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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.

Celine McNicholas of the Economic Policy Institute digs into the PRO Act and other labor policies currently on the table. The post Belabored: What’s Joe Biden’s Agenda for Labor? appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Work Won't Love You Back. The post Belabored: Labor Unloved with Sarah Jaffe, Kenzo Shibata, and Micah Uetricht appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

California's Proposition 22 locked in a second-tier status for gig economy workers. In the state and around the country, they're still organizing for something better. The post Belabored: Stopping the Spread of Prop 22 appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Alphabet Workers Union member Alex Hanna talks about Google’s labor politics, how a minority union can mobilize through direct action, and the future of organizing in the tech industry.  The post Belabored: Going Union at Google appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Rebecca Dixon, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Jane McAlevey look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers. The post Belabored: How the Pandemic Changed Our Working Lives appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A new book, Unions Renewed, suggests that labor needs to update its playbook for a new period of capitalist development. The post Belabored: Renewing Unions in the Age of Finance, with Alice Martin and Annie Quick appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

While the presidential race ended with a narrow victory for the Democrats, the electorate revealed how sharply divided it is—what does it all mean for labor? The post Belabored: Labor at the Ballot Box appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Trump and Pence claim that industrial jobs are "booming" under their leadership. In Lordstown and Indianapolis, local labor organizers tell a different story. The post Belabored: Trump’s Broken Promises appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Community and labor groups are campaigning for equal benefits for undocumented immigrants and other workers excluded from the coronavirus relief packages. The post Belabored: Essential but Excluded, with Nadia Marin-Molina appeared first on Dissent Magazine.