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Belabored Podcast #190: The Year in Labor

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 20, 2019

Sarah and Michelle talk about this year’s biggest labor stories.

The GM Strike and the Future of the UAW

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ November 8, 2019

“We need to start acting as a class-conscious organization.”

Belabored Podcast #184: Organizing the Unorganizable, with Jason Moyer-Lee

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 20, 2019

We hear about a new union in the UK organizing everyone from foster care workers to Uber drivers. Plus: an interview with a striking General Motors worker.

What’s at Stake in the General Motors Strike

Nelson Lichtenstein ▪ September 20, 2019

Only a strong movement can put the management of capitalism on the political agenda.

Belabored Podcast #183: Troublemaking in Asia

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ September 6, 2019

A report back from Labor Notes’s first ever conference in Asia.

Belabored Podcast #182: (Slowly) Seizing the Means of Production

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 23, 2019

How would the workplace be different if the workers owned it?

Belabored Podcast #181: Hong Kong Pushed to the Edge

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ August 9, 2019

Following Hong Kong’s first general strike in decades, three activists talk about labor’s role in the protests.

Belabored Podcast #180: General Strike in Puerto Rico Gets the Goods, with Mercedes Martinez

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 26, 2019

The President of the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation talks about this week’s protests and the ongoing fight against corruption.

Belabored Podcast #179: Samsung’s Labor Abuses

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ July 12, 2019

South Korean journalist Lee Jae-yeon discusses her investigation of working conditions in Samsung factories in nine cities in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.