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Striking Barista on Starbucks' Endgame: “They Don’t Want Working People to Have a Voice"

Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for Starbucks Workers United, explains why more than 3,800 baristas are on strike against “the biggest labor law violator in modern history.”

Silvia Baldwin

LaborPolitics

The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners

A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.

Kim Kelly

LaborInterview

“There Is a War Against Us”: Worker Leader, Released from ICE Custody, Speaks Out

Willian Giménez González is free, but he worries about thousands of others who were abducted from the Chicago area.

Sarah Lazare

LaborPodcast

Off the Rails: A Mega-Merger Between Rail Giants Would Be a Disaster for Workers and Communities

Railroad workers warn of devastating consequences if Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific merge.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPodcast

Despite Trump’s Threats, Labor Leaders say They’re Not Going Anywhere

Union leaders David Huerta and Everett Kelley map out unions’ role in the fight against fascism.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPalestinePodcast

Graduate Student Workers Find Unity Amid Intense Repression

Amid Trump’s attacks on higher education and academic freedom, labor leaders are fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborFeature

They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They've Been Surrounded by Death Ever Since.

The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.

Sarah Lazare

LaborFeature

Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class

Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration

Sarah Lazare

LaborDepartments

Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations

In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust.

In These Times Editors

LaborPodcast

Facing Unprecedented Labor Violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely

Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Starbucks Workers Have Launched a Nationwide Strike and Consumer Boycott of the Coffee Chain

As its workers fight for a living wage and demand that the company address hundreds of labor violation complaints, Starbucks Workers United says it’s prepared for the “biggest and longest” strike in the company’s history.

Stephen Prager

Labor

Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike

The ups and downs of casino workers fighting for the recognition of their union.

Alexandra Bradbury

LaborViewpoint

Zohran Mamdani on the Night Shift for Mayor

As Election Day nears, the Democratic mayoral candidate returns to his base among New York City’s multiracial working class.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborViewpointPalestine

Workers Here Have More in Common With Palestinians Being Bombed Than the Billionaires Bombing Them

Even beyond the prospects of a ceasefire, the United Electrical Workers are calling for an end to US military aid to Israel—and why other unions should be working towards the same thing.

Carl Rosen, Andrew Dinkelaker and Mark Meinster

LaborPolitics

The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back

"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”

Maurizio Guerrero

LaborDepartments

Pensions: "Captives of Wall Street"

We revisit Marc Weiss' take on pensions and power in this 1979 review of the book The North Will Rise Again by Rifkin and Barber.

In These Times Editors

LaborViewpoint

A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires

The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.

Sare Myklebust and Saqib Bhatti

LaborCulture

Weathering Backlash with Care Infrastructure

The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.

Briana M. Bivens

Labor

The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy

The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.

Conor Lynch

LaborViewpoint

Unleashing Retirement Scammers

The Trump administration has reopened a loophole that allows investment brokers to enrich themselves at clients' expense.

Bryce Covert

LaborFeatureClimate

Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.

Adam Mahoney

LaborViewpoint

Pensions Can Be Labor’s Weapon

Workers' pensions can help seed the ground for the next generation of union members. It's time to go on offense.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Teachers and Unions Fight Back as UC Campuses Prepare to Fuel Trump’s Witch Hunt

A coalition of University of California faculty, students, staff, and labor unions is suing the Trump administration.

Marjorie Cohn

LaborViewpoint

“Starbucks Is on the Ropes,” Says SBWU President Lynne Fox, Who Is Eyeing a Strike

"Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned," Fox writes. "This includes going on strike if they must."

Lynne Fox