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Trump’s Shutdown Is Forcing Over 400,000 Federal Employees To Work Without Pay
What would you do if management could force you to work without pay, lock you out with no consequences, and fire you for going on... more
By Saurav Sarkar
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“Welcome to the Revolution”: LA Teachers Strike Pits Working-Class Power Against Privatization
Over 30,000 Los Angeles teachers are out on a historic strike to beat back austerity and pro-charter school forces. more
By David Dayen
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Here’s Why LA Teachers Are Walking Out in a Historic Strike
After nearly two years of bargaining, public-school teachers in Los Angeles have initiated a strike in protest of their district’s policies. Starting today,... more
By Julianne Tveten
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This Is One of the Most Important Legal Battles for Labor in Decades
Over the last few decades, a growing number of American workers have effectively lost many of their labor rights because of the way their bosses... more
By Moshe Z. Marvit
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Disaster Averted: How Unions Have Dodged the Blow of Janus (So Far)
Public-sector unions defied the Right’s attempt to crush them—and were transformed in the process. more
By Heather Gies
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Shots All Around: How Four Roses Bourbon Workers Won Their Strike
Workers at the Four Roses bourbon distillery and bottling plant chose their moment well. Just as their industry was preparing to welcome thousands of visitors... more
By Richard Becker
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From Academic to Assembly Line Worker: My Life of Precarity in Middle America
What does failure smell like? To me, it reeks of rotten potatoes. more
By Gloria Diaz
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When Your Boss Locks You Out for Nearly 6 Months and Cuts Off Your Healthcare
Shortly before National Grid locked out 1,250 gas workers across Massachusetts in June 2018, David Monahan, a National Grid residential service technician for more than 9... more
By Michael Sainato
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The Forgotten Wildcat Strikes That Swept the Country During WWI
More than a decade before the New Deal, a wildcat strike wave during World War I brought about extensive concessions, including the right to organize,... more
By Robert Ovetz
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Working-Class Journalism in the Age of Oligarchs
Barbara Ehrenreich is a journalist and author known for her illuminating—and often searing—writing about poverty in America. On November 27, King Willem-Alexander... more
By Barbara Ehrenreich
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The 8 Most Important Labor Stories of 2018
1. Janus dealt a heavy blow to labor—but public-sector unions didn’t crumble overnight. In June, the Supreme Court issued its... more
By Rebecca Burns
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The Left Victories That Defined 2018—And Give Us Hope for the New Year
Despite Trump's destructive presidency, the Left made important strides this year—from electoral victories to strikes, union campaigns, movement organizing and popularizing left-wing policies. more
By Marc Daalder
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Why Are These Labor Unions Opposing Medicare for All?
For seven years, healthcare activists in New York have been pushing the New York Health Act, a single-payer bill that would provide statewide universal health... more
By Natalie Shure
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You’re a Sad Scab, Mr. Chait
Is there a German word for when a presumptive scab confirms your lowest expectations? more
By Shaun Richman
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The Group That Brought Us Janus Is Waging a New Stealth Attack On Unions
Last week, a case was filed in federal court in Pennsylvania that may mark another major front in the National Right to Work Legal Defense... more
By Moshe Z. Marvit
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12 Reasons Labor Should Demand a Green New Deal
Workers have gotten a raw deal. Employers and their Republican allies are trying to eliminate workers’ rights both in the workplace and at... more
By Jeremy Brecher and Joe Uehlein
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In Protest of a Confederate Monument, UNC Teaching Assistants Refuse To File Grades
Almost 80 teaching assistants are on a grade strike at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), refusing to distribute their students’ final... more
By Michael Arria
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Philadelphia Just Passed the Strongest Fair Scheduling Law in the Nation
Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the country, just enacted the most sweeping bill yet to give low-wage workers some control over their schedules. The... more
By Bryce Covert
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The Troubling Link Between Attacks on Immigrants and Repression of Labor Activists
The Republican pre-election strategy of exploiting “the caravan” was irredeemably ugly. more
By Harry Blain
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