Kari Lydersen - In These Times

Kari Lydersen is a Chicago-based journalist, author and assistant professor at Northwestern University, where she leads the investigative specialization at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Her books include Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago’s 99%.

Firing of Pregnant Chicago Teacher Becomes Battle Over Charter School Unionization

Illinois Takes Lead in Wage Theft Fight with New Law

Michigan’s Oil Spill: Laying Boom Creates Local Job Boom

Detroit Restaurant Workers Finally at Table with Management

Iraqi Electricity Union Offices Raided Under Minister’s Draconian Decree

Chicago Teachers Laid Off in Droves

On the Border and in the Fields, Dying from the Heat

‘Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job’

Union Publications Persevere Through Media Crisis—and Deserve to be Celebrated

No Summer Vacation for New Chicago Teachers Union Leadership

Fired for Opposing Coup, Honduran Educators Go on Hunger Strike

Honduras Coup Anniversary: ‘What to the Oligarchy Are Crimes, to Us Are Rights’

From the U.S. Social Forum: A Tricky Road to a Healthier Future

Activists Hash Out a Labor Manifesto at the U.S. Social Forum

Union: Chicago Adjuncts Fired for Organizing

Black Shirt Friday Commemorates Railroad Worker Deaths

Come March With Us: Congress Hotel Strikers Celebrate 7th Anniversary

Govt. Tear Gas Evicts Mexican Miners After Three-Year Strike

Chicago Wal-Mart Vote Once Again Delayed, Amid Labor Activist Resistance

I Am an Organizer: Women Hone Leadership Skills at Annual Labor Conference

Squeezed Between State and Federal Labor Laws

Global Trade Watch: Don’t Believe the Free-Trade Hype

The Possible British Airways Strike: A View from Heathrow

Hoffa Affirms Ouster of Teamsters Local 743 Reformers

Rail Crew Drivers: Working Sick and Sick of Waiting

Natural Gas Fuels Steel Industry Rebound, Job Creation

Green Jobs on the Rails?

Revisiting the ‘Charleston 5’ Struggle, A Decade Later

Progressive Longshoremen Fight Against ‘Race to Bottom’

Chicago Death Drives Railroad Workers’ Remote-Control Message Home

A New Appreciation for Doormen?

Florida Farmworker March Ends, but Fight Continues

Farmworkers March Across Florida for Freedom, Fair Wages

Long-Running Philly Guards Struggle Heats Up, as City Council Enters Fray

Strike Averted, As UIC Grad Students Secure Contract to Their Liking

Chicago Grad Students Ready to Strike Over Tuition Waivers

Federal Action Needed to Protect Port Truckers from Clean Air Catch 22

Driving ‘Mobile Sweatshops,’ Cabbies Become A New Face of Movement

Building Bridges, Opening Doors: Labor Education Conference Charts Movement’s Future

Fired Worker Sparks Organizing Campaign at Family-Owned Chicago Grocery

Battle Brewing Between Mexican Miners, Govt., After Court Rules Strike Illegal

Fired Warehouse Workers to Vacuum-Maker: ‘Clean Up Your Act!’

A Cry in the Dark? Q & A With Alabama Living-Wage Activist

Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum Hits the Road

Stop and Go Negotiations in Alabama, as ‘Crimson Ride’ Drivers Push for Better Wages

Letter from the UP: Union Members at the Iron Inn

Goodbye Wifes and Daughters: Another Cautionary Coal Story

After Long Wait and Protests, Laid-Off Quad City Workers Reach Settlement

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