Gig Workers Need Antitrust Reform
Instead of attempting to create an economists’ utopia of “perfect competition,” policymakers should reform antitrust to democratize power in the economy.
Winter 2025
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Before Operation Dixie
The fate of the Southern labor movement helps us understand why the United States took a sharp right turn over the last half-century—and points to a path for transforming the country today.
Litigation for the People
Critics argue that anti-discrimination law fails to challenge the fundamental inequalities of society. For Filipino-American workers, however, it became an important organizing tool in the fight against segregation and unsafe conditions on the job.
[EVENT | December 14] Belabored Live: How the Pandemic Changed Our Working Lives
Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, the co-hosts of the Belabored podcast, will gather some of the smartest thinkers about labor and unions to look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers.
All Shook Up: The Politics of Cultural Appropriation
In the era of global capitalism, imagining the lives of others is a crucial form of solidarity.
The Teacher Strike: Conditions for Success
The teacher insurgency of the last decade is a welcome sign of the revival of the strike. But strikes are just one part of a broader strategy to build the power of labor.
The Cambodian Garment Worker Imprisoned for Speaking Out
Soy Sros spent nearly two months in prison after criticizing her employer’s response to the pandemic. She has been released, but her imprisonment has had lasting effects on her health and her workplace.
Union Power After the Election
The development of a social democratic faction in the Democratic Party has given labor a chance to punch above its weight. But access alone isn’t power.
A World Without Work?
Contemporary automation discourse responds to a real, global trend: there are too few jobs for too many people. But it ignores the actual sources of this trend: deindustrialization, depressed investment, and ultra-wealthy elites who stand in the way of a post-scarcity society.
A Blow for Labor Rights in California
Gig workers were barely scraping by even before companies like Uber spent $200 million on the successful campaign to pass Proposition 22. Now, two paths lie ahead: one paved by corporate cash, and the other blazed by the workers behind the wheel.
“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson
The structural conditions shaping care work are highly exploitative—and are profoundly linked to the high degree of COVID-19’s spread within both long-term care facilities and the communities that supply their labor force.
Misery at the Happiest Place on Earth
A massive round of Disney Parks layoffs is acutely felt in Florida.
Teachers’ Aides Adjust to the COVID Classroom
In-person, hybrid, and remote teaching all present different challenges for paraeducators.
Essential and Untrusted
The pandemic has exacerbated an existing child care crisis. Platforms like Care.com are growing, while exposing care workers to new forms of surveillance and discrimination.
Belabored: Essential but Excluded, with Nadia Marin-Molina
Community and labor groups are campaigning for equal benefits for undocumented immigrants and other workers excluded from the coronavirus relief packages.
