Labor - Dissent Magazine

Belabored Stories: Union Busting in a Disaster

Michelle Chen ▪ April 15, 2020

Art handlers in New York City have filed an NLRB complaint alleging that their employer fired workers for organizing a union.

Belabored Stories: Cancel Rent

Michelle Chen ▪ April 14, 2020

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 Stories: Many Immigrants Won’t Get a $1,200 Check

Michelle Chen ▪ April 13, 2020

Millions of immigrant workers are toiling in frontline low-wage industries. But the CARES Act excludes many from its welfare provisions.

Belabored Podcast #195: Delivering Us from Coronavirus, with Dania Rajendra

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 10, 2020

The director of Athena joins us to talk about why Amazon workers have been walking off the job.

Belabored Stories: The Amazon Walkouts Continue

Michelle Chen ▪ April 9, 2020

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

Michelle Chen ▪ April 7, 2020

No Evil Foods, a vegan food company whose products include “Comrade Cluck,” recently fought a union drive. Now workers feel unsafe in the factory.

Belabored Podcast #194: The Coronavirus Bailout, with Mike Konczal

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ March 27, 2020

COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the economy. Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt Institute joins us to discuss the disappointing relief bill that was signed into law today.

Belabored Podcast #193: Work in the Time of Coronavirus

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ March 14, 2020

As the coronavirus spreads across the world, we discuss what it means for workers in healthcare, the gig economy, and other frontline industries.

Making History at Amazon

Nelson Lichtenstein ▪ February 12, 2020

If they can disrupt the supply chain, Amazon workers could transform an industry that constitutes one of the commanding heights of the twenty-first-century economy.

Belabored Podcast #192: Unions for All, with SEIU Local 26

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 24, 2020

Why is the labor movement in Minnesota thriving? SEIU Local 26 joins us to talk about the Twin Cities’ robust network of grassroots worker centers and unions.

Belabored Podcast #190: The Year in Labor

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 20, 2019

Sarah and Michelle talk about this year’s biggest labor stories.

The GM Strike and the Future of the UAW

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 8, 2019

“We need to start acting as a class-conscious organization.”

Belabored Podcast #184: Organizing the Unorganizable, with Jason Moyer-Lee

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 20, 2019

We hear about a new union in the UK organizing everyone from foster care workers to Uber drivers. Plus: an interview with a striking General Motors worker.