What does it take to step up from frontline worker to community leader? On this episode of 99 Rising, education workers share the stories of how they found their path into union leadership despite fear, doubt, and the heavy reality of working for poverty wages. We also sit down with Assembly Member Isaac Bryan of the 55th District, organizer, and movement leader in this critical moment. From his own struggles growing up to his call for a general strike in Los Angeles, Bryan makes the case for why working people, not politicians, hold the real power.

¿Qué se necesita para pasar de trabajador de primera línea a líder comunitario? En este episodio de 99 Rising, trabajadores de la educación comparten sus historias sobre cómo encontraron su camino hacia el liderazgo sindical, a pesar del miedo, la duda y la dura realidad de trabajar por salarios de pobreza. También conversamos con el asambleísta Isaac Bryan (Distrito 55), organizador, líder de movimientos sociales y defensor de la acción audaz en este momento crítico. Desde sus propias luchas en su infancia hasta su llamado a una huelga general en Los Ángeles, Bryan argumenta por qué el verdadero poder está en manos de los trabajadores y no de los políticos.

Hosted by Executive Director Max Arias, 99 Rising features candid discussions with Local 99 members, community leaders, labor leaders, elected officials, and movement thinkers—all focused on what it takes to build power and win justice for working people.

Presentado por el Director Ejecutivo Max Arias, 99 Rising reúne conversaciones sinceras con miembros del Local 99, líderes comunitarios, líderes sindicales, funcionarios electos y pensadores de movimientos sociales, todos enfocados en lo que se necesita para construir poder y conseguir justicia para la gente trabajadora.

In the first episode of 99 Rising, Host, Max Arias, sits down with rank and file union members of SEIU Local 99 and labor leaders, Cecily Myart-Cruz from United Teachers Los Angeles and Yvonne Wheeler from the Los Angeles Federation of Labor. In this episode we discuss the wins of SEIU 99 along with those of our coalition partners, we delve into how we use these wins to move toward a better future for working people. Hear about how real life workers turned their labor into power.

Hosted by Executive Director Max Arias, 99 Rising features candid discussions with Local 99 members, community leaders, labor leaders, elected officials, and movement thinkers—all focused on what it takes to build power and win justice for working people.

Presentado por el Director Ejecutivo Max Arias, 99 Rising reúne conversaciones sinceras con miembros del Local 99, líderes comunitarios, líderes sindicales, funcionarios electos y pensadores de movimientos sociales, todos enfocados en lo que se necesita para construir poder y conseguir justicia para la gente trabajadora.

Welcome to 99 Rising, a podcast brought to you by SEIU Local 99, Education Workers United. In this series, we dig into the labor, political, and cultural issues shaping the lives of education workers and our communities. We invite you, our community family, into a conversation around the history of the labor movement, affordability, childcare, immigration, and much more.

Hosted by Executive Director Max Arias, 99 Rising features candid discussions with Local 99 members, community leaders, labor leaders, elected officials, and movement thinkers—all focused on what it takes to build power and win justice for working people.

Presentado por el Director Ejecutivo Max Arias, 99 Rising reúne conversaciones sinceras con miembros del Local 99, líderes comunitarios, líderes sindicales, funcionarios electos y pensadores de movimientos sociales, todos enfocados en lo que se necesita para construir poder y conseguir justicia para la gente trabajadora.