Belabored: What’s Joe Biden’s Agenda for Labor?
Celine McNicholas of the Economic Policy Institute digs into the PRO Act and other labor policies currently on the table.
Winter 2021
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Belabored: Labor Unloved with Sarah Jaffe, Kenzo Shibata, and Micah Uetricht
Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Work Won’t Love You Back.
Belabored: Stopping the Spread of Prop 22
California’s Proposition 22 locked in a second-tier status for gig economy workers. In the state and around the country, they’re still organizing for something better.
Los Deliveristas Unidos Demand Justice
“One of our dreams that we have as workers is to be treated as essential workers. We just don’t want people to say that we are essential workers, but to be treated as that.”
Belabored: Going Union at Google
Alphabet Workers Union member Alex Hanna talks about Google’s labor politics, how a minority union can mobilize through direct action, and the future of organizing in the tech industry.
Harvard Workers Left Out in the Cold
In January the university plans to cut the compensation of its janitorial staff. Contracted workers could get nothing.
Belabored: How the Pandemic Changed Our Working Lives
Rebecca Dixon, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Jane McAlevey look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers.
Belabored: Renewing Unions in the Age of Finance, with Alice Martin and Annie Quick
A new book, Unions Renewed, suggests that labor needs to update its playbook for a new period of capitalist development.
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?
A Blow for Labor Rights in California
Gig workers were barely scraping by even before companies like Uber spent $200 million on the successful campaign to pass Proposition 22. Now, two paths lie ahead: one paved by corporate cash, and the other blazed by the workers behind the wheel.
Belabored: Trump’s Broken Promises
Trump and Pence claim that industrial jobs are “booming” under their leadership. In Lordstown and Indianapolis, local labor organizers tell a different story.
Misery at the Happiest Place on Earth
A massive round of Disney Parks layoffs is acutely felt in Florida.
