Labor

LaborPalestine

The U.S. Workers Who Went on Strike for Gaza

How one UAW local pulled off a mass strike in solidarity with the Gaza protest encampments, and in opposition to the US-Israeli slaughter of Palestinians.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

A Staggering Number of Minnesotans Took to the Streets Friday to Demand ICE Leave. The Next Day, ICE Responded by Killing Another Resident.

Saturday morning marked the third shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis this month. “How many more Americans need to die for this operation to end?” said Mayor Jacob Frey.

Thomas Birmingham and Ari Bloomekatz

LaborViewpoint

"ICE Is Made Up of a Bunch of Cowards"

Artist Margaret Vail Palmquist eviscerates ICE in a series of illustrations over its abduction of a 5-year-old in the Minneapolis area earlier in the week.

Margaret Vail Palmquist

Labor

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE

Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

Sarah Lazare

LaborInterview

“No Work. No Spending": Minnesota Workers Strike Today to Protest ICE

A critical conversation with Minnesota union leaders about a massive general strike that begins on Friday, January 23.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborDispatch

How One Minnesota Union Is Helping Members Survive the Federal Siege

UNITE HERE Local 17 is one of many unions, community organizations and faith groups calling for a work stoppage tomorrow, showing a key way Minnesotans are organizing against ICE.

Sarah Lazare

LaborViewpoint

Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now

At first glance it sounds impossible — but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think.

Alex Han

LaborViewpointFeature

Capitalism Without Humans

As new technologies (not immigrants) replace human labor, "machine breaking" as a tactic of rebellion is taking on a renewed vitality.

Sarah Jaffe

LaborViewpoint

"We Will Be Closed: ICE Out of Minnesota"

All the ingredients for a general strike are present in Minnesota.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborDispatch

“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days

Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on January 23.

Amie Stager and Sarah Lazare

LaborPodcast

Workers Win As Longest Running Strike In The US Ends

After a lengthy legal process, the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals decisively sided with striking journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Largest Nurses Strike in New York City History Just Kicked Off

Nearly 15,000 healthcare workers across New York City are on the picket lines demanding safe staffing and workplace protections.

Brad Reed

LaborClimate

Rising heat, failing kidneys: Climate’s hidden toll on migrant workers

Migrant workers return from Gulf countries with failed kidneys, victims of extreme temperatures, grueling labor, and a global system that leaves them unprotected.

Natalie Donback

Labor

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