James Russwurm's guest appearances

James Russwurm

CanadianGameDevs.com Podcast

Working People

OwlTail

Emily Leedham

Mary Newman

Guy Smith

From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real News Network, Max attended the convention and spoke with a number of rank-and-file workers, organizers, and union officers about the state of the labor movement in Canada. In Part 1 of our two-part dispatch from the CLC, we talk to: Emily Leedham, the Prairie Reporter for PressProgress and editor of Shift Work, PressProgress' weekly national labour newsletter; Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees; Mary Newman, a journalist and producer for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and member of the Canadian Media Guild; James Russwurm, a quality assurance tester for Keywords Studios, where workers formed the first union in the video gaming industry and affiliated with UFCW Local 401; Liz Ha, 1st Vice President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 154, chair of the OPSEU provincial human rights committee, and vice-chair of the OPSEU Coalition of Racialized Workers. Additional links/info below...  Canadian Labour Congress website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Emily's Twitter page and newsletter  PressProgress's website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Guy's AUPE profile page Alberta Union of Provincial Employees website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Mary's Twitter page UFCW Local 401 website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Liz's Twitter page OPSEU Local 154 Facebook page OPSEU Coalition of Racialized Workers website  Emily Leedham, PressProgress, "Public Servants Forced Federal Government to Improve Deal By Going on Strike, Labour Experts Say" Aminah Sheikh, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, "The Right Wing is Organizing in Canada. Can The Left Learn to Stop Them?" CBC Radio, "Canada's Video Games Industry Is Getting Its 1st Union. Organizers Hope It's Not the Last"  Permanent links below...  Working People Patreon page Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page  Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)  Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song 

From May 8-12, the 30th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress took place in Montréal. Reporting for Working People and The Real News Network, Max attended the convention and spoke with a number of rank-and-file workers, organizers, and union officers about the state of the labor movement in Canada. In Part 1 of our two-part dispatch from the CLC, we talk to: Emily Leedham, the Prairie Reporter for PressProgress and editor of Shift Work, PressProgress' weekly national labour newsletter; Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees; Mary Newman, a journalist and producer for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and member of the Canadian Media Guild; James Russwurm, a quality assurance tester for Keywords Studios, where workers formed the first union in the video gaming industry and affiliated with UFCW Local 401; Liz Ha, 1st Vice President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 154, chair of the OPSEU provincial human rights committee, and vice-chair of the OPSEU Coalition of Racialized Workers. Additional links/info below... <ul> <li>Canadian Labour Congress <a href="https://canadianlabour.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/clc.ctc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/canadianlabour" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Emily's <a href="https://twitter.com/Emily_Leedham_" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page and <a href="https://pressprogress.ca/shiftwork/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">newsletter</a> </li> <li>PressProgress's <a href="https://pressprogress.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pressprogress" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/PressProgress" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Guy's <a href="https://www.aupe.org/about/contact/guy-smith" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AUPE profile</a> page</li> <li>Alberta Union of Provincial Employees <a href="https://www.aupe.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yourAUPE/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/_aupe_" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Mary's <a href="https://twitter.com/newmanjmary" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>UFCW Local 401 <a href="https://gounion.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UFCW401" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/ufcw401" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Liz's <a href="https://twitter.com/Elizabethhaha" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>OPSEU Local 154 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OPSEULocal154/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page</li> <li>OPSEU Coalition of Racialized Workers <a href="https://opseu.org/committees/the-coalition-of-racialized-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a> </li> <li>Emily Leedham, PressProgress, "<a href="https://pressprogress.ca/public-servants-forced-federal-government-to-improve-deal-by-going-on-strike-labour-experts-say/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Public Servants Forced Federal Government to Improve Deal By Going on Strike, Labour Experts Say</a>"</li> <li>Aminah Sheikh, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, "<a href="https://rosalux.nyc/the-right-wing-is-organizing-in-canada/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Right Wing is Organizing in Canada. Can The Left Learn to Stop Them?</a>"</li> <li>CBC Radio, "<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-wednesday-edition-1.6480763/canada-s-video-games-industry-is-getting-its-1st-union-organizers-hope-it-s-not-the-last-1.6480765" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Canada's Video Games Industry Is Getting Its 1st Union. Organizers Hope It's Not the Last</a>"</li> </ul> Permanent links below... <ul> <li>Working People <a href="https://www.patreon.com/WorkingPeople" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> page</li> <li><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/workingpeople" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Leave us a voicemail</a> and we might play it on the show!</li> <li>Labor Radio / Podcast Network <a href="https://www.laborradionetwork.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/laborradionet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>In These Times <a href="https://inthesetimes.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/inthesetimesmag/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/inthesetimesmag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>The Real News Network <a href="https://therealnews.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">YouTube</a> channel, <a href="https://therealnews.com/our-shows-podcasts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">podcast</a> feeds, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealNews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> </ul> Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">freemusicarchive.org</a>) <ul> <li>Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme Song</li> </ul>