Ladies of Labor

09/05/17 • 51 min

On episode four of “Flip the Script,” hosts Nicole Capretz and Ismahan Abdullahi share conversation with the ‘Ladies of Labor’ - Carol Kim, Political Director ofSan Diego County Building & Construction Trades Council, Bernadette Butkiewicz, Political Director at UA Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 230, Brigette Browning, President of UNITE HERE Local 30 and Gretchen Newsom, Political Director of IBEW 569. The women reveal the realities of being a female leader in a traditionally male-dominated space, what new dynamic and perspective they bring to the labor movement and how the shifting internal dynamics in labor has them more committed than ever to building larger community coalitions based on shared community values. As always, we end on learning the one policy they each believe would change the game in San Diego.

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On the third episode of "Flip the Script", co-hosts Nicole Capretz and Ismahan Abdullahi sit down with the Executive Directors of ACLU (Norma Chavez Peterson) & Alliance San Diego (Andrea Guerrero) as they tell us their personal stories, how they found their voice as Latina immigrants and how they became leaders in the progressive movement. They also explore the current political climate and the respective work they are doing to flip the script in San Diego.

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