This Monday (March 30) Instacart shoppers around the country will walk off the job to demand hazard pay and basic protections for working during the Covid-19 crisis. In this urgent mini-cast, we bring our friend, gig worker, and organizer Vanessa Bain back on the show to talk about the strike.    Additional links/info below... <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/posts/31298333">Working People, Season 3, Episode 6: Vanessa Bain</a> </li> <li>Gig Workers' Collective <a href= "https://www.gigworkerscollective.org/" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">website</a> </li> <li>Gig Workers' Collective, Medium, "<a href= "https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/instacart-emergency-walk-off-ebdf11b6995a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Instacart Emergency Walk Off</a>"</li> <li>Gig Workers' Collective, Medium, "<a href= "https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/instacarts-response-is-a-sick-joke-the-strike-is-still-on-2aa4f5e4e726" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Instacart’s “Response” is a Sick Joke — The Strike is Still On</a>"</li> <li>Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice, "<a href= "https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agmvd/instacarts-gig-workers-are-planning-a-massive-nationwide-strike" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Instacart’s Gig Workers Are Planning a Massive, Nationwide Strike</a>"</li> </ul>   Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" target= "_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">freemusicarchive.org</a>) <ul> <li>Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"</li> </ul>

Workers' Book Club: A Serf's Journal (w/ Terry Tapp and John Tormey))

Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The Real News Network).

Working People is a podcast about working-class lives in 21st-century America. In every episode, you'll hear interviews with workers from around the country, from all walks of life. We'll talk about their life stories, their jobs, politics, and families, their joys and hopes and frustrations. Overall, Working People aims to share and celebrate the diverse stories of working-class people, to remind ourselves that our stories matter, and to build a sense of shared struggle and solidarity between workers around the country.