Belabored Archives | Dissent Magazine

Belabored Podcast #134: Defending Migrants through Hell and High Water

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 8, 2017

We talk to DACA recipients and defenders around the country, from Texas to New York, about Trump’s decision to overturn President Obama’s protections for immigrant youth.

Belabored Podcast #133: Laboring Against Privatization, with Joseph A. McCartin

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 25, 2017

Joseph McCartin joins us to talk about the history of public worker unionism, the legacy of PATCO, and how today’s workers can build power across the workforce.

Belabored Podcast #132: What Happened in Mississippi? with Chris Brooks

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 11, 2017

Last week, in a highly anticipated union election, workers at a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi voted against unionizing with the UAW. Chris Brooks from Labor Notes joins us to talk about the result.

Belabored Podcast #131: A Crisis of Care, with June Barrett and Saba Waheed

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 14, 2017

Home care is one of the most rapidly growing fields in the country, but workers and care recipients will be under threat if Trump slashes Medicaid. We talk about what’s at stake in the healthcare reform fight.

Belabored Podcast #130: Retail Warriors

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 2, 2017

In this special episode on the retail industry, organizers and workers from around the country talk about their fights to win fair wages and scheduling.

Belabored Podcast #129: A New Dawn for Labour? With Ronan Burtenshaw

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 16, 2017

Ronan Burtenshaw joins us to discuss last week’s election upset and what’s next for the UK left.

Belabored Podcast #128: AT&T Workers Rising Globally and Locally, with Bob Master

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 2, 2017

Bob Master of CWA joins us to talk about AT&T workers’ three-day strike. Plus: we hear from the Dominican Republic about call center workers organizing in solidarity with their U.S. counterparts.

Belabored Podcast #127: Rebellion in the Streets

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ May 6, 2017

Five organizers talk about this year’s May Day, which saw immigrant workers taking to the streets around the country.

Belabored Podcast #126: Voices from the Rust Belt, with Chuck Jones

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 21, 2017

Trump’s promises notwithstanding, many factory workers in the Rust Belt are just as frustrated after the election as they were before. Sarah Jaffe speaks to three labor organizers in Indiana to understand why.

Belabored Podcast #125: Striking to Live in the Age of Trump

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 7, 2017

Organizers and participants in three recent strikes—the Yemeni bodega strike, the taxi workers’ strike at JFK airport, and last year’s Verizon strike—discuss labor under Trump.