America’s Work Force Union Podcast - John Russo, Visiting Scholar, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University | Ileen DeVault, Labor Historian, Cornell ILR School

John Russo, Visiting Scholar, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University | Ileen DeVault, Labor Historian, Cornell ILR School

09/07/23 • 54 min

Visiting scholar at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, John Russo, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the UAW and Big Three auto manufacturers and how they can learn from auto plants in the Youngstown, Ohio region to help with the negotiations.

Labor historian and Professor with the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, Ileen DeVault, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the changing mentality of the Labor Movement among students. DeVault also discussed the ILR Labor Action Tracker and trends contributing to the “Hot Summer Labor.”

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