Heather Gies is a freelance journalist who has written on human rights, social movements and environmental issues for Al Jazeera, The Guardian, In These Times and National Geographic. Follow her on twitter @HeatherGies.
Labor
A Quiet Trump Administration Rule Change Could Allow a Federal Union-Busting Spree
Heather Gies
Labor
A Blow But Not Fatal: 9 Months After Janus, AFSCME Reports 94% Retention
Heather Gies
Feature
Will AMLO Respond to the Central American Exodus With Compassion—Or Militarization?
Mexico's new progressive president says he has a just immigration plan. But critics say it's flawed.
Heather Gies
Feature
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.
Heather Gies
Labor
Our Food System Is Built on Exploitation. Now Farmworkers Are Saying “No More.”
Heather Gies
Labor
Unions Can Protect Workers From Deportation. This Coalition of 3.5 Million Is Showing How.
Heather Gies
Labor
2,000 Striking York University Staff Forced Back To Work Without a Contract
Heather Gies
Labor
Guatemala’s Campesinos and Indigenous Communities Fight Rampant Government Corruption
Heather Gies
Feature
Inside Honduras’ Torch-Lit Marches Against the U.S.-Backed Dictatorship
Thousands are defying military curfew to protest what they say is a fraudulent election.
Heather Gies
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