Power At Work

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.

  1. 12/22/2025

    Power At Work Blogcast #113: Stories of Belonging and Worker Power

    In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Patricia Campos-Medina to explore migration, belonging, worker power, and the everyday people shaping the future of immigrant worker justice.In this special episode, Seth talks with Patricia about a project of the Worker Institute at Cornell University called Stories of Belonging: TPS Workers. The project collected interviews with Temporary Protected Status holders living and working in the United States. Seth and Patricia examine how race, immigration status, and workers’ rights intersect and how collective action transforms precarity into power. Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina is a Research-Teaching-Extension (RTE) Faculty and labor educator focusing on the intersection of race, immigration status, and workers’ rights. She serves as the Executive Director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

    1h 16m

  2. 12/16/2025

    The Power Half-Hour Episode #16

    Episode #16 of the Power Half-Hour has arrived! The Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, fast-paced, bi-weekly roundtable with a rotating group of regular guests. Our guests discuss the biggest labor story of the preceding week and the labor story everyone should be talking about over the next two weeks. Joining Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris for this episode are: Bill Samuel - Pro-union consultant for NVG Andrew Ziaja - Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law Catch our next episode live on Power At Work's LinkedIn page on January 13th and soon after on PowerAtWork.US. Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: @poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work

    54 min

  3. 12/09/2025

    The Power Half-Hour Episode #15

    Episode #15 of the Power Half-Hour has arrived! The Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, fast-paced, bi-weekly roundtable with a rotating group of regular guests. Our guests discuss the biggest labor story of the preceding week and the labor story everyone should be talking about over the next two weeks. Joining Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris for this episode are: Claudia Irizarry Aponte - Senior Reporter covering labor and work for THE CITY Matt Alley - Creator of BlueCollarWriter Catch our next episode live on Power At Work's LinkedIn page on December 16th and soon after on PowerAtWork.US. Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: @poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work

    34 min

  4. 12/02/2025

    Power At Work Blogcast #112: Fighting for Amazon’s Employees - Lawsuits and Organizing

    In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Matthew Platkin and Randy Korgan to discuss the ongoing fight for Amazon’s employees that is raging in the courts and the workplace. In this episode, Seth discusses with his guests the two lawsuits brought by New Jersey’s Attorney General Matthew Platkin that allege Amazon has broken the laws protecting its workers, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' efforts to organize Amazon delivery drivers and others. Most importantly, they will discuss the intersection of New Jersey’s lawsuits against Amazon with the Teamsters’ efforts to organize Amazon. Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work Matthew J. Platkin is the Attorney General for the state of New Jersey. He was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy to serve as the state’s 62nd Attorney General on February 3, 2022, and confirmed to that role with bipartisan support by the New Jersey Senate on September 29, 2022. Randy Korgan leads the Teamsters’ Amazon Division and serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 1932 in San Bernardino, California.

    1h 7m

  5. 11/25/2025

    The Power Half-Hour Episode #14

    Episode #14 of the Power Half-Hour has arrived! The Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, fast-paced, bi-weekly roundtable with a rotating group of regular guests. Our guests discuss the biggest labor story of the preceding week and the labor story everyone should be talking about over the next two weeks. Joining Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris for this episode are: Kim Kelly - Labor reporter for In These Times magazine Mark Gevaart - Host of the My Labor Radio podcast and an active and activist member of the United Auto Workers Ruben Garcia - Ralph Denton Professor of Law at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada Catch our next episode live on Power At Work's LinkedIn page on December 9th and soon after on PowerAtWork.US. Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: @poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work

    58 min

  6. 11/18/2025

    Power at Work Blogcast #111: Workers in the Boardroom with David Foster and Lenore Palladino

    In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by David Foster and Lenore Palladino to discuss how workers can build real power at the very top of the corporations that shape our lives. In this episode, Seth, Lenore, and David dig into the arguments for and against worker representation on corporate boards and how board representation compares to and comports with traditional forms of worker power like strikes and collective bargaining. They also explore the limitations of the current mechanisms for providing workers with board seats and policy reforms that could strengthen how workers are represented in the boardroom. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1tdZ4QF... Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Listen on Overcast Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work David Foster is a member of the Board of Directors of Kaiser Aluminum and the Board of Directors of steel producer EVRAZ North America. David previously served as Director of United Steelworkers District #11, a 13-state region based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lenore Palladino is an economist, lawyer, and Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research centers on the political economy of corporations and finance.

    1h 3m

  7. 11/11/2025

    The Power Half-Hour Episode #13

    Episode #13 of the Power Half-Hour has arrived! The Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, fast-paced, bi-weekly roundtable with a rotating group of regular guests. Our guests discuss the biggest labor story of the preceding week and the labor story everyone should be talking about over the next two weeks. Joining Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris for this episode are: Harold Phillips - Host of Working to Live in Southwest Washington and Principal Director of the Labor Radio Podcast Network Talia Soglin - Reporter covering transportation and labor at the Chicago Tribune Jacob Morrison - Host of The Valley Labor Report and Secretary-Treasurer of the North Alabama Area Labor Council Catch our next episode live on Power At Work's LinkedIn page on November 25th and soon after on PowerAtWork.US. Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: @poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work

    50 min

  8. 11/03/2025

    Power At Work Blogcast #110: How Workers Win - Thousands of Child Care Providers Win a New Contract

    In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Miren Algorri and Johanna Hester to discuss the recent important contract victory for more than 60,000 child care workers in California. Watch now to learn more about the lives of child care workers and how the right to organize and bargain collectively has shaped child care provision in California. Seth, Miren, and Johanna will discuss how these workers won this latest contract victory, how organizing and bargaining in California’s child care industry uses a different model than the private-sector model overseen by the federal National Labor Relations Board, and how that model might inform union organizing in the future.  Connect with Power At Work: Website: poweratwork.us TikTok: @poweratworkblog Instagram: @poweratworkblog Twitter/X: @poweratworkblog Facebook: poweratworkblog LinkedIn: power-at-work Johanna Puno Hester is the assistant executive director of UDW/AFSCME Local 3930. She continues her community organizing through the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), the first and only national organization of Asian Pacific American union members to advance worker, immigrant and civil rights. Miren Algorri is a dedicated Early Childhood Educator with over 30 years of experience in the field and owner of Little Blossoms Family Childcare, providing bilingual early childhood services to families in San Diego, California.

    1h 3m
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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.

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  • Creator
    The Burnes Center for Social Change
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    164
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The Burnes Center for Social Change
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    Power At Work