Working People Live: Making Baltimore a Union Town

231 Holliday Street,Baltimore MD 21202

18 May, 2023

Description

Join Maximillian Alvarez, Editor-in-Chief of The Real News Network, for a special live edition of his podcast Working People, with guest co-host Rebekah Kirkman! They'll be talking with shop floor organizers responsible for a surge in recent union victories in Baltimore, highlighting the new strategies, new energy, and new challenges facing a rising generation of working people as they fight for justice in their workplaces. Featuring rank and file workers from: Starbucks (Starbucks Workers United)Baltimore Museum of Art (AFSCME)Walters Art Museum (AFSCME)Johns Hopkins University (Teachers and Researchers United)MOM's Organic Markets Union (UFCW)and more TBAJoin us in person at The Real News Network studios in downtown Baltimore (please wear a mask!) or tune in live on our YouTube channel. Working People, hosted by Maximillian Alvarez and produced in partnership with In These Times and The Real News Network, is a podcast about working-class lives in the 21st century. In every episode, you’ll hear interviews with workers from all walks of life, talking about their life stories, their jobs, politics, and families, their joys and hopes, their dreams and struggles. Overall, Working People aims to share and celebrate the diverse stories of working-class people, to remind ourselves that our stories matter, and to build a sense of shared struggle and solidarity between workers around the world. Maximillian Alvarez is editor-in-chief at The Real News Network and host of the podcast Working People. Special guest host Rebekah Kirkman is a writer and editor in Baltimore covering arts, culture, and news, whose work focuses on the intersections among art, community, and collective effort.