Belabored Podcast #29: After the Storm

Subscribe to the Belabored RSS feed here. Subscribe and rate on iTunes here. Check out the full Belabored archive here. Tweet at @dissentmag with #belabored to share your thoughts, or join the conversation on Facebook. Belabored is produced by Natasha Lewis. This week on Belabored, Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen look at New York after Superstorm Sandy through the lens of labor. Who did the work of the recovery and how has it affected them, who’s out of a job, what did Sandy teach us about what a union can do? Featuring NYSNA president Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, with her thoughts on how Sandy made people look at their union–and the world–differently. They also look at some scary stuff for Halloween: a candy factory explosion, inside an anti-union captive audience meeting, and more. Links for those following along at home: Sarah on Sandy recovery, one year later. Michelle on labor and Sandy Michelle on Sandy and inequality Sarah on Sandy and healthcare Immigrant construction workers after Sandy, from Al Jazeera America Home care aides discuss Sandy Michelle on candy factory explosion in Juarez Leaked audio of an anti-union captive audience meeting (more here) Joe Lhota, union-buster? What We Wish We’d Written Michelle: Sadibh Walshe at the Guardian on McDonald’s and food stamps Sarah: Alan Pyke at ThinkProgress talks to Detroit workers who might lose their pensions The post Belabored Podcast #29: After the Storm appeared first on Dissent Magazine.