while also wasting its money on a bunch of worthless bullshit.

This a bonus episode with a part two planned that will eventually be a real episode, lol. Idk how this works but that's the plan. This stoty ends around the start of the pandemic, and will pick off again with the appointment of Carvalho as the new superintendent. When is that coming out? Who knows, but be excited for it!

Works Consulted: https://tinyurl.com/5ep3hbzu

My name is Axel. I am an English teacher living in [redacted], and this podcast is about school, teaching, theory and practice, as well as the history of education and current education news, covered from a left-wing perspective.

Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/AxelMaiz
Listen to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rezZsMhSIIk

Music Used:
Summer Love, from LISA: the Painful
"Hey Frederick," by Jefferson Airplane

seiubonusepisode

BONUS EPISODE: SEIU Local 99, a Brief Recent History | Axel Maiz

Leslie is joined by Brendan Duke, Senior Director for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

The pair discuss two of his most recent pieces for CAP. (both listed below)

1. "Donald Trump Is Lying About Immigrants and Social Security/Medicare" (https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/donald-trump-is-lying-about-immigrants-and-social-security-medicare/)

2. "Harris’ Plan To Raise the Minimum Wage and Eliminate Tax on Tips Would Benefit Service and Hospitality Workers" (www.americanprogressaction.org/article/harris-plan-to-raise-the-minimum-wage-and-eliminate-tax-on-tips-would-benefit-service-and-hospitality-workers/)

Previously, Brendan was a senior policy adviser at the White House National Economic Council for the Biden-Harris administration, and a member of their presidential transition team. Duke estimated the cost of various provisions of the 'American Rescue Plan' and of the administration’s 'Build Back Better' plan, as well as helped develop its overall budgetary frameworks. He also worked on the administration’s Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, where he served as the National Economic Council’s point person on supply chain data during the port congestion crisis of 2021, and the infant formula crisis of 2022.
His handle on X is @Brendan_Duke.

Trump Lies About Immigrants & Social Security; Harris Plan to Raise Min Wage & Eliminate Tax on Tips

After capitalism comes communism, according to Marxist doctrine. But in the meantime, what should we call our increasingly unequal system? 'Neofeudalism', suggests political theorist Jodi Dean, might be the best way to describe our growing society of serfs and servants.

She talks to Eleanor Penny about a vision of class struggle led by the 'servant vanguard'. Capital's Grave is available from Verso.

Comments, corrections, suggestions? fm@novaramedia.com

Novara FM: Is This What Neofeudalism Looks Like? w/ Jodi Dean

This is the page for my podcast! I am an English teacher and here I talk about a number of topics relating to education in general, and English stuff specifically sometimes, I consider myself a socialist and I talk about these topics from a socialist framework. Hopefully, I am saying things that you don't hear many other podcasts or speakers on education or teachers of English say and maybe you find one of the many lame jokes I make funny.

The best progressive talk right here, on demand. Always Progressive, Always On!

New tracks tagged #Service Workers