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With Democrats in Full Control, It's Time to Pass the PRO Act

A conversation with leaders of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Labor Movement Hasn't Won Anything Yet

It looks like Democrats will win control of the Senate. But total political victory gets you nothing except permission to start the real work

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Chicago Teachers Are Considering a Strike Amid Pandemic Surge

With Covid cases rising, the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies are resisting Mayor Lightfoot's plan to force educators back into the classroom—and could walk off the job.

Jeff Schuhrke

LaborDispatch

Workers Resist Pandemic-Era Disaster Capitalism in Ecuador

The Ecuador government took advantage of the pandemic to slash workers’ rights.

Kimberley Brown

Labor

Google Workers Say the Endless Wait to Unionize Big Tech Is Over

"You have a union when you say you have a union."

Hamilton Nolan

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The Union Members Who Voted for Trump Have to Be Organized—Not Ignored

Unions should be holding more political discussions with their members—and listening closely to their needs.

Mindy Isser

Labor

Why Workers Fought and Died for Union Hiring Halls

Part II of a conversation with Tacoma longshore workers Zack Pattin and Brian "Skiff" Skiffington.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Year That Labor Hung On By Its Fingertips

Disasters, missed opportunities, and a few bright spots in 2020.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Stunning Workers' Victory in New Mexico That You Haven't Heard About

New Mexico made it way easier for workers to form a union. Here's what it means.

C.M. Lewis

Labor

Growing Up Punk and Union on the Waterfront

A conversation with longshore workers and union leaders.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Dear Mackenzie: There's One More Donation You Owe to the World

Unionize Amazon.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Workers Should Run the World: A Bus Operator's Perspective

A conversation with Erek Slater, a bus operator for the Chicago Transit Authority.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They're Worried They'll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine.

Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.

Kari Lydersen

Labor

New York City Drivers Cooperative Aims to Smash Uber’s Exploitative Model

The city's first worker-owned ridesharing app gets ready to take on the big boys.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborDispatch

With Gigs Canceled and No Relief, Musicians Form a Nationwide Union

This is what solidarity sounds like.

Liz Pelly

Labor

Students at the Most Expensive University in America Are Going on Tuition Strike

With an $11 billion endowment, Columbia University has been fleecing students during the pandemic. Now students are fighting back.

Indigo Olivier

Labor

“This Strike Is a Fight for Our Lives”: Healthcare Workers Are Walking Off the Job to Demand Pandemic Protections

In Chicago and across the country, a wave of strikes by nursing home aides and other healthcare workers is showing that collective action is necessary for survival.

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

Treating the Traumas of Capitalism: Inside the Life of a Social Worker

A conversation with Michele Manco, a clinical social worker in the Bronx.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Great Black Radical You've Never Heard Of

Militant labor organizer Ben Fletcher, in his own words.

Peter Cole

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Healthcare Workers Are Organizing Like Their Lives Depend On It

Faced with ongoing PPE shortages and employer obfuscation about deadly outbreaks, more hospital staff are seeing on-the-job solidarity as essential work.

Alice Herman

Labor

How the Battle in Seattle Changed Everything

In 1999, a coalition of union leaders, environmental activists and anti-capitalists took on the World Trade Organization and ushered in the 21st century for the U.S. Left.

David Moberg

Labor

The Man Building the Bridge Between Labor Rights and Criminal Justice Reform

Jose Garza, the new District Attorney in Austin, is the face of progressive power in Texas.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

As Covid Surges, Doctors Are Striking Against "Retail Health"

A conversation with Dr. Amir Atabeygi, a physician at MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care in Thurston County, Washington.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Millions of U.S Workers for Walmart, McDonald’s and Other Corporate Giants Rely on Food Stamps and Medicaid

A new report commissioned by Bernie Sanders shows that corporations are soaking up profits—while paying workers so little they depend on government assistance to survive.

Jeff Schuhrke