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.
Fall 2020
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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?
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.
Teachers’ Aides Adjust to the COVID Classroom
In-person, hybrid, and remote teaching all present different challenges for paraeducators.
Belabored: Essential but Excluded, with Nadia Marin-Molina
Community and labor groups are campaigning for equal benefits for undocumented immigrants and other workers excluded from the coronavirus relief packages.
Belabored: The Senate Fiddles While America Burns, with Rebecca Dixon
The Democrats in the House just passed a new stimulus bill, but what are its odds of passing the Senate? Rebecca Dixon of the National Employment Law Project breaks it down.
Belabored: Is it Safe to Go Back to School?
Three education workers talk about school reopening, and their struggle to protect their health and that of their students.
Belabored Podcast #205: Wildcat Sports Strike Wave, with Dave Zirin
The athletic strikes may have been short-lived, but they made a huge impact, disrupting the pretense of normalcy that sports entertainment normally helps viewers create.
Detroit’s Embattled Nursing Home Workers Delay Strike
After a plea from Governor Whitmer, nursing home workers will suspend a planned strike for thirty days while negotiations continue. The drive for collective action comes after months of stress and anguish.
Belabored Podcast #204: Protect the Post Office
As public fear rises over potential disruptions to mail-in voting in the lead-up to the election, we talk with three postal workers about what’s happening to our mail and the people who handle it.
Family Child-Care Providers Unionize in California
Rosa Carreño hopes her new union will lead to more support from the state. “The parents can’t go to work if they don’t have a safe place for their children to stay.”
