Book talk with labor activist and author Jaz Brisack – “Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World”

Labor activist and author Jaz Brisack will lead a discussion about their new book, Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World. Jaz, a former Starbucks worker from Buffalo, NY, will be presenting the key ideas in their book and they will be in conversation with a panel of local labor organizers.

We will have copies of the book on hand for sale.

Additionally, Jaz will be leading a daylong workshop on internal organizing on Saturday, November 8, at the Carpenters Hall in St. Paul.  For more info, please reach out to Carson Starkey at cstarkey@ncsrcc.org.

Reviews of Jaz’s book:

“Jaz has too much hometraining to rename this book, but this is not only a how-to change the world book, it is a percussive, necessary ‘why we must change the world’ book written by an activist who can write their ass off. Mandatory reading for humans in need of a literary elixir.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy

“In the last few years, especially after the pandemic, one of the most inspiring things we’ve witnessed is the rise of the labor movement in America. All across the country, workers have been standing up and fighting back against the unprecedented levels of corporate greed that have been taking place. I appreciate Jaz’s contributions in this book, which help us all better understand the aims and goals for a resurgent trade union movement and how workers all over the country can join in solidarity with it.” —Senator Bernie Sanders

“This book is a love letter to labor organizing, at once earnest and hard-nosed. Brisack takes us inside Starbucks Workers United, offering an in-depth look at what a worker-led campaign can look like–the ups and downs, headaches and heartbreaks. Their devotion shows on every page, as do practical calculations of power and strategy. The labor movement could use 1000 more just like them.” —Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won’t Love You Back and From the Ashes

More on the book here: https://jazbrisack.com/book/