On this week’s Fresnolandia podcast, Jordan Mattox and Danielle Bergstrom talk with Dillon Savory, executive director of the Central Labor Council, and Keith Brower Brown, a climate organizer, reporter with Labor Notes, who is working on a book about the history of labor organizing in Fresno and the central San Joaquin Valley.
They dive into how voters’ rejection of privatizing trash catalyzed more local labor organizing, the role of high-speed rail union and solar farm contracts, why there hasn’t been as much unionizing in the private sector, and what labor is hoping to see out of local elections in this cycle.
Further Reading
‘No good jobs at all.’ Why labor unions oppose Fresno’s latest megadevelopment
‘Not a huge ask.’ Thousands of workers in Fresno push campaigning politicians to support raises
Fresno Unified and the district’s teachers union avert strike. Here’s what’s in the deal.
