The Worker Experience

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Ken LeBlanc, a Starbucks employee who unionized their store, joining the largest labor movement of their generation. Together, Edgar and Ken discuss how to come together to advocate for a better workplace and how to get started with collective bargaining. Learn about your organizing rights in the workplace here. Transcribed version of this episode is coming soon.

In this special episode of The Worker Experience by Workplace Fairness, we hear from experts in the AI and HR industries to discuss the onset of AI use and impact in the workplace, as well as topics like AI policy, bias in hiring, insufficient data compilation when recruiting, accessibility and how AI can be used efficiently in employment.  

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with attorney, founder of Hall-Jackson and Associates and president of NELA Illinois Chiquita Hall-Jackson and first-generation college graduate, law student and social scientist Chris Scott. Learn about your rights in the workplace here. Transcribed version of this episode is coming soon.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with social entrepreneur, researcher and public interest technologist Wilneida Negron to discuss surveillance in the workplace and the rights (and lack thereof) that workers have in this area. Learn about your rights in the workplace here. Transcribed version of this episode is coming soon.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Najah Farley, Senior Staff Attorney at NELP. This conversation addresses fair wages, wage theft and retaliation. Support and get involved with NELP here, and learn about your rights in the workplace here. Transcribed version of this episode is coming soon.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Jeffrey Abramowitz, J.D., the Executive Director of Justice Partnerships for JEVS Human Services. Jeff was previously a trial lawyer until he found himself sentenced to five years in a federal prison due to life circumstances. This conversation addresses criminal backgrounds in employment, the Ban the Box movement and more. Support and get involved with JEVS here, and learn about your rights in the workplace here. Click here for the episode transcript.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Eva Zelson, an employment lawyer at Zeff Law Firm where she focuses her practice on complex employment discrimination and civil rights matters. Eva also serves as a Board Member at Workplace Fairness where she is devoted to protecting the rights of workers. This conversation reviews the positive outcomes for workers' rights across the country following the recent midterm elections. Learn about your rights in the workplace here. View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Judy Conti, the Government Affairs Director at NELP, about voting rights held by workers and individuals, as well as the importance for identifying and voting for crucial workers' rights initiatives. Learn more and get involved with NELP here, and head here to learn about your workplace rights and how you're protected. View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with McKinzie Harper, Deputy Executive Director at Pay Our Interns, about the rights and experiences of interns in the workplace. Learn more and get involved with Pay Our Interns here, and head here to learn about your workplace rights and how you're protected. View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Brian East, a Senior Attorney with Disability Rights Texas, about the rights and accommodations for workers with disabilities, and how to ask for these accommodations. Learn more and get involved with Disability Rights Texas here, and head here to learn about your workplace rights and how you're protected. View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Marissa Ditkowsky, a Staff Attorney with Tzedek DC, about the rights and accommodations for workers with disabilities, with a focus on employees and interns in the legal field. Learn more and get involved with Tzedek DC here, and head here to learn about your workplace rights and how you're protected.  View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Emily Martin, Vice President for Education & Workplace Justice at the National Women's Law Center, about a very timely topic -- reproductive rights and their impact on employees and the workplace. Learn more and get involved with the National Women's Law Center here, and head here to learn about your workplace rights when it comes to reproductive rights. You can read our statement on this topic here. View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Victoria Kirby York, Deputy Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition, and special guest Kylar Broadus, a leader in the organization's Black Transgender Advisory Council, about the rights and experiences of transgender employees, as well as the disproportionate discrimination experienced by transgender women of color in the workplace. Learn more and get involved with the National Black Justice Coalition here, and head to our website to learn about your workplace rights.  View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Dr. Lourdes Ashley Hunter-Fowler, Executive Director & Global Initiatives Officer at the Trans Women of Color Collective about the rights and experiences of transgender employees, as well as the disproportionate discrimination experienced by transgender women of color in the workplace. Learn more and get involved with the Trans Women of Color Collective here, and head to our website to learn about your workplace rights. View the episode transcript here.

In this episode of The Worker Experience, host Edgar Ndjatou speaks with Liz Seaton, Policy Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force on the rights and experiences of LGBTQ+ employees in the workplace. Learn more and get involved with the National LGBTQ Task Force here, and head to our website to learn about your workplace rights. View the episode transcript here.

Get know Workplace Fairness, our host and Executive Director Edgar Ndjatou, and our work in this episode of The Worker Experience. View the episode transcript here.