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99 Rising

SEIU Local 99

5 episodes

Welcome to 99 Rising, a podcast by SEIU Local 99, Education Workers United. In this series, we dig into the labor, political, and cultural issues shaping the lives of education workers and our communities. We invite you, our community family, into a conversation around the history of the labor movement, affordability, childcare, immigration, and much more.

More about the show

Hosted by Executive Director Max Arias, 99 Rising features candid discussions with Local 99 members, community leaders, labor leaders, elected officials, and movement thinkers—all focused on what it takes to build power and win justice for working people.

Episodes

  1. Vote While You Still Can

    · 1 h 06 min · S1 E4

    With federal attacks on voting rights escalating and the midterms fast approaching, this episode makes the case for why local elections — and local organizing — matter more than ever. John Kim, Executive Director of…

  2. Childcare Providers and Their Fight for the True Cost of Care

    · 1 h 07 min · S1 E3

    Family child care providers keep California working, but state subsidy rates are stuck in 2018. Five providers and former Assemblymember Dion Aroner on the fight for the true cost of care. In this episode of 99 Rising,…

  3. Your Power, Your Path, Our Future

    · 37 min · S1 E2

    What does it take to step up from frontline worker to community leader? On this episode of 99 Rising, education workers share the stories of how they found their path into union leadership despite fear, doubt, and the…

  4. Labor = Power

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E1

    In the first episode of 99 Rising, Host, Max Arias, sits down with rank and file union members of SEIU Local 99 and labor leaders, Cecily Myart-Cruz from United Teachers Los Angeles and Yvonne Wheeler from the Los…

  5. What is 99 Rising?

    · 0:23 · Trailer

    Welcome to 99 Rising, a podcast brought to you by SEIU Local 99, Education Workers United. In this series, we dig into the labor, political, and cultural issues shaping the lives of education workers and our…

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