Hamilton Nolan - In These Times

Hamilton Nolan is a labor reporter for In These Times. He has spent the past decade writing about labor and politics for Gawker, Splinter, The Guardian, and elsewhere. You can reach him at Hamilton@InTheseTimes.com.

The Confederacy Won't Die Until Florida Does

Election year in the epicenter of lost causes.

How to Negotiate With People Who Don’t Care If You Die

To win another stimulus bill, the Democrats need to embrace chaos.

Time For Unions to Give the Democratic Party an Ultimatum

Money spent on organizing is always well spent. You can't say the same about political donations.

In California, a “Labor Slate” Aims to Redefine the Relationship Between Unions and Politics

From union jobs to Medicare for All, this new pro-worker slate is pushing a progressive platform—and could become a model for how organized labor approaches elections.

Leverage Is Everything

The striking NBA players have inherent power, but so do you.

The Failure to Unionize the Tech Industry Will Eat the Labor Movement Alive

The pandemic has made tech stronger, but unions haven't caught up.

A Pricey Private School Says “Quaker Values” Justify Aggressive Campaign to Destroy Its Union

Brooklyn Friends School takes advantage of a Trump labor board ruling.

This Terrifying Economic Crisis Will Make Cities Better

Amid the pandemic, the rich are fleeing American cities. That’s a good thing.

The Future of Homeless Organizing Lives on the Prettiest Street in Philadelphia

An Injury to Portland Is an Injury to All

The Former Deadspin People Explain How to Launch a Worker-Owned Media Co-op That Might Succeed

Child Care Workers Are Now a Mighty Force With a Huge New Union. It Only Took 17 Years.

California Hospital Workers Strike, Fracturing Pandemic’s Uneasy Labor Peace

Philly D.A. Larry Krasner Says He’s Ready to Charge Invading Federal Agents with Crimes

He sees a way out of our "drunken stumble" into fascism.

Teachers Unions Look Like the Last Line of Defense in Trump’s “Reckless” School Reopening Crusade

There Is No Plan (For You)

Unemployment, evictions, business failure, a pandemic and health crises are all here at once. The federal government doesn't care.

“Blue Lives Matter” Comes to Brooklyn, and Everyone Screams

In Bay Ridge, pro-police demonstrators were met with the righteous anger of Black Lives Matter.

The Public Sector’s Right to Strike Is Left Behind in Biden-Bernie Task Force Compromise

The Future of Homeless Organizing Lives on the Prettiest Street in Philadelphia

The Coddling of the Elites

Free speech for whom, exactly?

Police Union Denies Racism, Calls AFL-CIO President “Disgraceful” in Irate Letter

The Head of the South Dakota AFL-CIO Routinely Posts Ultra Right-Wing Memes on Facebook

AFL-CIO Leader Richard Trumka Defends Police Unions by Comparing Them to Employers

Celebrating Juneteenth, Labor Finds Its Voice for Racial Justice

SEIU President: Expelling Police Unions From the Labor Movement “Has to Be Considered”

Workers United Branch Calls on AFL-CIO to Expel Police Unions

Assisted Living Facility Staffer Says He Was Fired for Organizing His Coworkers During the Pandemic

I’m Proud That My Union Just Urged the AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Unions

One Weird Trick to Slash Your City’s Police Budget Right Now

Los Angeles just announced the city is massively cutting its police budget. There has literally never been an easier—or better—time for other cities to follow suit.

DC Transit Union Says Labor Must Join the Movement in the Streets

We’ll Burn Until We Organize

Major Public Defense Nonprofit in New York Is Unionizing

Fight Over Safe Reopening Is The Latest Front in “Civil War” at the EPA

The Case For Sectoral Bargaining Is Now Stronger Than Ever

A Quiet Frenzy of Union Organizing Has Gripped the Nonprofit World

Time for Progressives to Seize the Means of Production of House Relief Bills

Pelosi’s bill proves Democratic leadership won’t do what needs to be done.

The Year of Magical Thinking

The Long-Neglected Online Labor Organizing Space Is Getting More Crowded

The Disconnect Between the Stock Market and the Real Economy Is Destroying Our Lives

Stocks are the wall that protects the rich from the consequences of this crisis

Amazon Labor Activism Goes International as European and U.S. Workers Combine Forces

Bernie Lost Because America Doesn’t Have a Strong Labor Movement

Amazon’s Unlimited Unpaid Time Off Ends May 1, and Workers Say That Could Be Deadly

VA Workers Say Southern States Reopening Too Soon Puts Veterans’ Lives At Risk

Amazon Will Not Change Without a Union

The Head of the Postal Workers Union Says the Postal Service Could Be Dead in Three Months

Furloughed Disney Workers “Can’t Wait” For Help, But Florida’s Unemployment System Is Broken

McDonald’s Workers Charge Grotesque Sexual Harassment in New $500 Million Lawsuit

A Scholar of Pandemics and Inequality Peers Into America’s Future

If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, "all bets are off," says scholar Walter Scheidel.