New York, NY – On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz Lena Melendez of the group Dominicans in Defense of Businesses and Housing talks about how the Real Estate Board of NY [REBNY] is driving up rents and hurting communities; Drama Desk Awards President Charles Wright and BroadwayWorld.com’s Richard Ridge talk about theater in NYC and the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards on June 3; UA Local 1 plumber Judaline Cassidy talks about her Tools & Tiaras mentoring program for women and girls; and Sarah Jaffe, Reporting Fellow at The Nation Institute and author of “Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt”, talks about the challenges of covering today’s Labor Movement.
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