Belabored Podcast #157: What’s a Strike and How Can I Help?
In a special panel discussion, Sarah speaks with three strike veterans about what it takes to walk off the job, build community support—and win.
Fall 2024
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Belabored Podcast #156: Striking Amazon
On Amazon Prime Day warehouse workers around the world took action against the company. We hear about some of the organizing going on in fulfillment centers from Germany to New Jersey.
Belabored Podcast #155: The Future of Collective Action
Organizers representing teachers, housekeepers, graduate students, and airline workers discuss union power in the wake of the Janus decision.
Belabored Podcast #154: After Janus, with Charlotte Garden
The day labor has been dreading is here: the Janus v. AFSCME case was decided by the Supreme Court, and the public sector is now “right-to-work.” But what does this actually mean for workers?
Belabored Podcast #153: Workers On the Frontline Today and Tomorrow
We check in on worker-led activism across the country, with interviews on UPS and AT&T strikes, behind-the-scenes resistance at Google, and the public banking movement.
Belabored Podcast #152: SCOTUS’s Epic Fail, with Celine McNicholas
Economist Celine McNicholas breaks down what last week’s Supreme Court ruling means for workers—and why more individual arbitration is bad news.
Belabored Podcast #151: Empowering the Souls of Poor Folk, with Rev. Liz Theoharis
Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s campaign, joins us to talk about why people are marching across the country against poverty and for economic justice.
Belabored Podcast #150: Lessons Learned on the Picket Line
As education strikes continue to rock the country, we talk with two striking workers—Ian Bradley Perrin, a graduate employee at Columbia University, and Arizona teacher Noah Karvelis.
Belabored Podcast #149: Voices from the Labor Notes Conference 2018
In a series of interviews from Labor Notes, Sarah and Michelle talk to worker-organizers from South Korea, Puerto Rico, Minnesota, and beyond about building rank-and-file power around the globe.
Belabored Podcast #148: Organizing Outside the Law, at Labor Notes
How do we advocate for workers when the rules are rigged against us? Sarah and Michelle sat down with four teacher organizers for a special panel discussion at the 2018 Labor Notes conference.
Belabored Podcast #147: Retailpocalypse Again? With Carrie Gleason
As Toys “R” Us shuts down, we talk with Carrie Gleason of the Fair Workweek Initiative about the future of retail—an industry that employs ten percent of working Americans.
Belabored Podcast #146: West Virginia Teachers Win
We talk to three West Virginia teachers about why they went on strike, how they won, and how the labor movement can carry their momentum forward.
Belabored Podcast #145: Rights and Rebellions, with Shaun Richman
Facing a legislative onslaught, the labor movement must rediscover its fighting spirit—and find ways to turn the GOP attack to its own advantage.
Belabored Podcast #144: Thinking Outside the Box
Two labor groups are waging creative challenges against corporate America—and for the rights of immigrant workers.
Belabored Podcast #143: Planning for a Post-Trump Future, with Rachel Cohen
If the Democrats reclaim power in 2020, what should labor do?
