Belabored Podcast
1) Belabored: How Workers Escape, with Saket Soni
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. For links and articl...Show More
2) Belabored: Reviving the Strike in Britain, with Morag Livingstone and Joe Rollin
The strike is back in Britain but the Conservative government is out to crush the unions. What lessons should labor learn from the 1980s? For links and articles mentioned in this episode, visit htt...Show More
Belabored: Reviving the Strike in Britain, with Morag Livingstone and Joe Rollin
1:13:06 | May 19th, 2023
3) Belabored: Los Angeles, 1992, Revisited with Tobias Higbie and Kent Wong
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. For links and ar...Show More
4) Belabored: How to Bargain for Power, with Jane McAlevey
The longtime organizer and theorist discusses tactics that unions can use to win major gains at the table and in the contract. For links and articles mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.di...Show More
5) Belabored: Child Labor, Child Strikes, with Jack Hodgson
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. For links and articles mentioned in th...Show More
6) Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee
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. For links and articles mentioned in th...Show More
Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee
1:22:16 | Dec 23rd, 2022
7) Belabored: When COVID Never Ends
Long COVID is a labor rights issue. For links and articles mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-when-covid-never-ends
8) Belabored: Pandemic Black Fridays are Twice as Tiring, with Cynthia Murray and Lisa Harris
Delivery workers from New York and London join the podcast to talk about organizing during the pandemic. For links and articles mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog...Show More
Belabored: Pandemic Black Fridays are Twice as Tiring, with Cynthia Murray and Lisa Harris
1:07:21 | Nov 25th, 2022
9) Belabored: Courier Class War
Delivery workers from New York and London join the podcast to talk about organizing during the pandemic. For links and articles mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog...Show More
10) Belabored: Mental Health Workers’ Double Pandemic, with Kellie Benson
A mental healthcare provider discusses the pandemic's effects on her work. For links and articles mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-mental-health-worke...Show More