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In The Great Escape, Saket Soni recounts how he organized a group of Indian migrant workers to free themselves from a human trafficking scam and hold their captors accountable. The post Belabored: How Workers Escape, with Saket Soni appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The strike is back in Britain but the Conservative government is out to crush the unions. What lessons should labor learn from the 1980s? The post Belabored: Reviving the Strike in Britain, with Morag Livingstone and Joe Rollin appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

On working-class Los Angeles before and after the civil unrest of 1992—and how structural inequities continue to shape the city's labor struggles from the classrooms to the docks. The post Belabored: Los Angeles, 1992, Revisited with Tobias Higbie and Kent Wong appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The longtime organizer and theorist discusses tactics that unions can use to win major gains at the table and in the contract. The post Belabored: How to Bargain for Power, with Jane McAlevey appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Recent news reports have revealed that child labor is not just a historical relic in the United States—and some politicians want to undermine existing regulations, claiming that less oversight is good for business. The post Belabored: Child Labor, Child Strikes, with Jack Hodgson appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Healthcare and education have been at the center of pandemic labor struggles. Two rank-and-file leaders from these fields join the podcast for a live episode. The post Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Long COVID is a labor rights issue. The post Belabored: When COVID Never Ends appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Walmart and Kroger workers discuss the added stress of working during the holidays. The post Belabored: Pandemic Black Fridays are Twice as Tiring, with Cynthia Murray and Lisa Harris appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Delivery workers from New York and London join the podcast to talk about organizing during the pandemic. The post Belabored: Courier Class War appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A mental healthcare provider discusses the pandemic's effects on her work. The post Belabored: Mental Health Workers' Double Pandemic, with Kellie Benson appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Labor journalists discuss media coverage of the recent strike wave in Britain. The post Belabored: The Death and Life of Labor Journalism appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Two congressional staffers discuss the push to unionize Capitol Hill. The post Belabored: The Union on the Hill, with Janae Washington and Taylor Doggett appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

British dockworkers join the podcast to talk about ongoing strikes in Liverpool and Felixstowe. The post Belabored: Shutting Down the Ports, with Steve Gerrard and Liverpool Dockworkers appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A group of strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood hopes to break new ground in organizing their field nationwide as part of the Actors' Equity Association. The post Belabored: Strippers Seek Justice at Work, with Velveeta appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In Scotland, Grangemouth oil refinery workers are just the latest to realize their power after two years of pandemic, when they were deemed essential—and watched industry profits spike—while they accepted pay freezes. The post Belabored: Wildcat Oil Strikes and the Energy Crisis, with Ewan Gibbs appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

UPS workers are sharing photographs of triple-digit temperature readings inside their trucks. The Teamsters say drivers are suffering from heat-related illnesses at an alarming rate as climate change accelerates. The post Belabored: Delivery Workers Stuck in Searing Heat appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The president of the RMT joins the podcast to talk about the union's recent strike and what's next for rail workers in the UK. The post Belabored: Train Strikes Revive British Unions, with Alex Gordon appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

What the fall of Roe means for workers. The post Belabored: Reproductive Justice Is Labor Justice appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Donna Jo Marks, Carlos Perez, and Jessica Wender-Shubow join Belabored for a live discussion about the politics of time spent at work. The post Belabored: Working Time Struggles, Live from Labor Notes appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Workers at a division of games conglomerate Activision Blizzard shocked the industry by becoming one of the first collective bargaining units in U.S. gaming. The post Belabored: Game Workers Unite and Win, with Emma Kinema appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Organizers of unionization efforts at Amazon, Starbucks, and the New York Times discuss how their experiences as women shape their work. The post Belabored: Women Leading the Labor Movement appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Economist J.W. Mason joins the podcast to talk about inflation and how to organize around price increases. The post Belabored: What's Up With Inflation, with J.W. Mason appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

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. The post Belabored: Abolish Student Debt, with the Debt Collective appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A two-part episode on logistics labor, with Michelle Valentin of the Amazon Labor Union, and Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and Trade. The post Belabored: Winning in Logistics Work, with Michelle Valentin and Laleh Khalili appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Retail has historically been one of the hardest sectors to organize, but workers at REI are bucking that trend. The post Belabored: Retail Organizing at REI appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

This week teachers and education workers went on strike in Minneapolis for the the first time in fifty years. The post Belabored: Teacher Strikes in the Age of COVID-19 appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

How close are we to fully automated robot logistics? The post Belabored: Cyborg Taylorism in the Warehouse, with Beth Gutelius appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

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? The post Belabored: Public Goods, Private Harms with Donald Cohen appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue-collar jobs to one of the toughest in America. What does this transformation mean for the ongoing supply chain crisis? The post Belabored: Trucker Supply Crisis? With Steve Viscelli appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Workers are being asked, once again, to keep working despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. As employers push for a return to "normal," how should we deal with the risks of returning to work? The post Belabored: Dangerous Work, with Debbie Berkowitz and Xian Barrett appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Rebecca Kolins Givan and C.M. Lewis look back at the year in labor. The post Belabored: The Great Resignation appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A discussion on global shipping, just-in-time manufacturing, and why fixing the supply chain means rethinking endless growth. The post Belabored: Supply Chain Chaos, with Charmaine Chua appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Sadé Dozan of Caring Across Generations discusses the Build Back Better bill, which would put some $150 billion into Medicaid-supported homecare services. The post Belabored: Our Neglected Human Infrastructure, with Sadé Dozan appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

How do you take industrial action when your workplace is your computer? In his new book, Phil Jones considers the millions of "microworkers" around the world who process data for digital platforms. The post Belabored: Work Without the Workers, with Phil Jones appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

For decades, the United Auto Workers has been controlled by a tight-knit group of insiders. Now members are voting in a historic referendum on how the union elects its central leadership. The post Belabored: Can the United Auto Workers Be Democratized? With Justin Mayhugh appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Eve Livingston's new book, Make Bosses Pay, aims to get young people connected to unions and to push unions to engage more with the working class as it is today: diverse, precarious, and perhaps on the brink of rebellion. The post Belabored: Toward a Liberatory Unionism, with Eve Livingston appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Though the occupation didn't last long, it shaped many subsequent campaigns and movements, including in organized labor. The post Belabored: The Legacy of Occupy Wall Street, with Ruth Milkman and Nastaran Mohit appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

How did Occupy change the labor movement? And what lessons might it still hold for unions struggling to find their footing in an ever more crisis-prone world? The post Belabored: Occupy's Ten-Year Anniversary, with Stephen Lerner and Jonathan Westin appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

As hopes for ambitious climate policy fade, Joe Uehlein, Founding President of the Labor Network for Sustainability, talks about why we must decarbonize the economy while protecting workers. The post Belabored: Washington Retreats from a Just Transition, with Joe Uehlein appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Amelia Horgan's new book, Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism, asks what work is, why it sucks, and what we can do to change it. The post Belabored: Lost in Work, with Amelia Horgan appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A close look at what happens when corporations police themselves. The post Belabored: Why “Corporate Social Responsibility” Fails Workers appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A new right-wing campaign to ban "critical race theory" aims to crack down on teachers who teach honestly about racism. How can teachers protect themselves and their students? The post Belabored: Critical Race Panic in Schools, with Jesse Hagopian appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A conversation about what rising U.S.-China tensions mean for workers and the labor movement in both countries. The post Belabored: Labor Solidarity in China, with Tobita Chow and Kevin Lin appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Reflections on what The New Yorker Union won, how they did it, and what other workers can learn from their victory. The post Belabored: Strike Averted at the New Yorker, with Gili Ostfield appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

If you're nervous about going back to work, you're not the only one. Workers and labor advocates discuss what the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions might mean for workplace safety and labor rights. The post Belabored: Back to Work appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Political economy researcher Riya Al-Sanah joins us from Haifa to talk about this week's historic general strike. The post Belabored: General Strike in Palestine appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The author of A Planet to Win talks about Biden's infrastructure proposals and why care jobs are green jobs. The post Belabored: The Value of Care, with Alyssa Battistoni appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Worker centers organize workers excluded from labor regulations and disconnected from mainstream unions. They have brought fresh energy to the labor movement. The post Belabored: The Power of Alt-Labor appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley discuss Amazon and the state of the Black working class. The post Belabored: Black Against Amazon, with Steven Pitts and Robin D.G. Kelley appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union in the United Kingdom, talks about the prospects for a truly feminist labor movement. The post Belabored: Women on Labor’s Frontline, with Jo Grady appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Rita Pasarell, former Albany legislative staffer and co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group, discusses recent accusations against Andrew Cuomo. The post Belabored: Changing a Culture of Harassment appeared first on Dissent Magazine.