How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

a book by Sarah Jaffe
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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 articles mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-how-workers-escape-with-saket-soni

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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 https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-reviving-strike-britain-morag-livingstone-joe-rollin

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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 articles mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-la-1992-higbie-wong

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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.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-how-to-bargain-for-power-with-jane-mcalevey

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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 this episode, visit https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-essential-workers-in-crisis-with-elizabeth-lalasz-and-jia-lee

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Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee

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

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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

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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/belabored-courier-class-war

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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/belabored-courier-class-war

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Belabored: Mental Health Workers’ Double Pandemic, with Kellie Benson

A senior mental health coordinator 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-workers-double-pandemic-with-kellie-benson