Belabored Podcast #75: What’s Next in the Fight for $15?

04/17/15 • 56 min

Following Wednesday's nationwide protests for a living wage, Sarah and Michelle spoke with workers in New York and Atlanta about why they joined the Fight for $15 movement and what they hope it will achieve.

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Belabored #74: Labor Pains, with Melissa Josephs and Latavia Johnson

Following last week's Supreme Court decision that UPS had unfairly denied a pregnant worker reasonable accommodations on the job, Belabored talked with Melissa Josephs, from Women Employed, an Illinois-based organization that successfully campaigned for a new state law to protect pregnant worker’s rights, and Latavia Johnson, a Walmart worker in Illinois.

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