Belabored Podcast #139: Fighting Harassment on the Farm
We talk with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers about organizing to fight sexual harassment of farm workers.
Winter 2025
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Belabored Podcast #138: Wobblies of the World, Then and Now, with Peter Cole
The history of the IWW—and its concept of “One Big Union”—holds lessons for the labor movement today.
Belabored Podcast #137: Sex, Power, and Labor Rights, with Ariane Hegewisch
Sexual harassment is a labor issue.
Belabored Podcast #136: Countdown to Janus, with Andy Stettner
Janus v. AFSCME is the Supreme Court case labor has been dreading. Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation joins us to talk what it means for workers and unions.
Belabored Podcast #135: How Single-Payer Went from Margin to Mainstream, with Michael Lighty
Medicare for All has moved from radical to mainstream in a span of just months. Michael Lighty of National Nurses United joins us to talk about the role of healthcare workers in the fight for single-payer.
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.
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.
