Labor

Columbia University Strikers Raise Hell, Saying School Plans to Illegally Replace Them

A dispute over whether the university can permanently replace striking student workers is coming to a head this week.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

For Want of a Dental Plan, the Erie Strayer Strike Grinds On

Overshadowed by larger strikes, the Ironworkers picket line stretches into its third month.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborViewpoint

Which Side Are You Democrats On?

Even the friendliest Democratic officials are cowards. The labor movement needs to save itself.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

These Tortilla Workers Walked Out and Won a Day Off Work

Gathered outside Chicago's flagship El Milagro taqueria, workers remembered those who died from Covid-19—and celebrated a victory that granted them Sundays off.

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

The Union Busters on Starbucks’ Board of Directors

Starbucks is trying to crush a groundbreaking organizing drive. A closer look at the company reveals a board of directors stacked with anti-worker executives.

Derek Seidman

Labor

The Insurgent Slate Just Won the Teamsters Election. Here’s What’s at Stake.

A conversation with journalist Indigo Olivier.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Warmed By Burn Barrels, Pelted By Sleet, Striking Workers Have More Resolve Than John Deere

A vote on a tentative agreement is just around the corner, but these Illinois workers are still on strike.

Jennifer Bamberg

Labor

Minority Contract Ratification Is a Crime Against the Labor Movement

The IATSE disaster should never happen again.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The ACLU of Illinois Seeks a Playbook for Acceptable Progressive Union Busting

The staff union and management are locked in a battle over who can be included in the union.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

We Could Be Looking at a Historic Healthcare Industry Strike

Overworked and underpaid, 35,000 Kaiser Permanente workers could walk off the job on Monday.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborDispatch

When Scabs Are a Danger to Public Health

United Metro Energy is risking an environmental catastrophe in Brooklyn as billionaire CEO John Catsimatidis stalls union negotiations.

Halsey Hazzard

Labor

Solidarity and Togetherness During These Bleak Times

A special conversation with close friends of the Working People podcast.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

No, the Strike Wave Is Not About Vaccine Mandates

The recent spate of militant labor action has been over workers demanding better pay and working conditions—not opposing Covid vaccine requirements.

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

The Rank-and-File Fight for Direct Democracy at UAW

A conversation with Justin Mayhugh, a worker at General Motors in Kansas City, about a referendum on whether UAW members can directly elect top union officers.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Happy Striketober. Let's Restore the Legal Right to Strike.

Now's the perfect time to fight for the right to return to a job once a strike is over.

Shaun Richman

Labor

She's a 64-Year-Old Taxi Driver Drowning in Medallion Debt—And She's Fighting Back

Dorothy LeConte is part of a movement of taxi drivers demanding that the city of New York relieve their financial anguish.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborInvestigationGoodman Institute

How Workers at Beverage Giant Refresco Defeated a “Notorious” Union Buster

Refresco has waged a prolonged and costly fight to stop the workers from unionizing.

Alice Herman

Labor

Kellogg's Workers Are Striking Against a "Two-Tiered" System of Workplace Inequality

A conversation with Dan Osborn, who has worked at the Omaha, Nebraska, plant for 18 years.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Mississippi Believes It Can Be Organized. Does Anyone Else?

Under-resourced and overlooked, the South is tired of waiting for organized labor.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Wisconsin Hay Farmers vs. Big Ag

A conversation with Lisa Doerr, co-owner of a hay farm in Polk County that supplies food for small-scale livestock farmers in the area.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Strike Wave Is a Big Flashing Sign That We Need More New Union Organizing

If you want more strikes, make more union members.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Teamster Insurgents Could Win Their Union Election

They're planning for what comes after.

Ryan Haney

Labor

Dollar General Workers Stare Down Historic Union Vote, Vowing "We're Gonna Fight"

With little national attention, a Connecticut Dollar General store could soon help unions crack a vital low-wage industry.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Small-Town Beekeeper Facing Down Big Ag

A conversation with rural Wisconsin beekeeper Kristy Lynn Allen.

Maximillian Alvarez