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DC Transit Wanted to Give Special Transport for White Supremacists. This Union Said Hell No.
The Washington, D.C. metro system ditched a potential plan to provide separate trains for white nationalists attending a “Unite the Right” rally... more
By Michael Arria
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Here’s How Tech Workers and Flight Attendants Are Resisting Immigrant Family Separation
The brutal and wildly unpopular Trump administration policy that separated thousands of children from their immigrant parents triggered widespread protests. It also provoked resistance from... more
By Chris Brooks
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180 South Korean Women Just Won a 12-Year Struggle to Fight Privatization and Get Their Jobs Back
After 12 years of campaigns and protests against unjust layoffs, 180 female attendants at South Korea’s premier train service are getting their jobs back. These... more
By Yi San
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Trump Appointees Are Pushing a Deregulation Plan That Could Dramatically Erode Consumer Protections
A year ago, high-cost payday loans that preyed upon at-risk borrowers looked to be under assault. In October 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized federal... more
By David Dayen
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California Says Starbucks Has to Stop Stealing Its Workers’ Wages
California’s Supreme Court has ruled against Starbucks in a wage theft case that could have vast implications throughout the state. The July 26 decision... more
By Michael Arria
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“You Can’t Eat GDP”: Workers Struggle as Trump and Corporate Media Tout Economic Growth
As President Donald Trump and corporate media outlets on Friday enthusiastically touted new GDP figures showing that the U.S. economy grew by 4.1 percent in... more
By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
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Elon Musk and Rahm Emanuel’s New Transportation Scheme Is a Privatization Bonanza
In June, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration selected Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to build a non-stop express train... more
By Emma Tai and Stephanie Farmer
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On the Disturbing Return of Black Lung
The push to revive America’s coal industry has generated alarm because it is almost certain to worsen the climate crisis. But... more
By Sarah Lahm
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Beware the Janus Fix That Relies Too Much on Bosses
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Janus decision, a new approach to financing unions called “direct reimbursement” is... more
By Chris Brooks
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How European Workers Coordinated This Month’s Massive Amazon Strike—And What Comes Next
As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth topped $150 billion last week, making him the richest man in modern history, thousands of Amazon workers across... more
By Rebecca Burns
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As the Planet Warms, Can OSHA Protect Workers From Extreme Heat?
On July 17, more than 130 groups and individuals petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in an attempt to establish a nationwide workplace heat standard.... more
By Michael Arria
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“Why We Threw Mark Janus a Going Away Party—But Didn’t Invite Him”
The AFSCME vs. Janus Supreme Court decision is not just the work of its plaintiff, Mark Janus: It’s the product of a well-financed... more
By Sarah Lazare
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Defending Undocumented Nannies, House Cleaners and Caregivers in Trump’s America
“If you haven’t used the bathroom yet, now is a really good time to go,” shouts Stacy Kono as 50 people board... more
By Brooke Anderson
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Bernie Sanders on Labor’s Future and Why Democratic Socialists Keep Winning
An exclusive interview with Sen. Sanders on how labor can respond to Janus, the fight to move the Democratic Party left and the growing popularity of democratic socialism. more
By Miles Kampf-Lassin
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Labor’s Far-Right Problem: ICE and Border Patrol Unions Cheer Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
On June 21, Richard Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), released a statement condemning the Trump administration&rsquo... more
By Sarah Lazare and Michael Arria
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Brett Kavanaugh Once Sided With an Anti-Union Company That Scapegoated Undocumented Workers
People working at a meat distribution warehouse in Brooklyn were tired of working for unsustainable compensation without health insurance, paid holidays or overtime pay, so... more
By Ethan Miller
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#RedforMed: 1,800 Vermont Nurses Are On Strike Demanding Their Hospital Put Patients Over Profits
Ranked 47th for pay in the nation. High turnover, stagnant wages, and chronic staffing shortages—sound familiar? You’d be forgiven for thinking... more
By Rachel Johnson
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These Union Members Are Going to War with the Largest Private Development Project in U.S. History
It’s 6:00 a.m. in a gelid winter morning. A crowd of sturdy bodies, mostly construction workers, packs a corner in Midtown Manhattan. The... more
By Juan Cruz Ferre
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Inside the Koch Family’s 60-Year Anti-Union Campaign That Gave Us Janus
With last month’s monumental Janus decision by the Supreme Court, the Koch family won a major victory in their multi-generational attack on unions. ... more
By Lisa Graves
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