About this episode
Sean and Rax King discuss the challenges and importance of organizing in the food service industry, along with Rax's Nine Rigors system and more.
Sean is joined by favorite guest and wife Rax King to discuss her upcoming essay in journalism cooperative Flaming Hydra on why organizing in the food service industry is so difficult but also so vital. What will it take for labor to break through in this industry? What can restaurant work teach us about labor in general? Why are these restaurant owners always clenching their jaws and sweating so much? Answers to these questions, an introduction to Rax's patented Nine Rigors system of becoming a human, an old fashioned gripezone and more on this special, last minute episode. To support our work and get access to all our bonus material become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/thiswreckage Check out Rax King's excellent newsletter for all her great writings: https://www.patreon.com/c/raxkingisdead/home Come see Rax in person in NYC for the Veiled Prophet event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-veiled-prophet-nyc-book-event-tickets-1990109537198
People in this episode
Host: Sean
Guest: Rax King
Topics covered
- food service industry
- labor organization
- restaurant work
- Nine Rigors system
- journalism
- gripezone
Keywords
- labor
- food service
- organizing
- restaurant work
- Nine Rigors
- journalism
- gripezone
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Flaming Hydra, patreon
Places: NYC
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