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Where Do Railroad Workers Go from Here?

Four railroad workers discuss Congress’s handling of the rail contract dispute, and how Wall Street’s destruction of the freight rail system is only going to get worse for workers, shippers, and all of us.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborViewpoint

How to Stop AI From Eating Journalism

Ethical standards can also save a lot of human jobs.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

SEIU Local 1 Lays off 10 Staffers Amid Allegations That Dues Remain Uncollected

The union, which lost members during Covid, is scaling back at a time when many are calling for big investments in organizing.

Teddy Ostrow

Labor

Chicago Grads Want To Turn the City Into a “Powerhouse of Organizing”

The higher ed organizing wave is finally hitting Chicago as Northwestern and UChicago grads look to unionize.

Sara Van Horn

LaborDispatch

Fighting Anti-Abortion Extremists — And The Boss

Workers fighting to unionize and protect reproductive rights face the threat of retaliation.

Stephen Franklin

LaborViewpoint

Stop Cowering Before This Half-Bright Florida Fascist

Ron DeSantis wants to break the unions and make a temporary advantage permanent.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Union Membership Rate Has Dropped to a Historic Low. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.

A new report offers a grim look at that the state of labor nationally, but that's not the whole picture.

C.M. Lewis

Labor

“We Will Not Accept Your Laws and We Will Not Comply With Them”

U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives' attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Liam Kennedy

Labor

Here’s How Rail Workers Are Fighting On After Biden Blocked a National Strike

Politicians may have headed off their strike, but rail workers haven't stopped organizing for paid sick leave and safe staffing.

Jeff Schuhrke

LaborInterview

The Supreme Court Could Gut the Right to Strike

C.M. Lewis interviews labor researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner about a case that could have widespread implications for unions across the country.

C.M. Lewis

LaborViewpoint

Strikes Are Stronger Than Laws

There's a simple reason why the government can't win unless you let it.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborViewpoint

Nurses Set To Strike Against New York City’s Healthcare Monopolies

Decades of mergers and acquisitions have turned New York’s hospitals into profit-oriented corporations. Nurses are fighting to change that.

Michael Lighty

LaborDispatch

In California, Independent Truckers Face Uncertain Future

A California law making it harder for trucking companies to classify drivers as independent contractors is now in effect—with big implications for truckers at America’s largest ports.

Stephen Franklin

LaborDispatch

Off the Pole, Onto the Picket Line: Why North Hollywood Strippers Are Unionizing

After nine months on strike, California strippers are poised to make Star Garden the country’s only unionized strip club

Emily Janakiram

Labor

Workers at Howard Brown Health Unionized. Now They're on Strike to Protest Layoffs.

Union members at the LGBTQ-focused health provider say management is planning to lay off 60 workers, so they've walked off the job.

Peter Lucas

Labor

Our Biggest Labor Stories of 2022

Sluggish institutions, corporate mergers, billionaires behaving badly: It’s been a watershed year for the labor beat.

In These Times Editors

Labor

One Year In, Starbucks Workers Aren’t Backing Down

A look back at our coverage of 2022’s highest-profile union drive.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Labor

10 Predictions for Labor in 2023

AI's menace, institutional failures and a labor movement basking in energy not seen in decades.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Biggest Strike in Starbucks' History Is Underway

Starbucks workers at around 100 stores have begun a national three-day walk out, the union campaign’s largest action yet.

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

UC Grads' Bargaining Committee Drops Core Demands, Sparking Rank-and-File Activism

Strategic differences come to the fore as the largest higher education strike in the country's history enters its second month

Indigo Olivier

Labor

What Today's Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners' Victory 50 Years Ago

Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972. Current organizers can take lessons from both the challenges and successes of the historic campaign.

Steve Early

Labor

Elon Musk’s Takeover Through The Eyes of Twitter’s Janitors

Three weeks before the holidays, Twitter laid off its custodial staff. We spoke to them on what they saw at HQ.

Teddy Ostrow

Labor

Starbucks Union Workers Have a Holiday Wish: Don’t Buy Starbucks Gift Cards

To mark the anniversary of the Starbucks union movement, workers are holding rallies in 10 cities—and asking customers to publicly show their support.

Saurav Sarkar

LaborDispatch

UAW Reformers Win a Historic Victory. What Comes Next?

"Get ready to negotiate with a UAW where the membership is back in charge."

Jane Slaughter