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Your Call: How the new working class will transform America

On the May 12th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Tamara Draut about her new book Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class Will Transform America.

Today, the working class are most likely to work as caregivers, retail workers, cashiers, fast food workers, and janitors. How are the working class movements such as  “Fight for $15” minimum wage shifting the political and economic landscape?  Join the conversation, on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you. 

Guests:

Tamara Draut, vice president of policy and research at Demos, and author of Strapped: Why America’s 20- and 30-Somethings Can’t Get Ahead

Web Resources:

Gawker:  The "Sleeping Giant" That Will Change American Politics (If It Ever Wakes Up)