Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV
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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/
That @davidabanks.online chapter is about ST: DS9.
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
That @davidabanks.online chapter is about ST: DS9.
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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.
The plot thickens!
August 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The plot thickens!
This is from Jason Russell's "Work and Labor in American Popular Culture: Representation in Film, Music and Television in the 1970s and 1980s."
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Work and Labor in American Popular Culture: Representation in Film, Music and Television in the 1970s and 1980s
Crisis and decline in the working class were frequent themes in American popular culture during the 1970s. In contrast, more positive narratives about America’s managerial and professional class appea...
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August 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is from Jason Russell's "Work and Labor in American Popular Culture: Representation in Film, Music and Television in the 1970s and 1980s."
www.routledge.com/Work-and-Lab...
www.routledge.com/Work-and-Lab...
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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!
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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…”
We're working on a book about this! Kinda. We just solicited any essays about union plots in pop TV. But it seems like there has been an uptick in positive storylines in the last decade.
It can't be overstated how hostile advertising-based TV has historically been to positive portrayals of unions.
It can't be overstated how hostile advertising-based TV has historically been to positive portrayals of unions.
June 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We're working on a book about this! Kinda. We just solicited any essays about union plots in pop TV. But it seems like there has been an uptick in positive storylines in the last decade.
It can't be overstated how hostile advertising-based TV has historically been to positive portrayals of unions.
It can't be overstated how hostile advertising-based TV has historically been to positive portrayals of unions.
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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…
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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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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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