Belabored Podcast #202: The Strike for Black Lives
This week workers across the country walked off the job and rallied in the streets as part of a labor mobilization to support Black Lives Matter.
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The Dignity of Labor
Despite the outpouring of praise for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, their own interests continue to come second to the broader public’s need for cheap and reliable labor.
Chipotle Workers Protest “Black Lives Matter Hypocrisy”
While the company boasted that it would donate $1 million to fight racism, workers argue it is perpetuating racial injustice by mistreating its many Black and Latinx workers.
Herman Benson, 1915–2020
In memory of Herman Benson.
Guest Workers Get Shut Out
The White House recently announced plans to restrict migrant work programs. J-1 visa holders already working without labor protections now face an even more precarious future.
The Return of the Labor Question
Absent a sufficient level of density to carry the swing states, unions are seeking to turn out not just their own members but sympathetic communities as well.
Turn Mutual Aid Into Meaningful Work
Community care as formal employment seems necessary in the face of a disaster-prone future. It could also feel a lot better than any large-scale employment on the table now.
Street Vendors’ Long Road to Recovery
Recent policy changes in New York City promise to reduce police harassment of vendors, but they are struggling months into the pandemic.
Unsteady Work
The central experience of work in the twenty-first century is one of instability. And yet that experience is largely unrecorded in contemporary fiction.
There Is No Essential Work Without Child Care
Home-based day-care providers struggle to stay afloat while keeping other essential workers going.
Academia’s Theater of the Absurd
Adjunct faculty at Valencia College are campaigning for a union to advocate for fair pay, more job stability, and a greater say in how the college is run.
Work in the Time of Coronavirus 
Since March, we have been collecting short stories about what workers are facing during the crisis, and how they have been fighting back. You can read eight of them here.
Belabored Podcast #201: Trump’s Latest Migration Outrage
Trump’s recent proclamation temporarily bans guestworkers from coming to the United States, but what does it actually do? Daniel Costa of the Economic Policy Institute explains.
The Bereavement of Elder Care
As coronavirus tore through nursing homes, workers weathered fights for adequate protection and anguish from mounting deaths.
What DACA Means for Immigrant Workers
The Supreme Court’s ruling on DACA grants union workers like Nelson Iraheta some peace of mind. But his future hangs on the results of November’s election.
