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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 Nieves 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 Nieves 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.