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Belabored: Women Leading the Labor Movement

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ May 20, 2022

Organizers of unionization efforts at Amazon, Starbucks, and the New York Times discuss how their experiences as women shape their work.

Belabored: What’s Up With Inflation, with J.W. Mason

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ May 6, 2022

Economist J.W. Mason joins the podcast to talk about inflation and how to organize around price increases.

Belabored: Abolish Student Debt, with the Debt Collective

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 22, 2022

With a pandemic pause on student loan repayments set to expire this year, debt abolitionists have stepped up their campaign to get Washington to cancel education debt entirely.

Belabored: Winning in Logistics Work, with Michelle Valentin Nieves and Laleh Khalili

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ April 8, 2022

A two-part episode on logistics labor, with Michelle Valentin Nieves of the Amazon Labor Union, and Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and Trade.

Belabored: Retail Organizing at REI

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ March 25, 2022

Retail has historically been one of the hardest sectors to organize, but workers at REI are bucking that trend.

Belabored: Teacher Strikes in the Age of COVID-19

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ March 11, 2022

This week teachers and education workers went on strike in Minneapolis for the the first time in fifty years.

Belabored: Cyborg Taylorism in the Warehouse, with Beth Gutelius

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 25, 2022

How close are we to fully automated robot logistics?

Belabored: Public Goods, Private Harms with Donald Cohen

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 11, 2022

Over the past several decades, the shift of public goods and services into the control of corporations has taken a toll on their quality, increased inequality, undermined labor and civil rights, and made government less accountable. How can we restore our ownership of the commons?