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Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
159. CTRL ALT-LABOUR: organising in the modern workplace
Season 1, Ep. 159
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Hello! What’s the future of workplace organising? This week’s guests are full of ideas. Alex Marshall talks about organising couriers in the gig economy. Michelle Miller explains how Coworker is providing a platform for workers in the US. And New Zealand union supremo Richard Wagstaff talks us through their plan to rebalance power in low paid sectors.
PLUS the super cheerful Bernadette Russell talks about hope, kindness and Ed’s karaoke.
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