Hamilton Nolan - In These Times

Hamilton Nolan is a labor writer for In These Times. He has spent the past decade writing about labor and politics for Gawker, Splinter, The Guardian, and elsewhere. More of his work is on Substack.

You can reach him at Hamilton@InTheseTimes.com.

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.

Striking McDonald’s Workers Say Their Lives Are More Essential Than Fast Food

The Plan Is to Save Capital and Let the People Die

If You Can’t Support Medicare For All by Now, Become a Republican

Is anyone brave enough to change their positions to fit reality?

Here’s What a General Strike Would Take

Fatalistic Grocery Workers Demand Hazard Pay, Saying “Infection Is Inevitable”

Working or Unemployed, Construction Workers Are Screwed

Back to Work? You First.

Worried Call Center Workers Do Not Understand Why They Are Risking Their Lives for Customer Service

Sara Nelson: Our Airline Relief Bill Is a Template for Rescuing Workers Instead of Bailing Out Execs

Call Center Workers Fear For Their Health as They Work in “One Big Germ Pool”

You and Your Boss Have the Same Interests Right Now. That Is a Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity.

The Culinary Union Faces Its Biggest Test as Coronavirus Shuts Down Vegas

Unions Across America Are Screaming For Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare

Never Forget: Anti-Union Attorneys Also Love Joe Biden

The Young Turks Union Fight Gets Nastier With Charges of Retaliatory Firing, Withholding Raises

New York City Council Staffers Close In On a Remarkable Union Built From Scratch

As Unions Read the Tea Leaves, Retail Workers Union Locals Rush to Endorse Biden

Elizabeth Warren, Please Drop Out for the Sake of a Better World

Warren has no path to the Democratic nomination, but by dropping out and endorsing Bernie Sanders she can still help make her egalitarian vision a reality.

New England UAW Workers Join Parade of Local Unions Endorsing Bernie Sanders

The Culinary Workers Run Vegas. The Politicians Are Just Visiting.

The Next Big Grocery Strike Is Knocking on Safeway and Giant’s Door

More Than 1,200 IBEW Members Call on Union Leadership to Retract Biden Endorsement

The Longest Strike in America Needs a Political Savior

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