Labor - Dissent Magazine

The GM Strike and the Future of the UAW

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 8, 2019

“We need to start acting as a class-conscious organization.”

Belabored Podcast #184: Organizing the Unorganizable, with Jason Moyer-Lee

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 20, 2019

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.

What’s at Stake in the General Motors Strike

Nelson Lichtenstein ▪ September 20, 2019

Only a strong movement can put the management of capitalism on the political agenda.

Belabored Podcast #183: Troublemaking in Asia

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 6, 2019

A report back from Labor Notes’s first ever conference in Asia.

Belabored Podcast #182: (Slowly) Seizing the Means of Production

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 23, 2019

How would the workplace be different if the workers owned it?

Belabored Podcast #181: Hong Kong Pushed to the Edge

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 9, 2019

Following Hong Kong’s first general strike in decades, three activists talk about labor’s role in the protests.

Belabored Podcast #180: General Strike in Puerto Rico Gets the Goods, with Mercedes Martinez

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 26, 2019

The President of the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation talks about this week’s protests and the ongoing fight against corruption.

Belabored Podcast #179: Samsung’s Labor Abuses

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 12, 2019

South Korean journalist Lee Jae-yeon discusses her investigation of working conditions in Samsung factories in nine cities in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Immigrants Didn’t Kill Your Union

Ruth Milkman ▪ Spring 2019

Immigration didn’t cause the economic restructuring that began in the 1970s, or the inequality and labor degradation that came with it.

Belabored Podcast #178: A Nurse’s Prescription for Fixing Healthcare

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 21, 2019

Unionized nurses are campaigning for sweeping changes to the healthcare system, including Medicare for All and safe staffing levels in hospitals.

Belabored Podcast #177: More Hours for What We Will, with Will Stronge

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 7, 2019

What if the best thing we could do—for ourselves, the planet, and even our workplaces—was to work less?

After Act 10: How Milwaukee Teachers Fought Back

Eleni Schirmer ▪ Spring 2019

A Wisconsin law stripped their union of its rights. So the teachers got to work.

Belabored Podcast #176: Talking Union in NYC

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ May 24, 2019

Three New York organizers—Bhairavi Desai, Bianca Cunningham, and Valeria Treves—talk about how the labor movement can evolve to become more inclusive, powerful, and responsive to the needs of diverse working-class communities.