On working-class Los Angeles before and after the civil unrest of 1992—and how structural inequities continue to shape the city’s labor struggles from the classrooms to the docks.
The longtime organizer and theorist discusses tactics that unions can use to win major gains at the table and in the contract.
Recent news reports have revealed that child labor is not just a historical relic in the United States—and some politicians want to undermine existing regulations, claiming that less oversight is good for business.
What happens when the idea of the worker disappears?
In The Future We Need, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta argue for extending collective bargaining beyond the workplace.
A roundtable on Dobbs and organized labor.
After a three-day strike, the New York State Nurses Association announced it had reached tentative agreements with two hospitals that will strengthen safe staffing standards.
Graduate students won a major raise after five weeks on strike. The victory is a product of the militancy that has pushed the union to the vanguard of organized labor in higher ed.
Healthcare and education have been at the center of pandemic labor struggles. Two rank-and-file leaders from these fields join the podcast for a live episode.
The new leader of the British union Unite is meeting workers’ militant mood with a strategy rooted in the workplace.
Long COVID is a labor rights issue.
Join us on Thursday, December 15 for a live episode of Belabored.
Walmart and Kroger workers discuss the added stress of working during the holidays.
What happens at the University of California will set the standard for a sector that today employs more people than the federal government.
Daisy Pitkin’s On the Line is one of the best books ever written about American trade unionism.
