Belabored
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Belabored: Women Leading the Labor Movement
Organizers of unionization efforts at Amazon, Starbucks, and the New York Times discuss how their experiences as women shape their work.
Belabored: What’s Up With Inflation, with J.W. Mason
Economist J.W. Mason joins the podcast to talk about inflation and how to organize around price increases.
Belabored: Abolish Student Debt, with the Debt Collective
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.
Belabored: Winning in Logistics Work, with Michelle Valentin Nieves and Laleh Khalili
A two-part episode on logistics labor, with Michelle Valentin Nieves of the Amazon Labor Union, and Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and Trade.
Belabored: Retail Organizing at REI
Retail has historically been one of the hardest sectors to organize, but workers at REI are bucking that trend.
Belabored: Teacher Strikes in the Age of COVID-19
This week teachers and education workers went on strike in Minneapolis for the the first time in fifty years.
Belabored: Cyborg Taylorism in the Warehouse, with Beth Gutelius
How close are we to fully automated robot logistics?
Belabored: Public Goods, Private Harms with Donald Cohen
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 m
Belabored: Trucker Supply Crisis? With Steve Viscelli
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?
Belabored: Dangerous Work, with Debbie Berkowitz and Xian Barrett
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?