#workers

As the world changes rapidly, the concept of work changes as well. Companies no longer focus solely on the tasks that need to be completed, but on the people doing the work - the workers. Mike Reilly and Mike Ferrante discuss this and more in this latest episode of Small Business Confidential.
2:13 Mike Reilly points out we don't need the work; we need the workers.
9:13 Mike Reilly discusses Amazon's success because it recognizes people online want everything at one place.
13:15 Mike Reilly talks about where do you find workers 
18:33 Mike Ferrante speaks about the word value
22:14 Mike and Mike discuss hiring the wrong person as one of the most expensive mistakes business owners make
22:40 Mike Reilly mentions that he's had success hiring part-timers; hired semi-retired people for the past couple of years.
29:11 Mike mentions immigrants don't take jobs, they create them.

White-collar workers are organizing labor unions at Tech & Game, nonprofits, college campuses, and now comic book workers. CWA District 3 organizing coordinator and grassroots activist, Cassie Watters, explains why these workers are turning to the Communications Workers of America to help them organize and how the CWA is supporting them.

Some highlights from CWA Organizing: Tech and Game Workers: 

04:10 – Campus Workers Strike Back
10:32 – CWA and Jobs with Justice
13:03 – The Importance of Mentorship
16:23 – CODE: Coalition to Organize Digital Employees

Contact:
traci@mutliemployerfunds.com
www.sisupartnersllc.com

Low pay, no opportunity for advancement, and feeling disrespected topped the list of reasons why millions of workers quit their jobs in 2021. With union organizing in Big Tech, Starbucks, and Amazon and labor unions enjoying high popularity with workers across the country, could this be the beginning of a new labor movement? Arelia Valdivia and Francisco Diez from the Center for Popular Democracy are here to share some insight into the Great Resignation and what is driving worker unrest.

Some highlights from Has Worker Unrest Sparked a New Labor Movement:

01:29 – A Shortage of Good Jobs
06:23 – It’s More than Just Pay!
10:20 – The New American Majority
15:25 – The FIX UI Campaign

 The CPD’s FIX UI Campaign

Contact:
traci@mutliemployerfunds.com
www.sisupartnersllc.com

Lockdowns and the coronavirus pandemic laid bare our inept and patchwork unemployment system. Iceland supported its citizens with 30 months of unemployment benefits while US workers barely received six months of benefits. Arelia Valdivia and Francisco Diez are here from the Center for Popular Democracy to explain why our current UI system desperately needs reform and how all workers, both employed and unemployed, can help fix it.

Some highlights from The CPD’s Case for Unemployment Insurance Reform:

01:21 – Meet the Center for Popular Democracy
08:37 – The Sad State of UI Benefits for US Workers
12:49 – An Employer’s Perspective on UI
15:25 – The FIX UI Campaign

The CPD’s FIX UI Campaign

Contact:
traci@mutliemployerfunds.com
www.sisupartnersllc.com

Imagine taking office as president of the nation’s largest UFCW local at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Suddenly, healthcare and grocery store workers are declared essential frontline workers, but essential workers should have enough money to buy food, have a roof over their heads, and lead lives that are essential. UFCW Local 21 president, Faye Guenther, talks about how coronavirus upended the playing field and contract negotiations but ushered in beautiful acts of solidarity from their extended union family beyond the UFCW.

Some highlights from UFCW Local 21 and the Coronavirus Pandemic include:

03:07 – The First COVID Case
08:37 – Talking to 100,000 Members
11:20 – COVID Safety Protocols and Essential Workers
14:26 – Growing up in Rural Oregon
17:32 – 100 People Leading

Contact:
traci@mutliemployerfunds.com
www.sisupartnersllc.com

The UFCW Local 21 set an ambitious goal of identifying, recruiting, and training 4500 of the next generation of labor leaders over the next two years. How is that effort going? Luckily, Faye Guenther, the president of UFCW Local 21, is here to give an update and share how laughter helped bring her diverse team together.

Some highlights from the 4500: Identifying and Recruiting the Next Generation of Labor Leaders include:

01:17 – Rethinking the Idea of Team
06:17 – Diversity and Inclusion at the UFCW Local 21
08:24 – Listening and Talking with Members
11:07 – Identifying, Recruiting & Training 4500 Leaders
14:05 – The Initiatives: From Social Justice to Legal Cannabis
16:55 – Retirement and Unionism

Contact:
traci@mutliemployerfunds.com
www.sisupartnersllc.com