The Gig’s Up Script

Saba Waheed: From the UCLA Labor Center and KPFK, we bring you Re:work. I’m Saba Waheed Veena Hampapur: And I’m Veena Hampapur. Ten years ago, I could not imagine jumping into a stranger’s car and driving across town with them. You basically needed to own a car or you...

School Days Script

Saba Waheed: From the UCLA Labor Center and KPFK, this is Re:Work. I’m Saba Waheed. Veena Hampapur: And I’m Veena Hampapur. Students spend a good chunk of their waking hours in school. And even more when considering extracurriculars, zero periods, and afterschool...

Trafficked Script

*Lester Ramos voiceover dubbing by Johann Diel.* Lester Ramos: I was so full of hope, I said, here it begins. I need to start working immediately, because I have a lot of debt in the Philippines. Then when I arrived in Tennessee, I found out that there was no job....

Solidarity Script

[OPENING SOUND] Saba Waheed: From the UCLA Labor Center and KPFK, you’re listening to Re:Work. [MUSIC] Henry Walton: Solidarity. Well, today they are going to turn the tables on me. We have two people here who are going to be working with you, our listeners, in the...

La Moda Femenina Script

From the UCLA Labor Center and KPFK we bring you re:work. I’m Saba Waheed SR: And I’m Stefanie Ritoper. Some of Los Angeles’s neighborhoods date back over a hundred years. They hold rich stories of the people that come through its streets. When we were producing an...