Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV
@solongdentalplan.com
Coming soon! Multi-disciplinary collection exploring how labor unions, union organizing, and strikes and job actions have been portrayed in mainstream, scripted episodic television shows. (SUNY Press, 2026) https://solongdentalplan.com/
Good news, everybody! The completed manuscript for "So Long Dental Plan" has been submitted to the editors at @sunypress.bsky.social. Here are our chapter titles and authors.
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Good news, everybody! The completed manuscript for "So Long Dental Plan" has been submitted to the editors at @sunypress.bsky.social. Here are our chapter titles and authors.
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Were SpongeBob & Squidward in a union for their strike? It is your first amendment right to strike or protest against your oppressors. I hope you grow up and realize you have a boot in your mouth.
June 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Were SpongeBob & Squidward in a union for their strike? It is your first amendment right to strike or protest against your oppressors. I hope you grow up and realize you have a boot in your mouth.
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how the fuck were we watching SpongeBob as kids and not more union minded as a nation?
August 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
how the fuck were we watching SpongeBob as kids and not more union minded as a nation?
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Miles O'Brien fan club assemble.
September 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Miles O'Brien fan club assemble.
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love this from @jennyhunter.bsky.social! excited to both be contributing to @solongdentalplan.com, a forthcoming book about depictions of unions and class struggle on television! (I had the pleasure of peer reviewing Jenny’s chapter and y’all are in for a treat!)
"Union representations in popular culture are sparse, mostly very old, and often negative." Yes, very true, especially in Hollywood.
Labor & Culture: Beyond Jimmy Hoffa Movies
Positive depictions of unions are hard to find in the culture. Progressives should focus on elevating them.
prospect.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
love this from @jennyhunter.bsky.social! excited to both be contributing to @solongdentalplan.com, a forthcoming book about depictions of unions and class struggle on television! (I had the pleasure of peer reviewing Jenny’s chapter and y’all are in for a treat!)
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Hey, are you a freelance writer with a fairly comprehensive knowledge of #SouthPark (including the more recent seasons)? I'm searching for someone atm, so if that describes you, please email me at lizmiller at consequence dot net with three links to samples and a little info about yourself. Thanks!
a sign that says collect underpants phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 and collect underpants profit
Alt: a sign that says collect underpants phase 1 phase 2 phase 3 and collect underpants profit
media.tenor.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey, are you a freelance writer with a fairly comprehensive knowledge of #SouthPark (including the more recent seasons)? I'm searching for someone atm, so if that describes you, please email me at lizmiller at consequence dot net with three links to samples and a little info about yourself. Thanks!
Did not know there was a strike episode of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show!" Disappointing that nobody proposed a chapter on it. Maybe next book?
August 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Did not know there was a strike episode of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show!" Disappointing that nobody proposed a chapter on it. Maybe next book?
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Oof. My youth mourns the loss of Hulk Hogan. He’s on the Mt. Rushmore of 1980s pop culture iconography (in between Mr. T and Pee Wee Herman).
Unlike Pee Wee, whose memory is pure joy, Terry Bollea was obviously more complicated.
@solongdentalplan.com will have a chapter in wrestling.
Unlike Pee Wee, whose memory is pure joy, Terry Bollea was obviously more complicated.
@solongdentalplan.com will have a chapter in wrestling.
July 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Oof. My youth mourns the loss of Hulk Hogan. He’s on the Mt. Rushmore of 1980s pop culture iconography (in between Mr. T and Pee Wee Herman).
Unlike Pee Wee, whose memory is pure joy, Terry Bollea was obviously more complicated.
@solongdentalplan.com will have a chapter in wrestling.
Unlike Pee Wee, whose memory is pure joy, Terry Bollea was obviously more complicated.
@solongdentalplan.com will have a chapter in wrestling.
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This will be a chapter in @solongdentalplan.com!
July 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This will be a chapter in @solongdentalplan.com!
TFW Microsoft's non-consensual A.I. thinks your editorial meeting is a dental appointment.
July 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
TFW Microsoft's non-consensual A.I. thinks your editorial meeting is a dental appointment.
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ding ding ding! I don't think there's a conspiracy necessarily but I also think the execs with decision-making power don't wanna give everyday folks any big ideas!
July 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
ding ding ding! I don't think there's a conspiracy necessarily but I also think the execs with decision-making power don't wanna give everyday folks any big ideas!
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I'm now editing So Long, Dental Plan." I love this section, which inadvertently explains exactly why there are no stories like this now.
July 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I'm now editing So Long, Dental Plan." I love this section, which inadvertently explains exactly why there are no stories like this now.
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Cannot wait for this—both as a researcher and as the partner of an organizer whom I lure into watching things by saying “There are labor/union themes…”
June 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Cannot wait for this—both as a researcher and as the partner of an organizer whom I lure into watching things by saying “There are labor/union themes…”
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The 1934 hotel strike that was championed by LaGuardia was technically a failure, with the workers’ loyalties spread out across three unions — one Communist; one, an alliance of the democratic Left; and one mobbed up by the Dutch Schultz gang.
"We Always Had a Union" in @nydailynews.com.
"We Always Had a Union" in @nydailynews.com.
LaGuardia: the pro-union mayor: Today’s City Hall contenders must follow Fiorello’s labor agenda
In New York’s mayoral election, plenty of candidates claim to be the anti-Trump. But, when it comes to protecting workers’ rights and reducing economic inequality, the better question is who will b…
www.nydailynews.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The 1934 hotel strike that was championed by LaGuardia was technically a failure, with the workers’ loyalties spread out across three unions — one Communist; one, an alliance of the democratic Left; and one mobbed up by the Dutch Schultz gang.
"We Always Had a Union" in @nydailynews.com.
"We Always Had a Union" in @nydailynews.com.
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This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing? What should it do in this new political era? #UnionYes #UnionStrong
ericdirnbach.medium.com/state-of-the...
ericdirnbach.medium.com/state-of-the...
State of the U.S. Unions 2025
This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing? What should it do…
ericdirnbach.medium.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing? What should it do in this new political era? #UnionYes #UnionStrong
ericdirnbach.medium.com/state-of-the...
ericdirnbach.medium.com/state-of-the...
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Also, for those of you who like your TV with a dose of labor (I'm talking about you, @solongdentalplan.com)
Is ‘Severance’ a Show about Unions?
Lessons on workplace organizing from tech hell dystopia.
tabithaarnold.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Also, for those of you who like your TV with a dose of labor (I'm talking about you, @solongdentalplan.com)
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who do I know that has pitched 33.3 successfully (or not) and might be considering pitching? I'd love to talk out some ideas and learn from you.
a cat is playing a record with a label that says ' lcs ' on it
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media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
who do I know that has pitched 33.3 successfully (or not) and might be considering pitching? I'd love to talk out some ideas and learn from you.
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And, yes, my participation in "This Hard Land" inspired @solongdentalplan.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
And, yes, my participation in "This Hard Land" inspired @solongdentalplan.com
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Got my copy of "Scenes from the American Working Class:
This Hard Land."
This Hard Land."
February 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Got my copy of "Scenes from the American Working Class:
This Hard Land."
This Hard Land."
Consider the book a pilot with series potential.
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It’s kinda wild that such a popular show aired a strike episode only about a week after the proposals for SO LONG, DENTAL PLAN closed!
It’s kinda wild that such a popular show aired a strike episode only about a week after the proposals for SO LONG, DENTAL PLAN closed!
January 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Consider the book a pilot with series potential.
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It’s kinda wild that such a popular show aired a strike episode only about a week after the proposals for SO LONG, DENTAL PLAN closed!
It’s kinda wild that such a popular show aired a strike episode only about a week after the proposals for SO LONG, DENTAL PLAN closed!
January 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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It’s kinda wild that such a popular show aired a strike episode only about a week after the proposals for SO LONG, DENTAL PLAN closed!
It’s kinda wild that such a popular show aired a strike episode only about a week after the proposals for SO LONG, DENTAL PLAN closed!
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I know I’m not the only labor union person whose partner snickered and went, “that’s you” during this Abbott Elementary strike episode
January 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I know I’m not the only labor union person whose partner snickered and went, “that’s you” during this Abbott Elementary strike episode