Episode 124: Johnnie Kallas Talks Data and the Labor Upsurge

The Checkout does a deep data dive into the labor upsurge with Johnnie Kallas of Cornell’s School of Industrial Labor Relations.

Johnnie Kallas is a PhD candidate at Cornell University's ILR School and the project director of the ILR Labor Action Tracker. His research focuses on labor relations in the U.S. healthcare industry, with a particular interest in examining the working conditions of frontline caregivers and registered nurses. @JohnnieKallas on Twitter.

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Episode #124 Notes

1:00 - How did you get into tracking labor strikes as data?

2:00 - Is there an actual labor uprising in the country right now?

4:00 - What is your methodology for data collection for labor strikes?

6:05 - Key findings from Johnnie’s research.

9:00 - What types of industries have been striking recently?

11:00 - What motivates folks to go on strike generally?

14:00 - On distinctions between Organizing vs. Strikes.

16:00 - What are unions roles in labor strikes?

20:20 - On Strike Maps.

23:30 - On the changes in labor policy over the past 40 years. And NAFTA / deindustrialization.

28:00 - Where are we headed in labor organizing currently?

32:00 - Closing thoughts.