Kathy Wilkes is an award-winning labor writer and editor, and a former union organizer, co-founder, officer, negotiator, and communications director. She is based in Madison.

Dispatch
“Words Can’t Articulate the Joy”: Wisconsin Workers Celebrate Scott Walker’s Defeat
As thrilling as defeat of an archenemy may be, activists here take nothing for granted.
Kathy Wilkes

Labor
“Words Can’t Articulate the Joy”: Wisconsin Workers Celebrate Scott Walker’s Defeat
Kathy Wilkes

Labor
How the NFL Players’ Union Can Block the League’s New Ban on Protests
Kathy Wilkes

Labor
Red Cross Is Instructing Truckers to Draw Blood and Nurses to Load Trucks
Kathy Wilkes

Labor
Union Rights Were the Difference Between NFL Players Kneeling for the Anthem and Bowing to Trump
Kathy Wilkes

Labor
How UAW Won the Wisconsin Kohler Strike
Kathy Wilkes

Labor
Scott Walker’s Campaign Failed Because Voters Actually Don’t Want a Union Buster-in-Chief
Kathy Wilkes

Labor
In Wisconsin, A Test Case for Right to Work
Kathy Wilkes
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