This edition: Working Their Way Back: New Hope for Unions in Mamdani's NYC
Episode Details
Original tape date: April 17, 2026. First aired: May 4, 2026.On this episode of City Works, host Laura Flanders speaks to Brandon Mancilla, the director of UAW Region 9A, and Robin Harvey, an associate professor at NYU and bargaining committee member with the new CFU-UAW. The three discuss ways that New York City can rejuvenate its own labor movement under democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani, and some of the work that the UAW and other unions have been recently involved in.
Guest List
Robin Harvey Associate Professor, New York University
Brandon Mancilla Director, UAW Region 9A
- Working Their Way Back: New Hope for Unions in Mamdani's NYC
- Tuesday, May 12 - 12:00pm
- Wednesday, May 13 - 12:00pm
- Thursday, May 14 - 12:00pm
- Labor in Film: Telling Workers' Stories
- Monday, May 18 - 12:00pm
- Food Justice: The Fight for Access and Fairness
- Tuesday, May 19 - 12:00pm
- Working While Homeless: When Full-time Pay Isn't Enough
- Wednesday, May 20 - 12:00pm
- A Reporter Roundtable: Mamdani's Historic Victory
- Thursday, May 21 - 12:00pm
- When the Subways Stopped: The 2005 NYC Transit Strike
- Monday, May 25 - 12:00pm
- Civil Rights at Work: A Century of Black Labor Activism
- Tuesday, May 26 - 12:00pm
- License to Sell: New Street Vendor Laws Fix a Broken System
- Wednesday, May 27 - 12:00pm
- Labor's Uphill Battle: Can Unions Lead the Charge Again?
- Thursday, May 28 - 12:00pm
- TBA
- Monday, June 1 - 12:00pm
- Tuesday, June 2 - 12:00pm
- Wednesday, June 3 - 12:00pm
- Thursday, June 4 - 12:00pm
- Monday, June 8 - 12:00pm
- Tuesday, June 9 - 12:00pm
- Wednesday, June 10 - 12:00pm
- Working Their Way Back: New Hope for Unions in Mamdani's NYC
- Monday, May 4 - 12:00pm
- Tuesday, May 5 - 12:00pm
- Wednesday, May 6 - 12:00pm
- Thursday, May 7 - 12:00pm
- Monday, May 11 - 12:00pm
- Labor's Uphill Battle: Can Unions Lead the Charge Again?
- Wednesday, April 22 - 12:00pm
- Thursday, April 30 - 12:00pm
- License to Sell: New Street Vendor Laws Fix a Broken System
- Tuesday, April 21 - 12:00pm
- Wednesday, April 29 - 12:00pm
- Civil Rights at Work: A Century of Black Labor Activism
- Thursday, April 16 - 12:00pm
- Monday, April 20 - 12:00pm
- Working While Homeless: When Full-time Pay Isn't Enough
- Wednesday, April 15 - 12:00pm
- Tuesday, April 28 - 12:00pm
- Food Justice: The Fight for Access and Fairness
- Tuesday, April 14 - 12:00pm
- Monday, April 27 - 12:00pm
- Labor in Film: Telling Workers' Stories
- Monday, April 13 - 12:00pm
- Thursday, April 23 - 12:00pm
