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A report from the picket line. The post Belabored Podcast #167: L.A. Teachers Shut It Down, with Alex Caputo-Pearl appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Last week, New York established an important new pay floor for app-based drivers. Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance joins us to talk about the victory. The post Belabored Podcast #166: Raises for Uber and Lyft Drivers, with Bhairavi Desai appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

We spoke with an immigrants' rights activist from the Cosecha Movement about conditions at the border. The post Belabored Podcast #165: Communities Unite for Border Resistance, with Cosecha Movement appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Bye Scott Walker. The post Belabored Podcast #164: Scott Walker’s Gone, Now What? With Eleni Schirmer appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Meg Reilly of the Campaign Workers Guild joins us to talk about the first movement to unionize the workers who canvass the streets, run the phone banks, and carry the clipboards. The post Belabored Podcast #163: Organizing for Democracy, with Meg Reilly appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The majority of Teamster members at UPS voted to reject a proposed contract; leadership says they’ll ratify it anyway. How did this happen? Nelson Lichtenstein joins us to discuss the ongoing conflict. The post Belabored Podcast #162: A Struggle Over Union Democracy at UPS, with Nelson Lichtenstein appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

We look at two types of fights for workplace justice: the worker-owned cooperatives now mushrooming across the country, and a global protest at airports around the world. The post Belabored Podcast #161: Workers Resist, Workers Rule appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In cities across the country, Marriott hotel workers are forced to work second jobs to pay the bills. We talk with two worker-organizers planning to strike for a fairer contract. The post Belabored Podcast #160: When One Job Isn’t Enough appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Workers in St. Paul, Minnesota are seeking to build on a major Fight for 15 victory in neighboring Minneapolis. Plus: An update on the teacher strike wave. The post Belabored Podcast #159: Fight or Die, with Barbara Madeloni and Celeste Robinson appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

This month Missouri voters rejected "right to work" at the ballot. Two organizers from the state join us to talk about the win and what the rest of the country can learn from their incredible success. The post Belabored Podcast #158: A Victory for Labor in Missouri appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In a special panel discussion, Sarah speaks with three strike veterans about what it takes to walk off the job, build community support—and win. The post Belabored Podcast #157: What’s a Strike and How Can I Help? appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

On Amazon Prime Day warehouse workers around the world took action against the company. We hear about some of the organizing going on in fulfillment centers from Germany to New Jersey. The post Belabored Podcast #156: Striking Amazon appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Organizers representing teachers, housekeepers, graduate students, and airline workers discuss union power in the wake of the Janus decision. The post Belabored Podcast #155: The Future of Collective Action appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

The day labor has been dreading is here: the Janus v. AFSCME case was decided by the Supreme Court, and the public sector is now "right-to-work." But what does this actually mean for workers? The post Belabored Podcast #154: After Janus, with Charlotte Garden appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

We check in on worker-led activism across the country, with interviews on UPS and AT&T strikes, behind-the-scenes resistance at Google, and the public banking movement. The post Belabored Podcast #153: Workers On the Frontline Today and Tomorrow appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Economist Celine McNicholas breaks down what last week's Supreme Court ruling means for workers—and why more individual arbitration is bad news. The post Belabored Podcast #152: SCOTUS’s Epic Fail, with Celine McNicholas appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People's campaign, joins us to talk about why people are marching across the country against poverty and for economic justice. The post Belabored Podcast #151: Empowering the Souls of Poor Folk, with Rev. Liz Theoharis appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

As education strikes continue to rock the country, we talk with two striking workers—Ian Bradley Perrin, a graduate employee at Columbia University, and Arizona teacher Noah Karvelis. The post Belabored Podcast #150: Lessons Learned on the Picket Line appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

In a series of interviews from Labor Notes, Sarah and Michelle talk to worker-organizers from South Korea, Puerto Rico, Minnesota, and beyond about building rank-and-file power around the globe. The post Belabored Podcast #149: Voices from the Labor Notes Conference 2018 appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

How do we advocate for workers when the rules are rigged against us? Sarah and Michelle sat down with four teacher organizers for a special panel discussion at the 2018 Labor Notes conference. The post Belabored Podcast #148: Organizing Outside the Law, at Labor Notes appeared first on Dissent Magazine.