Belabored Podcast #187: After the GM Strike, Now What?
Autoworker Sean Crawford and Sociology Professor Ruth Milkman join us to debrief.

Autoworker Sean Crawford and Sociology Professor Ruth Milkman join us to debrief.
Journalist Sarah Jones joins hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell to discuss the myth of “Trump Country,” the pitfalls of reporting on rural America, and…the End Times.
Two organizers discuss recent efforts to unionize nonprofit workers. Plus: an interview with Chicago teacher Kenzo Shibata about the first day on the picket line.
Matt and Sam talk to Max Alvarez—writer, editor, and host of the podcast Working People—about growing up working-class and conservative in a mixed-race household.
An inside look at the gig economy. Plus: updates from the GM strike, a teachers’ strike looming in Chicago, and more.
We hear about a new union in the UK organizing everyone from foster care workers to Uber drivers. Plus: an interview with a striking General Motors worker.
How did ultra-wealthy families like the Kochs, Scaifes, Olins, and Bradleys use their fortunes to reshape American politics?
A report back from Labor Notes’s first ever conference in Asia.
How would the workplace be different if the workers owned it?
A leftist’s guide to the conservative movement, one episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.
Following Hong Kong’s first general strike in decades, three activists talk about labor’s role in the protests.
The President of the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation talks about this week’s protests and the ongoing fight against corruption.
South Korean journalist Lee Jae-yeon discusses her investigation of working conditions in Samsung factories in nine cities in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Unionized nurses are campaigning for sweeping changes to the healthcare system, including Medicare for All and safe staffing levels in hospitals.
What if the best thing we could do—for ourselves, the planet, and even our workplaces—was to work less?