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Guest: Michelle Chen is a contributing writer for The Nation, a contributing editor at Dissent magazine and a co-producer of Dissent's “Belabored” podcast. She can be found on at @meeshellchen Photo: Senator Joseph McCarthy (right) with a map of Communist Party organizations, 1954 on Wikipedia The post The Second Red Scare & Political Deportations appeared first on KPFA.

Sarah Jaffe joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about allowing ourselves to be known on the page, learning how to pivot from journalism to the very personal, processing experiences through writing, being upended by grief, taking care of ourselves when writing about violence and terror, witnessing and giving voice to other people's hardships with integrity and respect, becoming undone on the page, how we are haunted by the losses we live through, sculpting material down during revision, and her new book From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire.   Also mentioned in this episode: -documenting activism and organizing -climate change -the cognitive dissonance of social media   Books mentioned in this episode: -Ghostly Matters by Avery Gordon -Love and Borders by Anna Lukas Miller -Who Cares by Emily Kenway   Sarah Jaffe is the author of Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone, which Jane McAlevey called “a multiplex in still life; a stunning critique of capitalism, a collective conversation on the meaning of life and work, and a definite contribution to the we-won't-settle-for-less demands of the future society everyone deserves,” and of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt, both from Bold Type Books.   She is a Type Media Center reporting fellow and an independent journalist covering the politics of power, from the workplace to the streets. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, the Guardian, the Washington Post, The New Republic, the Atlantic, and many other publications. She is the co-host, with Michelle Chen, of Dissent magazine's Belabored podcast, as well as a columnist at The Progressive and New Labor Forum.   Sarah was formerly a staff writer at In These Times and the labor editor at AlterNet. She was a contributing editor on The 99%: How the Occupy Wall Street Movement is Changing America, from AlterNet books, as well as a contributor to the anthologies At the Tea Party and Tales of Two Cities, both from OR Books, and Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America, from Picador. She was also the web director at GRITtv with Laura Flanders.   She was one of the first reporters to cover Occupy and the Fight for $15, has appeared on numerous radio and television programs to discuss topics ranging from electoral politics to Superstorm Sandy, from punk rock to public-sector unions.   She has a master's degree in journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia and a bachelor's degree in English from Loyola University New Orleans. Sarah was born and raised in Massachusetts and has also lived in South Carolina, Louisiana, Colorado, New York and Pennsylvania.   Connect with Sarah: Website: https://sarahljaffe.com/ X: https://x.com/sarahljaffe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahljaffe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahjaffetrouble   – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.  She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit's Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

What is behind the rise in worker dissatisfaction? According to Sarah Jaffe, author and co-host of the podcast “Belabored”, there's been a fundamental shift in how workers perceive their relationship with their boss. She joined Stephen to talk about the gains unionized workers in Detroit have seen in 2023 and what they mean for the future.

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BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get 20% Off Membership in July!) Original Air Date: 2/15/2019 Today we take a look at recent teachers union strike in the Los Angeles school district and see it as another event in an emerging pattern of progressive uprisings that have been stirring for the last decade, fighting back against the status quo, neoliberal instinct to privatize everything for the ultimate benefit of billionaires.  Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Why Teachers Are Striking in Los Angeles - NowThis - Air Date 1-20-19 ‘This strike is a strike to save public education.' — Here's why Los Angeles teachers are striking in their own words. Ch. 2: Alex Caputo-Pearl explains the teachers union strategy and planning ahead of the strike - Belabored by Dissent Magazine - Air Date 1-13-19 Caputo-Pearl talks about a wide range of issues that led to the strike. Building up to the strike as a leader in the union. UTLA received criticism for being too bold but with an issue this large, it's important to be bold. Ch. 3: Sarah Jaffe on the intersectional movements coming together in the teachers' strike - The Dig - Air Date 1-17-2019 The people in power are all about privatization. Public education attacks are compared to citizens united. Public schools have become a competing marketplace instead of educational services. Ch. 4: A surge in strikes! - Past Present - Air Date: 1-28-2019 Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the Los Angeles teachers' strike. Enthusiasm for collective action since the election of '45. Fighting for the very existence of public schools. Charter makes things better for some, public makes things better for all (when properly funded and supported). Charter squirms around Unions.  Ch. 5: Sarah Jaffe on the conflict within the Democratic party at the core of the LA teachers strike - Start Making Sense - Air Date 1-22-2019 Sarah Jaffe discusses why the parents agreed with the strike. Librarians who have to travel to different schools every day of the week. Will austerity reign, or can they turn it around. Fight for a society that actually provides what people need. Ch. 6: LA Teachers Striking For All Of Us - The Michael Brooks Show - 01-07-2019 While the LA Teachers Union strikes, their demands are referred to as shiny distractions. Increased privatization by charter schools reduces the effectiveness of public education. MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher | Spotify | Alexa Devices | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes and Stitcher! ​ ​ ​

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.

To celebrate our 6 month anniversary, we're unlocking some of our favourite Macrodose Extra episodes from our Patreon. For many more like this, head over to patreon.com/Macrodose and subscribe today! MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. In today's episode, James Meadway speaks to labour journalist Sarah Jaffe about the wave of strikes we've seen this year - from nurses, rail workers and posties here in the U.K, to teachers, Amazon workers, and Starbucks employees over in the United States. What's new about the latest wave of labour action and why is it happening now? Sarah is the author of two wonderful books - Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone (2021), and Necessary Trouble, Americans in Revolt (2016). She is also a co-host of Dissent magazine's Belabored podcast, as well as a columnist at The Progressive.

Working-class Los Angeles before and after the civil unrest of 1992, on the Belabored podcast. Today's labor quote: Toby Higbie. Today's labor history: AFL-CIO campaigns for a 35-hour workweek. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @DissentMag @sarahljaffe @meeshellchen @TobiasHigbie Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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.

With the television writers' strike now in its third week, we hear from Writers Guild of America East Executive Director Lowell Peterson on the Union Strong podcast, from the NYS AFL-CIO. Then, on The Director's Cut, the podcast from the Directors Guild of America, a fascinating look inside moviemaking from a stellar panel of directors. Actor Sheryl Lee Ralph star of ‘Abbott Elementary' celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week on Union Talk, the podcast from the American Federation of Teachers. Working-class Los Angeles before and after the civil unrest of 1992; the Belabored podcast explores how structural inequities continue to shape the city's labor struggles from the classrooms to the docks. And in our final segment, The Valley Labor Report visits with the cast of a musical about labor struggles in England in the 1800s. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @nysaflcio @directorsguild @aftunion @DissentMag @LaborReporters Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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.

When you hear the words “child labor,” your mind may go to the turn-of-the-century photographs taken by Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine of the grim lives of tiny laborers toiling in mines and urban sweatshops. But recent news reports have revealed that child labor is alive and well in the United States in 2023. Jack Hodgson, a visiting professor in history at the University of Roehampton, joins the Belabored podcast to discuss child labor throughout U.S. history and in the context of labor and civil rights struggles that continue to this day. Late last year, SAG-AFTRA introduced two new podcast contracts that make it easy for producers to be flexible and creative in covering their podcasts at all budgets. Sue-Anne Morrow, National Director/Contract Strategic Initiatives & Podcasts at SAG-AFTRA, walks us through the details of these new agreements on the SAG-AFTRA podcast. From On The Line: Stories of BC Workers a remarkable but relatively unknown chapter of working-class solidarity. While waves of sympathy strikes to support the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike took place across Canada, the most pronounced of these was in Vancouver, B.C. Even after workers returned to their jobs, 325 women telephone operators stayed out for another two weeks. Our final segment today is from Labor History Today. A few weeks in the little town of Windber, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Labor History Society and The Battle of Homestead Foundation were holding their “Annual Commemoration of the History of Working People” a daylong program on the United Mine Workers' 1922-23 Windber strike for union recognition, discussions on “Women in Coal and Steel” and “John Brophy and Labor Education”. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkingPod @DissentMag @sagaftra @BC_LHC Edited by Patrick Dixon and Mel Smith, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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.

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Hey smarties! We're on a break for the holidays and revisiting some favorite episodes from 2021. We want to say a big thank-you for being part of the “Make Me Smart” family this year — every voicemail, question and donation made a huge difference. None of us is as smart as all of us, and we couldn't do this show without you. There's still time to help Marketplace reach its end-of-year fundraising goal. If you can, please donate here. Thanks, happy holidays and we'll see you in the new year. Labor organizing looks a lot different today. The workplaces are different compared to decades ago. Think less industrial factories with thousands of workers and more Starbucks, REI and Trader Joe's with bargaining units of a couple of dozen employees, all organizing one location at a time. “On one hand, it could be easier because you've got a smaller group of people to be making the demands. But then you have this challenge of power … it's hard when you're looking at a massive corporation, but you're organizing it piece by piece,” said Sarah Jaffe, labor journalist and co-host of the podcast “Belabored.” The AFL-CIO's goal is to unionize 1 million workers in the next decade. Could organizing smaller workplaces be the path toward reversing decades of declining union membership? On the show today, what labor organizing looks like in the modern economy, why it's different from what we saw in the past and what it means for the workplace of 2022 and beyond. In the News Fix, the wild story of an Olympic athlete and what it says about modern-day slavery. Plus, we'll tell you about an airport to avoid if you're traveling this summer. Later, we'll hear from listeners about deep sighs and coupons, and we'll make you smart about flapjacks! Here's everything we talked about today: “How do workers take on a national chain like Starbucks? One store at a time” from Fast Company “Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress, but their faith in unions is staying strong” from Business Insider “Union Election Petitions Increase 57% In First Half of Fiscal Year 2022” from the National Labor Relations Board Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Panel to explore how Trump summoned extremist groups to Washington from The Washington Post “British Runner Mo Farah Says He Was Trafficked as a Child” from The New York Times “London's Heathrow Airport Will Limit Passengers for the Summer” from The New York Times Got a question for our hosts? Email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org. Or leave us a voice message at (508) 827-6278 or (508) U-B-SMART.

Hey smarties! We're on a break for the holidays and revisiting some favorite episodes from 2021. We want to say a big thank-you for being part of the “Make Me Smart” family this year — every voicemail, question and donation made a huge difference. None of us is as smart as all of us, and we couldn't do this show without you. There's still time to help Marketplace reach its end-of-year fundraising goal. If you can, please donate here. Thanks, happy holidays and we'll see you in the new year. Labor organizing looks a lot different today. The workplaces are different compared to decades ago. Think less industrial factories with thousands of workers and more Starbucks, REI and Trader Joe's with bargaining units of a couple of dozen employees, all organizing one location at a time. “On one hand, it could be easier because you've got a smaller group of people to be making the demands. But then you have this challenge of power … it's hard when you're looking at a massive corporation, but you're organizing it piece by piece,” said Sarah Jaffe, labor journalist and co-host of the podcast “Belabored.” The AFL-CIO's goal is to unionize 1 million workers in the next decade. Could organizing smaller workplaces be the path toward reversing decades of declining union membership? On the show today, what labor organizing looks like in the modern economy, why it's different from what we saw in the past and what it means for the workplace of 2022 and beyond. In the News Fix, the wild story of an Olympic athlete and what it says about modern-day slavery. Plus, we'll tell you about an airport to avoid if you're traveling this summer. Later, we'll hear from listeners about deep sighs and coupons, and we'll make you smart about flapjacks! Here's everything we talked about today: “How do workers take on a national chain like Starbucks? One store at a time” from Fast Company “Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress, but their faith in unions is staying strong” from Business Insider “Union Election Petitions Increase 57% In First Half of Fiscal Year 2022” from the National Labor Relations Board Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Panel to explore how Trump summoned extremist groups to Washington from The Washington Post “British Runner Mo Farah Says He Was Trafficked as a Child” from The New York Times “London's Heathrow Airport Will Limit Passengers for the Summer” from The New York Times Got a question for our hosts? Email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org. Or leave us a voice message at (508) 827-6278 or (508) U-B-SMART.

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interview with Yanis Varoufakis, as well as upcoming interviews with former finance trader Gary Stevenson, academic Kojo Koram and public economist Richard Wolff. In today's episode James Meadway speaks to labour journalist Sarah Jaffe about the wave of strikes we've seen this year - from nurses, rail workers and posties here in the U.K, to teachers, Amazon workers, and Starbucks employees over in the United States. What's new about the latest wave of labour action and why is it happening now? Sarah is the author of two wonderful books - Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone (2021), and Necessary Trouble, Americans in Revolt (2016). She is also a co-host of Dissent magazine's Belabored podcast, as well as a columnist at The Progressive.

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.

From The Valley Labor Report, Paul Lindsay makes the case for rail nationalization; Walmart and Kroger workers discuss the added stress of working during the holidays on the latest episode of Dissent Magazine's Belabored podcast; From We Rise Fighting, a report on UAW Locals 180 and 807, on strike in Racine, Wisconsin. And we wrap up this week with author Chad Pearson discussing his new book "Capital's Terrorists" on the Workers Beat podcast. Bonus track: The 1946 Oakland General Strike on Labor History in 2:00. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @LaborReporters @DissentMag @KNON893FM @ILLaborHistory Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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.

“Until we start thinking about what people's lives are really like and not just shame them for how they vote, we're not going to have a healthy democracy,” argues Sarah Jaffe. The labor journalist talks about working people's disillusionment with politics, and why seemingly incoherent protest movements shouldn't be disregarded. Does today's labor shortage give workers bargaining power? Sarah Jaffe's book Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone was published in 2020 to wide acclaim.

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.

Seg 1 – The Democrat Exodus – with Editor-in-Chief Leesa K. DonnerSeg 2 – NY Gov. Hochul on the Brink? – with Editor-in-Chief Leesa K. DonnerSeg 3 – Biden's Inflation Gambit – with economist and author Andrew MoranSeg 4 – California Expands the War on Drugs – with constitutional attorney Scott D. Cosenza

“Republican Poetry”We're back from our very long and random hiatus this week, chatting (sans Derek!) with Iowa journalist Lyz Lenz, author behind the famed substack Men Yell At Me. Please join us as we break down her weekend where she watches Broadcast News for the first time, cries, cuts her bangs, and finds herself having to listen to the poet laureate of Iowa. Plus, Hilary talks about being a sex positive dog mom, figuring out a shoe fits, and going to a traveling pumpkin patch in Brighton Beach. For more of Lyz's work, please follow her on Twitter and find her books Belabored and God Land at a bookstore near you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cartoonsbyhilary.substack.com/subscribe

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.

On this week's show: Sasha Anisimova, Starbucks organizer from Ann Arbor MI, on Labor Vision; Bruce Allan, residential school survivor, on Apple Box Talks; Shutting down the ports with Steve Gerrard and Liverpool dockworkers on Belabored; Michael and Elliott discuss the underlying causes behind the recently averted rail strike on Labor Radio on KBOO FM; Selma City workers on strike and Alabama prison workers thinking about it on The Valley Labor Report; Liberate Westchester on Art and Labor. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @seelaborvision @iatse891 @DissentMag @kboo @LaborReporters @ArtandLaborPod Edited by Patrick Dixon and Hamza Nishtar, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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.

On the Working to Live In Southwest Washington podcast, Why are so many union members running for office? Strippers seek justice at work; Belabored talks with Velveeta. On the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, Louise Milone discusses how the Steelworkers pushed for an investigation into dangerous smog in the Monongahela Valley David Jenkins discusses the new HBO series Our Flag Means Death, on the On Writing podcast. This is your Network, and we're building it like a union organizing campaign, one show and one listener at a time; please help us build sonic solidarity by sharing this show; just click on the share button below. Thanks so much! Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @DCLabor @SWWACLC @DissentMag @ReutherLibrary @WGAEast Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

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.

Labor organizing looks a lot different today. The workplaces are different compared to decades ago. Think less industrial factories with thousands of workers and more Starbucks, REI and Trader Joe’s with bargaining units of a couple of dozen employees, all organizing one location at a time. “On one hand, it could be easier because you’ve got a smaller group of people to be making the demands. But then you have this challenge of power … it’s hard when you’re looking at a massive corporation, but you’re organizing it piece by piece,” said Sarah Jaffe, labor journalist and co-host of the podcast “Belabored.” The AFL-CIO’s goal is to unionize 1 million workers in the next decade. Could organizing smaller workplaces be the path toward reversing decades of declining union membership? On the show today, what labor organizing looks like in the modern economy, why it’s different from what we saw in the past and what it means for the workplace of 2022 and beyond. In the News Fix, the wild story of an Olympic athlete and what it says about modern-day slavery. Plus, we’ll tell you about an airport to avoid if you’re traveling this summer. Later, we’ll hear from listeners about deep sighs and coupons, and we’ll make you smart about flapjacks! Here’s everything we talked about today: “How do workers take on a national chain like Starbucks? One store at a time” from Fast Company “Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress, but their faith in unions is staying strong” from Business Insider “Union Election Petitions Increase 57% In First Half of Fiscal Year 2022” from the National Labor Relations Board Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Panel to explore how Trump summoned extremist groups to Washington from The Washington Post “British Runner Mo Farah Says He Was Trafficked as a Child” from The New York Times “London’s Heathrow Airport Will Limit Passengers for the Summer” from The New York Times Got a question for our hosts? Email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org. Or leave us a voice message at (508) 827-6278 or (508) U-B-SMART.

Labor organizing looks a lot different today. The workplaces are different compared to decades ago. Think less industrial factories with thousands of workers and more Starbucks, REI and Trader Joe’s with bargaining units of a couple of dozen employees, all organizing one location at a time. “On one hand, it could be easier because you’ve got a smaller group of people to be making the demands. But then you have this challenge of power … it’s hard when you’re looking at a massive corporation, but you’re organizing it piece by piece,” said Sarah Jaffe, labor journalist and co-host of the podcast “Belabored.” The AFL-CIO’s goal is to unionize 1 million workers in the next decade. Could organizing smaller workplaces be the path toward reversing decades of declining union membership? On the show today, what labor organizing looks like in the modern economy, why it’s different from what we saw in the past and what it means for the workplace of 2022 and beyond. In the News Fix, the wild story of an Olympic athlete and what it says about modern-day slavery. Plus, we’ll tell you about an airport to avoid if you’re traveling this summer. Later, we’ll hear from listeners about deep sighs and coupons, and we’ll make you smart about flapjacks! Here’s everything we talked about today: “How do workers take on a national chain like Starbucks? One store at a time” from Fast Company “Americans have lost confidence in everything from organized religion to Congress, but their faith in unions is staying strong” from Business Insider “Union Election Petitions Increase 57% In First Half of Fiscal Year 2022” from the National Labor Relations Board Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Panel to explore how Trump summoned extremist groups to Washington from The Washington Post “British Runner Mo Farah Says He Was Trafficked as a Child” from The New York Times “London’s Heathrow Airport Will Limit Passengers for the Summer” from The New York Times Got a question for our hosts? Email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org. Or leave us a voice message at (508) 827-6278 or (508) U-B-SMART.

The "Labor On The Airwaves" panel attracted an overflow audience at this year's Labor Notes conference in Chicago. A show of hands revealed that about a third of those in attendance already had shows while another third was interested in finding out how to start their own shows, many of whom stopped by the Labor Radio-Podcast Network's booth after the panel. Working People's Maximillian Alvarez hosted a panel that included BeLabored hosts Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, Heartland Labor Forum's Judy Ancel, and Jamie Partridge from Labor Radio on KBOO FM.   For the Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly, the Labor Radio-Podcast Network's weekly digest show, featuring highlights from shows in our network, Chris Garlock recorded, edited, and published a shortened version of the "Labor on the Airwaves" panel from Labor Notes. With permission from Chris, we are excited to share the episode on the Working People feed for our listeners.  NOTE: For those interested in joining the Labor Radio Podcast Network (or finding out more about us), please contact us here. Additional links/info below... Judy Ancel's Twitter page Heartland Labor Forum website  Sarah Jaffe's Twitter page Michelle Chen's Twitter page BeLabored's website  Jamie Partridge's Twitter page Labor Radio's (KBOO FM) website  Permanent links below... Working People Patreon page Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song

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.

“If you're thinking about trying to start a podcast or a radio show, don't think about doing it all yourself, This is a collective thing.”  Judy Ancel - Heartland Labor Forum  The Labor On The Airwaves panel attracted an overflow audience at this year's Labor Notes conference. A show of hands revealed that about a third of those in attendance already had shows while another third was interested in finding out how to start their own shows, many of whom stopped by the Network's booth after the panel. Working People's Maximillian Alvarez hosted a panel that included BeLabored hosts Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, Heartland Labor Forum's Judy Ancel (thanks for the Network shoutout!) and Jamie Partridge from Labor Radio on KBOO FM. Here are highlights from their discussion. photo (l-r): Jamie, Max, Judy, Sarah and Michelle. Produced/edited by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips and Mel Smith, audio gram edited by Evan Papp. Empathy Media Lab partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement from the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. Follow the Labor Radio Podcast Network (https://www.laborradionetwork.org/) and listen to the podcast (https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/). NOTE: For those interested in joining the Labor Radio Podcast Network (or finding out more about us), please contact us here. #LaborRadioPod #Chicago @LaborNotes #LaborNotes2022 #LaborNotes #canlab #1u @amazonlabor @SBWorkersUnited @Shut_downAmazon #Troublemakers #LosDeliveristasUnidos #starbucksunion @Teamsters @DissentMag @WorkingPod @Heartland_Labor @kboo

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.

I know so many people who swear by running, but I cannot understand it. I have to run... outside... in front of other people? I just don't get it. That is why I have writer and journalist Lyz Lenz on the show today to help demystify the whole thing of running and how it has become an essential part of her life.   Content Warning: this conversation touches on topics of sexual assault and miscarrage.   Indulgence Nichole recommends stepping outside of your comfort pop culture zones, like watching Summertime on Netflix.   Guest Lyz Lenz is a writer, author, and whiskey drinker living in Iowa. Her book God Land was published in 2019, through Indiana University Press. Her second book Belabored, was published in 2020 by Bold Type Books. Lyz's essay “All the Angry Women” was also included in the anthology Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay. Her third book, This American Ex Wife, will be published by Crown. Lyz received her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. She lives in Iowa with her two kids and two dogs and one cat. She writes a regular newsletter, Men Yell At Me, where she explores the intersection of politics and our bodies in red state America.   Sponsors - Dipsea is an audio app full of short, sexy stories designed to turn you on. They're offering a 30-day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/thisisgood! - Girlfriend Collective is sustainable, ethically made activewear for everyone. They're offering $25 off your purchase of $100 or more when you go to girlfriend.com/thisisgood.   Find Us Online - Twitter: @ThisIsGoodPod - Instagram: @ThisIsGoodPod - Merch: thisisgoodpod.com/merch - Patreon: thisisgoodpod.com/patreon - Nichole: @tnwhiskeywoman - Multitude: @MultitudeShows - Email: thisisgoodpod@gmail.com   Production - Producer: Eric Silver - Editor: Brandon Grugle - Executive Producers: Amanda McLoughlin and Nichole Perkins - Theme Music: Donwill - Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd   About The Show Nichole Perkins wants people to stop feeling bad about feeling good, and This Is Good For You lets you know you are never alone in what you like. Every episode, Nichole explores something that people love—whether it's needlepoint, watching bad movies with friends, or cowgirl exercise classes—and asks experts and devotees why it makes them happy. She ends each show with an Indulgence: a recommendation listeners can enjoy with no remorse. There's no such thing as a guilty pleasure when you learn to love it freely! To find out what's good for you, listen to new episodes every other Friday.