Belabored Podcast #134: Defending Migrants through Hell and High Water
We talk to DACA recipients and defenders around the country, from Texas to New York, about Trump’s decision to overturn President Obama’s protections for immigrant youth.
Fall 2024
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Belabored Podcast #133: Laboring Against Privatization, with Joseph A. McCartin
Joseph McCartin joins us to talk about the history of public worker unionism, the legacy of PATCO, and how today’s workers can build power across the workforce.
Belabored Podcast #132: What Happened in Mississippi? with Chris Brooks
Last week, in a highly anticipated union election, workers at a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi voted against unionizing with the UAW. Chris Brooks from Labor Notes joins us to talk about the result.
Belabored Podcast #131: A Crisis of Care, with June Barrett and Saba Waheed
Home care is one of the most rapidly growing fields in the country, but workers and care recipients will be under threat if Trump slashes Medicaid. We talk about what’s at stake in the healthcare reform fight.
Belabored Podcast #130: Retail Warriors
In this special episode on the retail industry, organizers and workers from around the country talk about their fights to win fair wages and scheduling.
Belabored Podcast #129: A New Dawn for Labour? With Ronan Burtenshaw
Ronan Burtenshaw joins us to discuss last week’s election upset and what’s next for the UK left.
Belabored Podcast #128: AT&T Workers Rising Globally and Locally, with Bob Master
Bob Master of CWA joins us to talk about AT&T workers’ three-day strike. Plus: we hear from the Dominican Republic about call center workers organizing in solidarity with their U.S. counterparts.
Belabored Podcast #127: Rebellion in the Streets
Five organizers talk about this year’s May Day, which saw immigrant workers taking to the streets around the country.
Belabored Podcast #126: Voices from the Rust Belt, with Chuck Jones
Trump’s promises notwithstanding, many factory workers in the Rust Belt are just as frustrated after the election as they were before. Sarah Jaffe speaks to three labor organizers in Indiana to understand why.
Belabored Podcast #125: Striking to Live in the Age of Trump
Organizers and participants in three recent strikes—the Yemeni bodega strike, the taxi workers’ strike at JFK airport, and last year’s Verizon strike—discuss labor under Trump.
Belabored Podcast #124: College Dreams and College Schemes, with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom talks about her new book, Lower Ed, and why the expansion of the for-profit college industry is a labor issue.
Belabored Podcast #123: Marching on Mississippi, with Morris Mock and Danny Glover
Actor and activist Danny Glover and worker Morris Mock talk about the March on Mississippi and the fight for a union at the state’s Nissan plant.
Belabored Podcast #122: Immigrants Strike Back at the White House
Following last week’s Day Without Immigrants, organizers share their insights about how to fight Trump at work and in the streets.
Belabored Podcast #121: Trading Our Rights Away? With Arthur Stamoulis and John Cavanagh
Will Trump’s renegotiated trade deals be any better for workers—in the United States and abroad—than the old ones?
Belabored Podcast #120: Meet the New Boss, with Andrew Stettner
Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation joins us to talk about Trump’s cabinet picks, and what they mean for labor.
