Starts:

Thursday March 27, 2025

    5:30 PM

Ends:

    7:00 PM

*For non-member event reservations: Please email pfitzgerald@democraticwoman.org or telephone 202-232-7363 ext. 402 (voicemails will also be accepted).*
*Please note: Guests, with the exception of members’ spouses and domestic partners, may attend a maximum of three paid events from July 1 to June 30. After the third event, they must join the Club to continue attending events.*

Debbie Goldman, former Communications Workers of America (CWA) Research Director, and Shane Larson, CWA Senior Director for Government Affairs will discuss how policies that favored non-union companies led to deteriorating working conditions and widespread dissatisfaction. Using the telecommunications sector as an example, she will explore what we can do to improve working conditions and win back working people to the Democratic Party.

Over her 30-year career with CWA, Goldman saw firsthand how telecom companies moved to employ technology in increasingly hostile ways for call center workers. In her new book, “Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age,” she examines how call center employees—mostly women—and their union fought for good jobs, higher wages, and humane working conditions. The book will be sold at this event.

EVENT DETAILS:

• Remarks and Q&A, in-person and via Zoom.
• 5:30 p.m. complimentary hors d'oeuvres and cash bar; 6–7 p.m. program. 7 p.m. book signing.
• Zoom only: $10. In-person: members: $20, non-members: $25 plus tax.