Belabored

Does our basic humanity suffer as we pursue our “dream jobs”? We speak with Miya Tokumitsu, who examines the dangers of the "do what you love" ethic in her new book. Plus: the Seattle teachers’ strike, LA sweatshop struggles, adjunct agony, and the latest in the campaign for workers' rights at Walmart.

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The National Labor Relations Board made news last week when it ruled to revise its definition of a joint employer to include many business owners who get their workers through a temp agency or subcontractor. We discussed what this means for workers with Larry Engelstein of SEIU 32BJ.

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Premilla Nadasen joins us to talk about her new book, Household Workers Unite, on the forgotten history of black domestic workers organizing from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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What's happening in Greece? Sarah Leonard, who just returned from a reporting trip to the country, joins us to explain what just happened and what's next for the working people of Greece and the rest of austerity-ridden Europe.

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Writers Guild of America East is the union behind recent public organizing campaigns at two digital media outlets—Gawker Media and Salon.com. We talked to their director of organizing, Justin Molito.

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Audio from our live discussion on labor and the history of capitalism, with Betsy Beasley and David Stein.

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What if you could run a workplace organizing campaign through your smartphone? We speak with Mark Zuckerman, president of The Century Foundation, about how unions can use digital platforms to empower workers. Plus: the latest on Uber, Verizon, the TPP, and an ice-cream labor revolt.

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Irene Tung of the National Employment Law Project explains Andrew Cuomo's new wage board, an unconventional way that New York fast food workers might see a raise. Plus, audio from the Walmart shareholders meeting.

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Organizers from five private universities discuss what's next for grad student unionism.

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This week, Sarah and Michelle invited Hack the Union editor Kati Sipp to explain universal basic income, and why it's an important idea for workers. They discuss automation, which parts of the social safety net UBI would replace, and what it has to do with the unwaged work that women do in the home.

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