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
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