Season 3, Episode 172

Author recounts grassroots organizing fight and the bonds she forged

Daisy Pitkin

 

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Daisy Pitkin, union organizer and author of “On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union,” joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed her book, which explores the bonds she formed with a second-shift immigrant laundry worker during their fight to unionize industrial laundry factories in Phoenix.

Pitkin recounted the friendship she formed with Alma, who was fired by the factory for her organizing efforts. She then detailed the harsh working conditions faced by factory employees and the workers’ efforts to overcome union-busting tactics to successfully form a Union. 

Pitkin also spoke about the groundswell of grass-roots organizing that has taken place across the country following. 

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