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Belabored Podcast #103: Get Ready for Struggle, with John Nichols  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ May 13, 2016

A live conversation with John Nichols, co-author of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy.



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Belabored Podcast #102: A Left Turn on the Campaign Trail, with Eric Fink  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 29, 2016

An interview with Eric Fink, a democratic socialist candidate for State Senate in North Carolina, who is challenging one of the lawmakers behind the state’s HB2 “bathroom bill.”



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Belabored Podcast #101: Ireland Rising, with Ronan Burtenshaw  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 15, 2016

A conversation with Irish journalist Ronan Burtenshaw about the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, its legacy, and the Irish left today.



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Belabored Podcast #100: How Uprisings Happen, with Mark Engler  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 8, 2016

For the 100th episode of Belabored, a special live-recorded discussion with Mark Engler, about his new book This Is an Uprising, and what the labor movement can draw from popular protest.



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Belabored Podcast #99: Because of Sex, with Gillian Thomas  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ March 18, 2016

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act made it illegal for employers to discriminate “because of sex.” We talk with Gillian Thomas, author of a new book on the history of the Supreme Court’s rulings on that little phrase, which have shaped the experiences of millions of working people.



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Belabored Podcast #98: Teachers Mobilizing for Migrant Kids  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ March 4, 2016

Following the arrest of six children in immigration raids, public school teachers in North Carolina are rallying to protect their students from deportation.



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Belabored Podcast #97: Building Black Futures with Janae Bonsu  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 19, 2016

Janae Bonsu, from Black Youth Project 100, talks about the group’s “Agenda to Build Black Futures,” and why we need to think of economic justice and racial justice as intertwined.



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Belabored Podcast #96: Sick of Austerity in Detroit and Flint  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 5, 2016

Joel Berger, a second-generation Detroit public school teacher, talks about teacher protests over the city’s dilapidated schools and the water crisis in Flint.



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Belabored Podcast #95: Campaigning for Families with Ellen Bravo  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have both announced plans to give workers paid family leave. Ellen Bravo of Family Values @ Work joins us to explain how this policy became central to both candidates’ campaigns.



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Belabored Podcast #94: Disrupting Uber  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 8, 2016

New legislation in Seattle could pave the way for Uber drivers to unionize. We explore the legal and political road ahead with Rebecca Smith of the National Employment Law Project and Takele Gobena of the App-Based Drivers Association.



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Belabored Podcast #93: The Good, The Bad, and the Hopeful  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 25, 2015

A look back at year’s best and worst moments for labor, and what there is to look forward to in 2016, for workers from China to Chicago and everywhere in between.



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Belabored Podcast #92: Don’t Mourn, Organize!  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 11, 2015

A celebration of pioneering union activist and radical troubadour Joe Hill.



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Belabored Podcast #91: Fasting for $15 and Full-Time  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 27, 2015

This Black Friday, Walmart workers and their allies have undertaken a “Fast for $15.” Belabored spoke with Dan Schlademan, co-director of OUR Walmart, and Tyfani Faulkner, who was in the middle of her fifteen days without food.



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Belabored Podcast #90: Offshoring Dirty Jobs, with Erik Loomis  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 13, 2015

An interview with historian Erik Loomis about his new book, Out of Sight, on the labor and environmental catastrophes caused by our outsourcing of dirty jobs. Plus: the Mizzou football players, updates in the Fight for $15, and FedEx workers on strike.



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Belabored Podcast #89: Banking on Change, with Khalid Taha  

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 30, 2015

Bank worker Khalid Taha tells us why he’s standing up for better banks and better wages. Plus: Bernie Sanders on a picket line, sexual harassment at T-Mobile, and a win in the fight against on-call scheduling.



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