Working Life Podcast

Episode 145: We are taught as kids to keep your word. If you promised not to do something bad or your promised to do something good, we learned you have to keep your promise otherwise people pretty quickly don’t trust you. Which explains why most people just don’t trust politicians—like politicians who are supposed to be your allies and who promised thousands of people they would get a decent pension and, then, vote to take it away. Support the podcast here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast And, so, "see you in court" is the cry we begin with. Stacy Chamberlain, the executive director of AFSCME Council 75, gives the lowdown on a critical lawsuit to challenge a bill--passed by a Democratic super majority and signed by the Democratic governor—that would rob workers of a big slice of their hard-earned pensions. Support the podcast here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast And, then, shocker—Wal-Mart is up to some sleazy stuff yet again. Wal-Mart and other big corporations, far from the headlines, relentl