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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #49: Mapping New York’s New Labor Movements, with Ruth Milkman
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On the left, we often ask what will “save the labor movement,” but how much do we know about the day-to-day work of building labor power at the community level? A new book dives into the emerging grassroots initiatives aimed at organizing New York City’s low-wage workers. In New Labor in New York, editors Ruth Milkma...