Belabored: Strike Averted at the New Yorker, with Gili Ostfield
Reflections on what The New Yorker Union won, how they did it, and what other workers can learn from their victory.
Winter 2024
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The Conservative Court
Since the Nixon era, the Supreme Court’s treatment of poverty and racial justice has made it a consistent enemy of society’s most marginalized.
Belabored: Back to Work
If you’re nervous about going back to work, you’re not the only one. Workers and labor advocates discuss what the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions might mean for workplace safety and labor rights.
The Tom Cat Bakers’ Long Fight for Justice
The end of the Trump administration and the start of the post-pandemic economic recovery have brought a little optimism to immigrant workers. But many are still struggling to secure their rights and just compensation.
Belabored: General Strike in Palestine
Political economy researcher Riya Al-Sanah joins us from Haifa to talk about this week’s historic general strike.
Belabored: The Value of Care, with Alyssa Battistoni
The author of A Planet to Win talks about Biden’s infrastructure proposals and why care jobs are green jobs.
Belabored: The Power of Alt-Labor
Worker centers organize workers excluded from labor regulations and disconnected from mainstream unions. They have brought fresh energy to the labor movement.
Belabored: Black Against Amazon, with Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley
Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley discuss Amazon and the state of the Black working class.
Relief for Cab Drivers
For many taxi drivers in New York City, their livelihood has become a form of debt bondage. They feel that the city and its bankers have swindled them, and they’re demanding relief.
Will the PRO Act Hurt Freelancers?
Labor lawyer Brandon Magner discusses what the PRO Act’s ABC test means for freelancers.
Belabored: Women on Labor’s Frontline, with Jo Grady
Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union in the United Kingdom, talks about the prospects for a truly feminist labor movement.
Belabored: Changing a Culture of Harassment
Rita Pasarell, former Albany legislative staffer and co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group, discusses recent accusations against Andrew Cuomo.
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.
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.
