#GreenSocialist Notes, Episode 123 with Special Guests Natalie Monarrez and Bill Barry
Channel: Howie Hawkins
Date: 2023-04-30

Continuing with our #EarthDayToMayDay programming, Howie will be joined this week by Natalie Monarre, Amazon Labor Union, and Bill Barry, union organizer, for a discussion of labor organizing and the Amazon Workers United drive.

Natalie Monarrez is an organizer, activist, and labor advocate that has worked for Amazon for almost six years in NJ and New York. Her background as a Workers Compensation Claims Examiner, and also as a stand up comedian/booker/emcee from Los Angeles, has been helpful in her work with the Amazon Labor Union, and also acting as an unofficial Shop Steward for the JFK8 staff in Staten Island. 

Bill Barry spent 25 years as a union member organizer and then was Director of Labor Studies at The Community College of Baltimore County-Dundalk. He has published a series of books on union strategies and organizing, and his newest one is Getting the First Contract.