The Forcefield of Solidarity
Daisy Pitkin’s On the Line is one of the best books ever written about American trade unionism.
Winter 2025
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Belabored: Labor at the Ballot Box
While the presidential race ended with a narrow victory for the Democrats, the electorate revealed how sharply divided it is—what does it all mean for labor?
Tenant Unions for the Future
Calls to rent strike have yet to cohere into a national political movement. But as the economic crisis deepens, tenants’ fates will ultimately be decided by their level of collective organization.
In “Panic Mode” and Waiting for More Relief
A couple employed by an airport catering company haven’t worked since March. They’re struggling to make ends meet.
Atlantic City’s Streak of Bad Luck
“We want the casino to open,” says a server at Caesars. “I want to go back to work. But they have to do it responsibly.”
Belabored Stories: Cancel Rent
A group of laid-off service workers in Denver is pushing for a total cancellation of rent, mortgage, and utility payments, for at least the next ninety days.
Belabored Podcast #160: When One Job Isn’t Enough
In cities across the country, Marriott hotel workers are forced to work second jobs to pay the bills. We talk with two worker-organizers planning to strike for a fairer contract.
Belabored Podcast #155: The Future of Collective Action
Organizers representing teachers, housekeepers, graduate students, and airline workers discuss union power in the wake of the Janus decision.
I’ll Take Care of You Tonight
Emerging alongside the growth of the service industry is a new interest in the literary expression of this kind of labor, with the female worker at its center.
Belabored Podcast #114: Striking the Ivory Tower, with Harvard Workers
We speak with two Harvard workers, Kecia Pugh and Anabela Pappas, and UNITE HERE organizer Tiffany Ten Eyck about the ongoing strike at the country’s most elite university.
New Haven Rising
As “eds and meds” reshape working-class New Haven, labor and community groups are joining forces to transform the service economy and build a more democratic city.
