Sarah Jaffe, Author at Workday Magazine

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Workers

La historia laboral más importante en este momento está en Minnesota. Podría ser el modelo que todos necesitamos.

By Sarah Jaffe | March 8, 2024

Brenda Johnson de la Federación de Maestros de Minneapolis Local 59 y Eva López de SEIU Local 26 en una reunión en octubre de 2023 donde muchos de los grupos comunitarios y sindicatos alineados alrededor de la fecha límite de hoy del 2 de marzo elaboraron estrategias sobre la mejor manera de aprovechar su poder colectivo. (PHOTO CREDIT: CORTESIA DE GEOFF DITTBERNER, SEIU MINNESOTA)

Workers

The Most Important Labor Story Right Now Is in Minnesota—It Might Be the Model We All Need

By Sarah Jaffe | March 2, 2024

A strategic alignment of major networks of unions and community groups in Minnesota have worked together for more than a decade to leverage their collective power.

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MFT strike at the Capitol

Teacher Strikes in the Age of COVID-19

By Michelle Chen and Sarah Jaffe | March 15, 2022

Last week teachers and education workers went on strike in Minneapolis for the the first time in fifty years.

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Belabored Podcast: Dangerous Work, with Debbie Berkowitz and Xian Barrett

By Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen | January 24, 2022

Workers are being asked, once again, to keep working despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. As employers push for a return to “normal,” how should we deal with the risks of returning to work?

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Occupy Wall Street

The Legacy of Occupy Wall Street, with Ruth Milkman and Nastaran Mohit

By Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen | September 27, 2021

Though the occupation didn’t last long, it shaped many subsequent campaigns and movements, including in organized labor.

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Amelia Horgan (Stuart Simpson

Lost in Work, with Amelia Horgan

By Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen | August 23, 2021

Amelia Horgan’s new book, Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism, asks what work is, why it sucks, and what we can do to change it.

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Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates

Belabored Podcast #200: Back to the Streets of Chicago

By Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen | June 22, 2020

For the 200th episode of Belabored, Sarah and Michelle speak to Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates about what it’s like to be an educator and an organizer during a pandemic and an uprising against police brutality.

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Worker Disinfecting

Belabored Podcast #193: Work in the Time of Coronavirus

By Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen | March 17, 2020

As the coronavirus spreads across the world, we discuss what it means for workers in healthcare, the gig economy, and other frontline industries.

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Belabored Podcast #192: Unions for All, with SEIU Local 26

By Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen | February 6, 2020

Why is the labor movement in Minnesota thriving? SEIU Local 26 joins us to talk about the Twin Cities’ robust network of grassroots worker centers and unions.

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France Protestor

Belabored Podcast #191: A Mass Strike Against Macron, with Colin Kinniburgh

By Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen | January 14, 2020

Workers across France have been on strike over pension reforms for six weeks. Dissent editor at large Colin Kinniburgh joins us from Paris.