How Union Democracy Builds Labor’s Strike Power
The UAW’s reform movement brought membership back into the fold, harnessing their energy and forging it into a weapon that could force the companies to bend.
Winter 2026
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Chipping Away at the Right to Strike
Glacier v. Teamsters was not a crisis averted but another step in the right’s plan to stifle labor power.
Structure and Solidarity
Lasting labor victories depend on coordinating diverse strategies and building the relationships to sustain them.
Nurses End Strike in New York
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.
Sharon Graham’s Fighting Union
The new leader of the British union Unite is meeting workers’ militant mood with a strategy rooted in the workplace.
The Largest Strike in the History of American Higher Ed
What happens at the University of California will set the standard for a sector that today employs more people than the federal government.
Organizing for the Long Haul
The major question facing DSA in the next few years is whether the organization can build deeper roots in the working class, particularly the labor movement.
Belabored: The Death and Life of Labor Journalism
Labor journalists discuss media coverage of the recent strike wave in Britain.
Belabored: Shutting Down the Ports, with Steve Gerrard and Liverpool Dockworkers
British dockworkers join the podcast to talk about ongoing strikes in Liverpool and Felixstowe.
Belabored: Strippers Seek Justice at Work, with Velveeta
A group of strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood hopes to break new ground in organizing their field nationwide as part of the Actors’ Equity Association.
Belabored: Wildcat Oil Strikes and the Energy Crisis, with Ewan Gibbs
In Scotland, Grangemouth oil refinery workers are just the latest to realize their power after two years of pandemic, when they were deemed essential—and watched industry profits spike—while they accepted pay freezes.
Belabored: Delivery Workers Stuck in Searing Heat
UPS workers are sharing photographs of triple-digit temperature readings inside their trucks. The Teamsters say drivers are suffering from heat-related illnesses at an alarming rate.
Belabored: Train Strikes Revive British Unions, with Alex Gordon
The president of the RMT joins the podcast to talk about the union’s recent strike and what’s next for rail workers.
Belabored: Reproductive Justice Is Labor Justice
What the fall of Roe means for workers.
Belabored: Working Time Struggles, Live from Labor Notes
Donna Jo Marks, Carlos Perez, and Jessica Wender-Shubow join Belabored for a live discussion about the politics of time spent at work.
