Construction Workers and the Gig Economy
Misclassification is a business model that depends on tax, insurance, and payroll fraud. It is an assault on a century of hard-won workers’ rights.
Winter 2026
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Belabored Stories: The Amazon Walkouts Continue
Amazon is hiring thousands of new workers. What happens when they feel they risk more by going to work than by refusing to show up?
Belabored Stories: Pretty Evil
No Evil Foods, a vegan food company whose products include “Comrade Cluck,” recently fought a union drive. Now workers feel unsafe in the factory.
Airport Workers Strike Back: An Interview with Sara Nelson
“This is about reviving a labor movement that really fights for the working class.”
Belabored Podcast #144: Thinking Outside the Box
Two labor groups are waging creative challenges against corporate America—and for the rights of immigrant workers.
Belabored Podcast #143: Planning for a Post-Trump Future, with Rachel Cohen
If the Democrats reclaim power in 2020, what should labor do?
Belabored Podcast #142: Smartphone Sweatshops in Asia, with Joe DiGangi
Do you know where your smartphone was made? A new in-depth report reveals dangerous conditions in Samsung factories in Vietnam.
Belabored Podcast #141: Union for the Holidays
Holiday travel can be stressful, and doubly so for the workers who make that travel possible. We hear about the flight attendants and baggage handlers organizing this holiday season.
Belabored Podcast #123: Marching on Mississippi, with Morris Mock and Danny Glover
Actor and activist Danny Glover and worker Morris Mock talk about the March on Mississippi and the fight for a union at the state’s Nissan plant.
