Episode 3-2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Part 2 of our Year in Review/Year in Preview with labor leader Rosemary Trump and labor historian Dr. Charles M

A Year in Work Re/Pre-view (Part 1)

Jan 25th, 2022 45m 14s

Episode 3-1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.A New Year and new season on the podcast!Long-time friends of the show, labor leader Rosemary Trump and labor h

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Bonus: The $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize

Dec 23rd, 2021 11m 53s

Episode 2-5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.A bonus previously unreleased excerpt from our interview with entrepreneur and author Jeff Wald., in which he t

Industrial Revolutions and On-Demand Workers

Dec 9th, 2021 1h 4m

Episode 2-4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Host Nathan Ruggles discusses the book The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations wi

Dr. Joe Trotter and Black Labor in the Making of America

Nov 23rd, 2021 43m 54s

This is Episode 2-3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Nathan Ruggles hosts our feature interview Dr. Joe Trotter is the Giant Eagle University Professor of H

Microloans for Hidden Peoples

Jun 25th, 2021 1h 18m

Season 2, Episode 2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Nathan Ruggles hosts our feature interview with the co-founders of ASA Social Fund for Hidden Peoples:

Back Again!

May 19th, 2021 18m 36s

This is Season 2, Episode 1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.The start of a new season!Host Nathan Ruggles talks with Battle of Homestead Foundation Communi

Farming for the Future: Community & Urban Gardening

Feb 10th, 2021 47m 44s

This is Episode 11 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Including:1. Patricia DeMarco (https://patriciademarco.com) hosts our feature interview with Rayden Soro

Investing in Communities to Build a New Economy: A Marshall Plan for Middle America

Dec 5th, 2020 53m 24s

This is Episode 10 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation."Investing in Communities to Build a New Economy: A Marshall Plan for Middle America"Includes:1. A feat

Working Over Time: What’s at Stake in Election 2020

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h

This is Episode 9 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Working Over Time: What’s at Stake in Election 2020Includes:Commentators Rosemary Trump and Charlie McCol

A 21st Century WPA: Back from Halimuhfack

Oct 24th, 2020 57m 37s

Episode 8 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation:A 21st Century WPA: Back from HalimuhfackTaking a look at the most impactful and ambitious employment program in

Pathways to a New Economy that Works for Us

Oct 17th, 2020 37m 40s

Episode 7 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation:Pathways to a New Economy that Works for UsIncludes:1. Patty DeMarco returns with Pathways to a New Economy. Her

¡Que Viva Clemente!

Oct 10th, 2020 1h

Episode 6 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Includes:A feature interview about the issues facing immigrant workers from Latin America in the United States, a

Serving It Up Pandemic-Style (ROC Part 3)

Oct 3rd, 2020 34m 17s

Episode 5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Final episode in the series featuring the struggles of food service workers. Representatives of the nonprofit or

Nickeled and Dimed (ROC Part 2)

Sep 20th, 2020 35m 38s

Episode 4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Includes:A feature interview continuing the focus on the struggles of food service workers with Part 2 of a conve

Compliments of Your Waitress (ROC Part 1)

Sep 12th, 2020 43m 48s

Episode 3 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Includes:A feature examining the struggles of food service workers through a conversation with Pittsburgh represe

We Just Come to Work Here (We Don't Come to Die)

Sep 5th, 2020 50m 30s

This is Episode 2 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.Episode 2 includes:The start of a new monthly feature called Working Over Time, with regular expert comme

ReImaging an Economy for All (Premiere Episode!)

Aug 28th, 2020 45m 42s

This is the premiere episode of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.The episode features:Discussion between host Nathan Ruggles and John Haer, current President o

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