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Labor Force Podcast
Stories of the working class in a time of renewed labor militancy and awareness that capitalism is a rotten deal.
Episodes
Labor Force PodcastStrikes, Immigrants, and the Politics of Listening
In this episode, we run through a wave of labor fights and political organizing that all point to the same thing: working people are done waiting their turn…
Labor Force PodcastOrganize or Freeze: Labor’s Winter Showdown
This episode breaks down why unions still work—even as organizing faces political and economic headwinds. We cover new data showing union workers earn more and…
Labor Force PodcastThe Crossroads: Police State or Solidarity
This episode looks at how immigration enforcement, union-busting, and corporate cost-cutting are all part of the same war on workers — and how workers are…
Labor Force PodcastShutting It Down: Labor, ICE, and Collective Power
This episode of Labor Force Podcast tracks a labor movement in motion, from mass protest to workplace transformation. We start in Minnesota, where tens of…
Labor Force PodcastDrawing the line: labor versus fascism
A turbulent start to 2026 makes one thing clear: workers are being asked to absorb chaos, violence, and exhaustion as “normal”—and more people are refusing…
Labor Force PodcastImperialism, Hustle Culture, and the Cost to Workers
In this episode of the Labor Force Podcast, we look at how workers are being squeezed from every direction—globally, politically, and on the job. We examine…
Labor Force PodcastWho Really Runs the City? Socialism, Unions, and Power in 2026
This episode of The Labor Force Podcast takes on the question of power—who holds it, who doesn’t, and what it means for working people right now. We examine…
Labor Force Podcast2025: Power, Precarity, and the Working Class
A retrospective on the year that was on the Labor Force Podcast: the developments, trends, worker actions, technology, and all that went into surviving these…
Labor Force PodcastSolidarity in a Season of Struggle
In this episode of Labor Force Podcast, we break down a turbulent moment for workers’ rights in America—where real gains are colliding with aggressive…
Labor Force PodcastMergers, Minimum Wages, and the Making of a General Strike
This week on The Labor Force Podcast, we cover one of the busiest news cycles of the year—from Hollywood power plays to working-class realities on the ground…
Labor Force PodcastAmerica’s Inequality Is No Accident—Workers Know It
This week on the Labor Force Podcast: Starbucks baristas escalate what may become the largest strike in the company’s history, demanding real movement at the…
Labor Force PodcastPicket Lines and Price Hikes: The Real Holiday Story
This week on the Labor Force Podcast, we take a hard look at a holiday season defined not by shopping, but by worker power and the escalating fight against a…
Labor Force PodcastCarts, Cuts, and Class Struggle: A Snapshot of the New Economy
In this episode of The Labor Force Podcast, we dive deep into America’s worsening affordability crisis and the growing worker uprisings pushing back against…
Labor Force PodcastSurvival Mode, Organizing Mode
This week on the Labor Force Podcast: The federal government may have reopened, but for thousands of workers, the real impact of the shutdown is far from over…
Labor Force PodcastMamdani, Shutdowns, and the New Labor Earthquake
In this episode, we trace the through-line connecting a historic political upset in New York City, the grinding federal shutdown, a wave of labor actions…
Labor Force PodcastNo Kings, No Business as Usual
In this episode, we unpack the growing crisis sparked by the government shutdown and the Trump administration’s attack on SNAP benefits—threatening food…
Labor Force PodcastLabor vs. the Lockdown Economy
This week on The Labor Force Podcast, the ground feels like it’s shifting under everyone’s feet. As the government shutdown stretches on, its ripple effects…
Labor Force PodcastThe Waiting Game
This week on The Labor Force Podcast, we cover a country in motion—from federal workers trapped in a shutdown to Jamaican farmworkers fighting for their…
Labor Force PodcastShutdowns, Strikes, and Solidarity
This week on The Labor Force Podcast, we’re taking a hard look at what happens when the system stops working — and workers don’t. The federal government…
Labor Force PodcastSystem Error: Working People on the Line
In this episode, we dive into the latest government shutdown and its very real impact on working families’ healthcare, explore the deepening crisis inside New…
Labor Force PodcastThe Cradle, the Ladle, and the Picket Line
This week, we cover a wave of worker struggles and the bigger political forces shaping them: IAM-Boeing showdown in St. Louis – workers fight back after Boeing…
Labor Force PodcastThe Economy Isn’t Broken—It’s Rigged
This week on the Labor Force Podcast: Machinists at Boeing and aerospace workers at GE show what real solidarity looks like. Hotel workers in Houston hold the…
Labor Force PodcastRecession Warnings, Rising Revolt
In this episode of the Labor Force Podcast, we cover strike updates shaking up industries across the country—from Teamsters holding strong in Massachusetts and…
Labor Force PodcastUnion Power in Trash, Jets, Hotels, and Apps
September is here, but the labor movement hasn’t cooled down one bit. In this episode, we cover strikes stretching from Massachusetts to Houston, workers…
Labor Force PodcastLabor Day or Groundhog Day?
This week on the Labor Force Podcast: Strikes stretching from trash haulers to Boeing machinists A razor-thin UAW win at a new battery plant National park…
Labor Force PodcastWho Really Keeps the Economy Running?
Another day, another blessed dollar—except not if you’re building billion-dollar jets for $20 an hour or getting paid zero bucks while passengers board.In this…
Labor Force PodcastA System That Won’t Let You Die Quietly
From trash piling up in Massachusetts to machinists walking out in St. Louis, the fight for fair pay and respect is raging coast to coast. This episode takes…
Labor Force PodcastThe New Empire Strikes Hard—But Workers Strike Harder
In this episode, we pull no punches. First, we unpack the shocking firing of BLS chief Erika McEntarfer by President Trump—an unprecedented move that sends…
Labor Force PodcastTrash Piles, Class Wars, and Finding Real Connection
In this episode, we take a sweeping look at the pressure points hitting America’s working class—from overflowing garbage in Massachusetts to high-stakes labor…
Labor Force PodcastQuiet Cracking, Loud Solidarity
In this jam-packed episode, we take a wide-angle look at the state of work, wages, burnout, and organizing in 2025—and what it all means for workers today…
Labor Force PodcastA New Era of Hunger and Hard Work
In this episode, we dig deep into the labor standoffs, service breakdowns, and survival strategies defining this American summer. 🔹 First up: The trash piling…
Labor Force PodcastThe Cost of Survival in a Broken System
In this episode, we take a hard look at how workers are being ground down across industries and institutions—from city halls to video game studios, from…
Labor Force PodcastSolidarity Summer: Strikes, Struggles, and Standing Tall
Graduation weekend may be over, but the education continues—on the picket lines, in courtrooms, and on the factory floor. In this episode, we hear from high…
Labor Force PodcastPolitics, Processing Power, and Push Back
In this wide-ranging episode, I dive deep into the latest battles over labor rights, the disruption caused by AI, and the fight for dignity in the modern…
Labor Force PodcastFrom Orchards to End Zones: Worker Power in Unexpected Places
In this episode of The Labor Force Podcast, I travel from the apple orchards of upstate New York to a corporate warehouse in Syracuse to NFL stadium…