On this edition of Your Call, we discuss San Francisco’s 28th annual LaborFest, which is running through the end of July. This year's theme is surviving COVID and fighting for a new world.
This year’s events include films, tours, walks, and panels including Amazon workers who are standing up to union-busting efforts, gig workers who are fighting for basic rights, and frontline health workers who are still demanding for safety protections against COVID-19. The majority of the events are free.
Guests:
Steve Zeltzer, long time labor/community activist and member of the SF LaborFest organizing committee
Edward Escobar, founder of The Alliance for Independent Workers and the #DriversUnite movement. Edward is a San Francisco-based driver who advocates and lobbies for drivers and gig workers’ rights internationally
Web Resources:
LaborFest: July 1-July 31
ILWU: Bloody Thursday 1934: The strike that shook San Francisco and rocked the Pacific Coast
New York Times: The Amazon That Customers Don’t See
Vice: Uber and Lyft Can’t Find Drivers Because Gig Work Sucks
Newsweek: Hundreds of Frito-Lay Workers Go on Strike, Citing 84-Hour Work Weeks
The Washington Post: Burger King workers announce resignation with a sign outside restaurant: ‘We all quit’
SiliconValley.com: ‘Best deal ever’: New contract for Food 4 Less workers includes raises, bonus
