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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #3: “Strike.”
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On the third episode of Belabored, Josh and Sarah discuss this week’s strikes by fast food and retail workers in Chicago, the latest in a wave of one-day, low-wage, non-union work stoppages. They review some of the week’s top labor stories, including the deadly fertilizer factory explosion in West, Texas, and the re-introduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Then they turn to an in-de...