Recommended Reads for the Holiday Weekend
This week, we’re sharing thoughtful reads that help us understand the issues and ideas that shape our Union world.
- The issues of the Asian-Pacific Islander community are the
core of API Month. In spite of existing progress, API workers
navigating the post-COVID workplace are confronted by
long-standing issues of discrimination and new concerns of
structural challenges. As corporate power continues to
consolidate, API workers are challenged by underrepresentation in
positions of authority and difficulty advancing in workplaces
where their identity and backgrounds are still seen through a
racist lens.
https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/all-things-work/pages/asian-americans-in-the-workplace.aspx
- Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer, two leaders of the campaign to unionize workers at America’s most powerful corporation, are standing up for the working class. Even before the pandemic, millions of working people have been pushed to the edge and even into poverty. A new documentary, AMERICONNED, exposes the inside story of this pressure all working people are under, showing how corporations have abused the powers of government, taken advantage of fear, and forced people to accept less than they’re worth.https://americonned.com