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This edition: Organized Labor on Alert: Are Public Sector Unions in Danger?


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Original tape date: January 10, 2025. First aired: February 3, 2025.

On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders sits down with Barbara Edmonds, Director of Strategic Initiatives at District Council 37, and Gabriel Pedreira, Political Director at the American Federation of Government Employees in New York State, to talk about the recent onslaught of attacks on public sector unions, from the Janus decision in 2018 to the latest threats coming from advisors to the Trump administration.

Guest List

Barbara Edmonds Director of Strategic Initiatives, District Council 37

Gabriel Pedreira Political Director, American Federation of Government Employees in New York State

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