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Scholars' Library: Jaz Brisack on 'Get on the Job and Organize'
In our October event, Jaz Brisack (Mississippi & Wadham 2019) will discuss their book Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World.
Jaz is a union organizer and cofounder of the Inside Organizer School, which trains workers to unionize. After spending one year at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, they got a job as a barista at the Elmwood Starbucks in Buffalo, NewYork, becoming a founding member of Starbucks Workers United and helping organize the first unionized Starbucks in the United States. They have also worked with organizing committees at companies ranging from Nissan to Tesla to Ben & Jerry’s. Jaz’s first book, Get on the Job and Organize: Standing Up for a Better Workplace and a Better World, is out this year from One Signal Press.
Date:
22 October 2025, 18:00
Venue:
Venue to be announced
Speaker:
Jaz Brisack (Rhodes Trust)
Organising department:
Rhodes House
Organiser:
Rhodes Trust (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
nayana.niji@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Rhodes Trust (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Scholars' Library
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://bit.ly/ScholarsLibraryJazBrisack
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Lucy Mercer
