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Belabored Podcast #169: Shutting it Down, with Sara Nelson
We’re joined by AFA President Sara Nelson, whose leadership of flight attendants and calls for a general strike helped end the government shutdown.
We’re joined by AFA President Sara Nelson, whose leadership of flight attendants and calls for a general strike helped end the government shutdown.
What did the L.A. teachers win? UTLA bargaining committee chair Arlene Inouye joins us to talk about the contract.
A report from the picket line.
Last week, New York established an important new pay floor for app-based drivers. Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance joins us to talk about the victory.
We spoke with an immigrants’ rights activist from the Cosecha Movement about conditions at the border.
Bye Scott Walker.
Meg Reilly of the Campaign Workers Guild joins us to talk about the first movement to unionize the workers who canvass the streets, run the phone banks, and carry the clipboards.
The majority of Teamster members at UPS voted to reject a proposed contract; leadership says they’ll ratify it anyway. How did this happen? Nelson Lichtenstein joins us to discuss the ongoing conflict.
We look at two types of fights for workplace justice: the worker-owned cooperatives now mushrooming across the country, and a global protest at airports around the world.
In cities across the country, Marriott hotel workers are forced to work second jobs to pay the bills. We talk with two worker-organizers planning to strike for a fairer contract.
Workers in St. Paul, Minnesota are seeking to build on a major Fight for 15 victory in neighboring Minneapolis. Plus: An update on the teacher strike wave.
This month Missouri voters rejected “right to work” at the ballot. Two organizers from the state join us to talk about the win and what the rest of the country can learn from their incredible success.
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.
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.
Organizers representing teachers, housekeepers, graduate students, and airline workers discuss union power in the wake of the Janus decision.