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Belabored Podcast #117: Welcome to the Resistance, with Barbara Madeloni

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 2, 2016

Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni joins us to talk about an election victory for public education, and how labor should respond to Donald Trump.

Belabored Podcast #116: Facing Labor and Politics Under Trump

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 11, 2016

We look at some bright spots from the election, including the story of how a unique labor-community coalition in Arizona helped defeat the reelection bid of the infamous bigot Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Belabored Podcast #115: Organizing for Power, with Jane McAlevey

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 28, 2016

Jane McAlevey joins us to talk about her new book, No Shortcuts, strategies for workplace organizing, and what’s wrong with Saul Alinsky.

Belabored Podcast #114: Striking the Ivory Tower, with Harvard Workers

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 14, 2016

We speak with two Harvard workers, Kecia Pugh and Anabela Pappas, and UNITE HERE organizer Tiffany Ten Eyck about the ongoing strike at the country’s most elite university.

Belabored Podcast #113: Chicago Teachers Strike Back, with Sarah Chambers

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 30, 2016

The Chicago Teachers Union is on the verge of another major strike—one that could be even longer and nastier than the union’s landmark 2012 fight. Public school teacher and CTU activist Sarah Chambers lays out the stakes.

Belabored Podcast #112: Striking India, with Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Gautam Mody

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 16, 2016

Last week’s general strike in India might have been the largest strike in history.

Belabored Podcast #111: Workers’ Rights for Graduate Employees, with Lindsey Dayton

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 2, 2016

Lindsey Dayton from the Graduate Workers of Columbia joins us to talk about the recent NLRB ruling that graduate students who work for private universities are employees and have the right to unionize.

Belabored Podcast #110: Americans in Revolt, with Sarah Jaffe

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 19, 2016

Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt.

Belabored Podcast #109: Forum for Change, with Nathalie Guay

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 5, 2016

A sneak preview of the labor events happening at the World Social Forum next week in Montreal.

Belabored Podcast #108: Philly Airport Workers Rising Up, with Gabe Morgan

Michelle Chen ▪ July 22, 2016

Airport workers at the Philadelphia International Airport just voted to strike next week during the Democratic National Convention. SEIU 32BJ Vice President Gabe Morgan joins us to explain why.

Belabored Podcast #107: Controlling Crisis in Puerto Rico, with Héctor Cordero-Guzmán

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 9, 2016

Puerto Rico’s debt crisis has been a long time in the making, but will the solutions advocated by the U.S. government make it any better?

Belabored Podcast #106: Nurses on the Frontline, with Jean Ross

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 24, 2016

Jean Ross, co-president of National Nurses United, joins us to talk about the nursing strike in Minnesota. Plus: audio from NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro’s People’s Summit speech on why we need to fight neoliberalism now.

Belabored Podcast #105: A French Uprising, with Jonah Birch

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 10, 2016

Streets and workplaces in France have been roiling with protests against a reform that would threaten the country’s 35-hour work week. Jacobin editor Jonah Birch joins us to talk about what it means for labor.