Compliments of Your Waitress (ROC Part 1)
09/12/20 • 43 min
Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Includes:
- A feature examining the struggles of food service workers through a conversation with Pittsburgh representatives of the nonprofit organization The Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC). Nathan Ruggles talks with organizer and former server Bobbit Linskens, and local barista and member of ROC, Abbey Rideout. Topics in this multipart interview include their experiences on the job, the issues they and other workers in the industry have been facing, the particular challenges for restaurant workers under a pandemic, the work ROC has done to help struggling workers, and their hopes for the future. (Part 2 will appear in a special bonus episode!)
- A spotlight on upcoming free online events hosted by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Communication Manager Larry McCollough provides the latest. The episode closes (as always) with a song selected by Larry, this time inspired by the restaurant worker: “Compliments of Your Waitress” from eclectic English band Chumbawanda (known for their 1997 hit “Tubthumping.”)
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Podcast website: Essentialworkpodcast.org
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Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com
Original Music by Jason Kendall: Jasonkendallproductions.com
Audio Engineering assistance provided by Angela Baughman: thatsoundgirl.com
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Includes:
- A feature examining the struggles of food service workers through a conversation with Pittsburgh representatives of the nonprofit organization The Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC). Nathan Ruggles talks with organizer and former server Bobbit Linskens, and local barista and member of ROC, Abbey Rideout. Topics in this multipart interview include their experiences on the job, the issues they and other workers in the industry have been facing, the particular challenges for restaurant workers under a pandemic, the work ROC has done to help struggling workers, and their hopes for the future. (Part 2 will appear in a special bonus episode!)
- A spotlight on upcoming free online events hosted by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Communication Manager Larry McCollough provides the latest. The episode closes (as always) with a song selected by Larry, this time inspired by the restaurant worker: “Compliments of Your Waitress” from eclectic English band Chumbawanda (known for their 1997 hit “Tubthumping.”)
Please give us five stars on Apple Podcasts!
Podcast website: Essentialworkpodcast.org
Comment line: (412) 326-9435
Email: [email protected]
Please support this podcast and the organization: https://battleofhomestead.org
Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com
Original Music by Jason Kendall: Jasonkendallproductions.com
Audio Engineering assistance provided by Angela Baughman: thatsoundgirl.com
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
Previous Episode
We Just Come to Work Here (We Don't Come to Die)
This is Episode 2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Episode 2 includes:
The start of a new monthly feature called Working Over Time, with regular expert commentators Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCollester. Host Nathan Ruggles engages with them on the issue of worker health and safety in the time of a pandemic, with a historic perspective and attention to the role of unions.
Following that is a discussion with Larry McCullough covering free online programs and upcoming eventsl hosted by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. The show ends as always with an appropriate music selection from Larry. This time: “We Just Come to Work Here, We Don’t Come to Die” composed by Oregon longshoreman Harry Stamper and recorded for Smithsonian Folkways by Pittsburgh singer-songwriter and labor activist Anne Feeney.
“We Just Come to Work Here, We Don’t Come to Die” — Anne Feeney, Classic Labor Songs (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings), 2006. On Spotify.
Please give us five stars on Apple Podcasts!
Podcast website: esssentialworkpodcast.org
Comment line: (412) 326-9435
Email: [email protected]
Please support this podcast and the organization: https://battleofhomestead.org
Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com
Original Music by Jason Kendall: Jasonkendallproductions.com
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
Next Episode
Nickeled and Dimed (ROC Part 2)
Episode 4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Includes:
A feature interview continuing the focus on the struggles of food service workers with Part 2 of a conversation with the nonprofit organization The Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) PA and their work fighting to improve wages and working conditions. This part covers the issue of wages and benefits in the industry, through the experiences of Bobbi Linskens, organizer and former server, and Abbey Rideout, a barista and member of ROC. (Part 3 will appear in a special bonus episode.)
Battle of Homestead Foundation Communication Manager Larry McCollough with the latest on upcoming free online events hosted by the organization. The episode finished with a song selection from Larry, another inspired by the theme of the restaurant worker:
“Nickeled and Dimed” from the film “The American Ruling Class”, inspired by the book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America,” written by the social historian Barbara Ehrenreich in 1998.
Podcast website: Essentialworkpodcast.org
Comment line: (412) 326-9435
Email: [email protected]
Please rate us five stars on ITunes!
Please support this podcast and the organization: https://battleofhomestead.org
Logo by Brittany Sheets: bsheetscreative.com
Original Music by Jason Kendall: Jasonkendallproductions.com
Audio Engineering assistance provided by Angela Baughman: thatsoundgirl.com
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
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