EPISODE · Sep 6, 2013 · 33 MIN
Belabored Podcast #21: Retaliation
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Subscribe to the Belabored RSS feed here. Subscribe and rate on iTunes here. Tweet at @dissentmag with #belabored to share your thoughts, or join the conversation on Facebook. Belabored is produced by Natasha Lewis. The twenty-first episode of Dissent’s Belabored podcast opens with a round-up of recent news: strikes by fast food workers and port truckers, anti-retaliation rallies against Walmart, and progress on silica dust safety rules. Then Sarah and Josh are joined by Daily Kos labor editor Laura Clawson for a wide-ranging interview: What’s ahead at next week’s AFL-CIO convention? Can living wage laws overcome concerted opposition? How has the relationship between bloggers and unions changed? Links for those following along at home: Daily Kos Labor Sarah and Josh on fast food strikes Micah Uetricht on a port trucker strike Josh on mobilizations against alleged Walmart retaliation Mike Elk on proposed silica dust regulations Sarah on Mike Bloomberg’s suit against living wage regulation Josh on the AFL-CIO’s pre-convention consideration of investments in Texas and alt-labor Working America Pieces we wish we’d written: Harold Meyerson, “L.A. Story,” The American Prospect David Moberg, “America’s 200-Year-Long Battle for Workplace Democracy,” In These Times The post Belabored Podcast #21: Retaliation appeared first on Dissent Magazine.
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