Praxis 166: Luis Brennan on Burgerville Workers Union, May Day 2016

Original air date: May 2, 2016 Host Taylor Weech interviews Luis Brennan, Burgerville worker and IWW member about the recently public Burgerville Workers Union in the greater Portland, OR area. Show also includes information about the $15 Now campaign for a higher minimum wage across the country and the connections and disconnections between the radical history of labor organizing and the current state of worker's rights. For more information about Burgerville Workers Union, visit www.burgervilleworkersunion.org. Other resources and information from today's show: www.portlandiww.org http://15now.org/2016/03/onto-the-ballot-into-the-streets-california-workers-win-a-15-minimum-wage/ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/opinion/sunday/new-minimum-wages-in-the-new-year.html?_r=0 http://15now.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Binder1.pdf http://flag.blackened.net/lpp/iww/speech_to_iww.html Outro: "Union Maid", Old Crow Medicine Show