Welcome to The Break Room, our new, ongoing series where workers and organizers send in 15-20-minute clips to talk about issues they're facing, actions they're taking, and more! (Think of it as a community message board of sorts). In this installment, Aminah Sheikh, a labor organizer with Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), tells us about how she worked with educators in Ontario to launch a successful unionization campaign during the Covid-19 pandemic.    If you'd like to send something in to The Break Room, hit us up at <a href= "mailto:workingpeoplepod@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">workingpeoplepod@gmail.com</a>!    Additional links/info below... <ul> <li>Aminah's <a href="https://twitter.com/AminahSheikh" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) <a href= "http://www.etfo.ca/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">website</a> </li> <li>Ryan Hayes, Labor Notes, "<a href= "https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/05/ontario-early-childhood-educators-unionize-during-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ontario Early Childhood Educators Unionize during Pandemic</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>

On Meritocracy (w/ Zak Alvarez)

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.