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It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

2025/4/19

Behind the Bastards

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Garrison Davis

James Stout

Jess

Jesus

Mia Wong

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Mia Wong: 我主持了一个关于一个试图帮助弱势群体，同时自身也面临剥削的工会的播客节目。 Jess: 我作为“儿童之友”项目的导师，长期致力于为儿童提供个体化关怀和支持，但高员工流动率影响了项目的长期承诺。我们面临低薪、缺乏医疗保险和带薪休假等问题，这导致员工流失，影响了项目的长期稳定性。 Jesus: 我们在2023年发起工会化请愿，旨在改善薪资待遇、福利保障以及工作环境，应对疫情后高员工流动率和不公平解雇等问题。为争取更好的工作条件，我们采取了多种行动，例如信息纠察、争取社区支持、与捐赠者沟通等，并取得了一些阶段性胜利，例如成功维护了薪资制度，并争取到了更多带薪休假。

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This chapter explores the demanding work of long-term care workers, focusing on the emotional toll, unsustainable pay, and lack of benefits. It highlights the reasons behind high turnover and the subsequent impact on the youth they serve. The discussion then shifts to the unionization efforts, outlining the challenges faced and the progress made in achieving better working conditions.

High turnover rates among care workers due to unsustainable pay and emotional toll
Unionization efforts aiming to improve pay, benefits, and working conditions
Importance of consistent support for youth in long-term care programs

Shownotes Transcript

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

When Care Workers Organize

Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador

How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12

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Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html)

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-shoots-chinese-earthquake-aid-convoy-rcna199233)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aid.html)

https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/myanmar-lashes-out-at-quotchocolate-barquot-foreign-aid-idUSSP172535/)

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/lives-updates-quake-death-toll-rises-to-3600-junta-suspends-tourist-visa-after-quake-private-us-field-hospital-in-naypyitaw-and-more.html)

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https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/live-updates-death-toll-exceeds-3500-hundreds-in-urgent-need-of-quake-aid-juntas-airstrikes-still-rage-on-and-more.html)