Jeff Schuhrke - In These Times

Jeff Schuhrke is a labor historian, educator, journalist and union activist who teaches at the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies, SUNY Empire State University in New York City. He has been an In These Times contributor since 2013. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSchuhrke.

Millions of U.S Workers for Walmart, McDonald’s and Other Corporate Giants Rely on Food Stamps and Medicaid

A new report commissioned by Bernie Sanders shows that corporations are soaking up profits—while paying workers so little they depend on government assistance to survive.

"We Won’t Let Him": Unions Nationwide Are Planning a General Strike If Trump Tries to Steal the Election

President Trump has signaled he’s ready to declare victory before all the votes are counted. These unions are saying "hell no"—by planning massive workplace actions.

Trump’s Calls for Voter Intimidation Are Already Being Heeded. Here’s How to Respond.

We could see a deluge of Trump-sponsored voter intimidation on Election Day. Protecting our democracy requires stopping it in its tracks.

The Nightmare Facing the Poor and Working Class If There’s Not Another Stimulus

With time running out and Republicans balking at more Covid relief, U.S. workers are facing a future of financial misery.

Healthcare Workers Are Leading the Largest Strike Ever at the University of Illinois-Chicago

In the face of a deadly pandemic, UIC’s largely Black and Latino hospital workforce is demanding workplace safety and livable wages.

OSHA Is Failing Essential Workers. Why Not Let Them Sue Their Bosses?

Weed That’s Legal and Union: Marijuana Dispensary Becomes First in Illinois to Unionize

Field Museum Workers Say It’s Time for the CEO to Start Making Sacrifices, Too

Labor Unions Were Crucial in Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire Victory

To Build a Left-Wing Unionism, We Must Reckon With the AFL-CIO’s Imperialist Past

Why 15,000 Indiana Teachers Just Walked Off the Job

Elizabeth Warren Says Make the Rich Pay for Striking Chicago Teachers’ Demands

Chicago Teachers Won Public Support for Their Strike. Here’s How.

Graduate Workers Are Going to Fight Like Hell to Stop the Trump NLRB’s New Rule

Did You Get a Text Inviting You to a Picket Line? It Might Be from Bernie Sanders.

We’ve Been Fighting for $15 For 7 Years. Today I’m Celebrating a Historic Victory.

When Janus Backfires: A Test Case In Labor Solidarity After Fair Share

Hyatt Workers Win 4-Week Strike, Hours After Third Coast Audio Festival Refused to Cross Picket Line

Today Amazon, Tomorrow the Railroad Industry: The Fight for $15 Rolls On

Thousands of Chicago Workers Are Out On the First Citywide Hotel Strike In Over a Century

Voters Just Killed Right to Work in Missouri, Proving Labor Still Has Power Under Janus

Remembering Ed Sadlowski: Labor Activist, Democratic Socialist and Crusader for the Rank-and-File

After Loyola’s Cinderella NCAA Run, Faculty Are Out On Strike. Where Is Sister Jean?

In a Historic First, the Chicago Teachers Union and Charter School Teachers Have Joined Forces

The House GOP’s Tax Bill Would Make Graduate School Too Expensive For All But the Rich

Workers Say NAFTA’s Neoliberal Foundations Need to Be Dismantled from the Left—Not the Right

A Trailblazing New Law in Illinois Will Dramatically Expand Temp Workers’ Rights

8,000 Airport Workers in Chicago Just Won a Wage Raise and the Right to a Union

Workers May Have Just Killed Missouri’s Right to Work Law

Cab Drivers Union Says Chicago Taxi Industry Is Nearing Collapse

Charter School Educators Just Voted to Join the Most Militant Teachers’ Union in the Country

Will Chicago Become the Epicenter of Charter School Unionization?

First Charter School Teacher Strike in U.S. History Narrowly Averted by Last-Minute Agreement

New Study Finds “More Sweatshops than Starbucks” in Chicago

Chicago Teachers Are Trying to Organize the Biggest Charter School Union in the U.S.

Groundbreaking Bill in Illinois Would Give Temp Workers Equal Pay and Rights as Direct Hires

Ohio Factory Workers Fight for a Union: “Everyone Deserves a Seat at the Table”

The Fight For Free College Moves to the States

How student organizers and a state representative are campaigning to eliminate tuition in Illinois.

In Wake of NLRB Ruling, AFT and SEIU Vie to Organize Grad Student Workers at Northwestern

Labor Research and Action Network Aims To Connect Researchers and Scholars with the Labor Movement

New Chicago Law Will Give Almost Half a Million Workers Guaranteed Paid Sick Leave

Chicago Workers Are Close to Winning a New Paid Sick Leave Law

Univ. of Massachusetts Grad Student Workers Endorse BDS Against Israel

American and Palestinian Unionists Build International Solidarity To Win ‘Freedom’ for Palestine

Physical Therapist: ‘We Get Teased a Lot About How Mean We Are’

Truck Unloader: ‘The Worst Part of My Job Is the Paycheck’

Supermarket Checker: ‘If You Want Personality, Then You Come to My Line’

Equal Work Deserves Equal Pay, Say UMass Amherst Professors

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