As organized labor searches for a viable strategy to endure and grow, its limited footholds in American higher education are coming loose.
Belabored Podcast #127: Rebellion in the Streets
Five organizers talk about this year’s May Day, which saw immigrant workers taking to the streets around the country.
Brazil on Strike
In the face of a far-reaching austerity package being imposed by an unelected government, more than 1 million Brazilian workers took the streets Friday for the country’s first general strike in decades.
How the Ivy League Collaborates with Donald Trump
Top university officials at Columbia and Yale have found in Trump an ally in their longstanding efforts to resist graduate employees’ efforts to unionize.
Belabored Podcast #126: Voices from the Rust Belt, with Chuck Jones
Trump’s promises notwithstanding, many factory workers in the Rust Belt are just as frustrated after the election as they were before. Sarah Jaffe speaks to three labor organizers in Indiana to understand why.
Belabored Podcast #125: Striking to Live in the Age of Trump
Organizers and participants in three recent strikes—the Yemeni bodega strike, the taxi workers’ strike at JFK airport, and last year’s Verizon strike—discuss labor under Trump.
The False Economics of Anti-Immigration
George Borjas argues that a protectionist approach towards immigration would be good for American workers. Economists almost universally disagree.
Belabored Podcast #124: College Dreams and College Schemes, with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom talks about her new book, Lower Ed, and why the expansion of the for-profit college industry is a labor issue.
[EVENT | March 29] Labor, Trump, and the Fight for Economic Justice
Join Sarah Jaffe, Michelle Chen, Pam Galpern, Bhairavi Desai, and Rabyaah Althaibani for a discussion about how labor can fight Trump.
What’s the Matter with Iowa?
Having gained “trifecta” control over the state’s government in November, Iowa Republicans are implementing a big-business agenda with astounding speed—and devastating implications for workers.
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