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Belabored Podcast #112: Striking India, with Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Gautam Mody

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 16, 2016 ▪ Blog

Last week’s general strike in India might have been the largest strike in history.

Belabored Podcast #111: Workers’ Rights for Graduate Employees, with Lindsey Dayton

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 2, 2016 ▪ Blog

Lindsey Dayton from the Graduate Workers of Columbia joins us to talk about the recent NLRB ruling that graduate students who work for private universities are employees and have the right to unionize.

Belabored Podcast #110: Americans in Revolt, with Sarah Jaffe

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 19, 2016 ▪ Blog

Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt.

Belabored Podcast #109: Forum for Change, with Nathalie Guay

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 5, 2016 ▪ Blog

A sneak preview of the labor events happening at the World Social Forum next week in Montreal.

Belabored Podcast #108: Philly Airport Workers Rising Up, with Gabe Morgan

Michelle Chen ▪ July 22, 2016 ▪ Blog

Airport workers at the Philadelphia International Airport just voted to strike next week during the Democratic National Convention. SEIU 32BJ Vice President Gabe Morgan joins us to explain why.

Belabored Podcast #107: Controlling Crisis in Puerto Rico, with Héctor Cordero-Guzmán

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 9, 2016 ▪ Blog

Puerto Rico’s debt crisis has been a long time in the making, but will the solutions advocated by the U.S. government make it any better?

Belabored Podcast #106: Nurses on the Frontline, with Jean Ross

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 24, 2016 ▪ Blog

Jean Ross, co-president of National Nurses United, joins us to talk about the nursing strike in Minnesota. Plus: audio from NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro’s People’s Summit speech on why we need to fight neoliberalism now.

Belabored Podcast #105: A French Uprising, with Jonah Birch

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ June 10, 2016 ▪ Blog

Streets and workplaces in France have been roiling with protests against a reform that would threaten the country’s 35-hour work week. Jacobin editor Jonah Birch joins us to talk about what it means for labor.