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City Works is a show that highlights the vast array of workers across New York City. Hosted by Laura Flanders and produced in collaboration with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, the show spotlights the occupations and projects of the working people of our city, with inquiry carried out by one of the nation’s most outstanding universities.
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On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders convenes a panel of political reporters to discuss the 2025 mayoral election and what the future may hold for the incoming Mamdani administration.
On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders is joined by Henry Love, Vice President of Public Policy and Strategy at Win, and Angela Wyse, an Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, to talk about a largely unknown part of the homelessness crisis: people who are employed but still unable to afford a place to live.
On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders speaks to food advocate Liz Accles and NYS Assembly Member Khlaeel Anderson about the ongoing crisis of food access in New York, and the bold measures being taken to address it.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to filmmakers Pam Sporn and Tami Gold, and film festival director Andrew Tilson about the current state of pro-worker films in an increasingly hostile political climate.
On part two of this City Works special, host Laura Flanders speaks to labor leaders and activists at “Labor & The Crisis of Democracy,” the international conference held in May at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies.
On part one of a special episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders visits the recent conference at CUNY SLU and speaks to labor leaders from around the country about the urgent threat of authoritarianism in America, and their fight to stop it.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Murad Awawdeh of the NYIC and Seth Goodman Park of the Asylum Support Clinic about the surge in attempted deportations and the work that is being done to help empower those being targeted.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to guests Roland Rexha and Captain Joseph Ahlstrom about the problems in the maritime industry that led to the tragic Baltimore bridge crash, as well as the potential to revitalize U.S. shipping.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Barbara Edmonds of DC37 and Gabriel Pedreira of AFGE, to talk about the onslaught of attacks on public sector unions and what may be yet to come from the Trump administration.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Professors John Mollenkopf from the CUNY Graduate Center and Robin D. G. Kelley of UCLA to examine why many low-income voters shifted to the Republican Party in the last election cycle.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Assistant Professors Susannah Glickman and Jason Resnikoff about the facts and fictions surrounding A.I. in the workplace.
On this hour-long episode of City Works, Laura speaks to the political directors of three unions to discuss what’s at stake for workers in the 2024 presidential election, and post-electoral strategies to keep organized labor on the offense.
On this special episode of City Works, Laura takes us through the last year of conversations with organizers from the UAW, the WGAE, and the PSC, as well as local labor advocates in NY, to explore the resurgence of labor activity around the country.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders talks to Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz, attorney Richard Winsten, and reporter Amir Khafagy, about the rise of immigrant construction worker deaths in the city and the organizing being done to reverse it.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Vincent Alvarez of the NYC Central Labor Council and Council Member Carmen De La Rosa about the current state of organized labor in the city, and the impact unions have had on their own lives.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Richard Blum from the Legal Aid Society and Joanna Wuest from Mount Holyoke College, to talk about the rise and importance of LGBTQ+ leadership in the organized labor movement.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with James Davis from the PSC, and Anne Balay from SEIU Local 509, about the adjunct professors struggling with low pay, long hours, and insecure employment in colleges around the country.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks with Mikhael Simmonds from CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Virginia Doellgast from Cornell ILR, about the promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders interviews CUNY SLU's Kafui Attoh and Cameron Black and Georgetown’s Katie Wells about some remarkable transformations in the labor market that are reimagining the way people work and earn a living.
On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders speaks to Brian Schneck, President of UAW Local 259, and Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes, about the UAW’s historic strike and victory against the “big three” automakers.
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