88. The Future of Workers' Rights with Tanisi Pooran | Brave New Work

Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how much overlap there is between labor organizing and the people positive work done by The Ready.

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Think “union” and what comes to mind? Collective agreements and community building? Power struggles and strikes? Sepia-toned photographs of early-20th century factory floors? If you’ve never been in or around a union, they can carry a whiff of mystique—even old-fashionedness.

That’s why Aaron and Rodney asked Ready member Tanisi Pooran, who’s worked in the field of labor organizing and workers’ rights, to help demystify the process a bit. They shed light on the common people-positive practices both unions and The Ready uphold, how our two worlds could cooperate and help each other evolve, and why anti-union feelings still persist at even the most progressive and forward-thinking organizations.

Learn more about Tanisi and their work:
–  / tanisi-pooran  
–Twitter:   / tanisi_pooran  

Mentioned references:
–spaetzle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spätzle
–”the five boroughs”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough...
–IDM episode:    • 43. Steering Together: The Power of P...  
–Experimenting episode:    • 62. Real Change Through Experimentation  
– “Nietzsche quote” from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, Chapter 4, 146: https://gutenberg.org/files/4363/4363...
–Gimlet and union kerfuffle: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/7/223...
–American Factory documentary, Netflix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...

00:00 Intro + Check-In: What is one of your most beloved birthday traditions?
03:03 Tanisi’s journey from labor organizer to The Ready
08:34 Connections and overlaps between labor organizing and modern systems design
16:04 The fact and fiction behind criticism of unions
21:58 Inner workings of collective agreement making at unions
26:06 Purpose of “dues”
27:33 Why otherwise progressive orgs shut down union discussions
31:39 Maintaining flexibility in collective agreements
35:46 Wrap up: Leave us a review and share the show with a friend

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Season 4 - Episode 33
This episode originally aired on October 12th 2021.