Labor

On the Picket Line With Striking Miners

Union organizer Jacob Morrison and musician Lee Baines III offer their solidarity to members of the United Mine Workers of America.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Movement to End At-Will Employment Is Getting Serious

Unlike much of the world, the U.S. doesn’t ensure “just cause” employment. This coalition in Illinois hopes to change that.

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

McGraw Hill Rejects Calls to Stop Charging Its Freelancers a Fee in Order to Get Paid

Labor advocates say the practice is an "outrage," and fear that it will spread.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Citing Unfair Labor Practices, 1,300 Steelworkers Strike in Five States

United Steelworkers members claim Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is refusing to provide essential bargaining information.

C.M. Lewis

Labor

Get the Federal Government to Fund Union Organizing. Now.

The most obvious and brilliant idea to revive organized labor, fast.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborDispatch

New Hampshire Republicans Are Using Covid to Ram Through Right-to-Work Legislation

Lawmakers in the state have blocked the legislation for years, but a radicalized GOP appears bent on pushing it through.

C.M. Lewis

LaborFeature

A Year in the Life of Safeway 1048

America says it respects front line workers. These grocery workers tell a different story.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The 'Trashman' Who Became an Influencer

Instagram sensation Terrill Haigler reflects on his newfound micro-celebrity and the crucial work of city sanitation departments.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

At a Major Education Company, Freelancers Must Now Pay a Fee In Order to Get Paid

McGraw Hill is clawing back 2.2% of every invoice, and a worker says it feels like "wage theft."

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Unionize Goldman Sachs

It's not a joke. It's common sense.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Colectivo Could Soon Become the Largest Unionized Coffee Chain in the U.S.

Workers at the coffee chain are resisting an aggressive union-busting campaign in their fight to organize.

Alice Herman

Labor

Democrats Take the First Steps to Make Biden’s Infrastructure Bill a Climate Bill

The newly unveiled BUILD GREEN Infrastructure and Jobs Act would create good-paying union jobs while reducing carbon emissions and upgrading the country's crumbling infrastructure.

Kenny Stancil

Labor

Working People Have an Ally at the Department of Labor in Julie Su

President Joe Biden got it right with Su, a principled and practical leader committed to poor working families.

Neidi Dominguez

Labor

The Teamsters Hint at a Combative National Project to Organize Amazon

Fearing a threat to more than 100 years of worker gains, "This entire union is focused on dealing with Amazon."

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Danny Glover Sees Centuries of Struggle in the Amazon Union Drive

The famed actor and civil rights activist examines what's at stake for Black workers in Bessemer, Alabama.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Filibuster Is a Labor Issue

The PRO Act will not pass unless we end the filibuster. Those two things are a package deal.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

How the Democrats Blew the Last Big Labor Bill

Twelve years ago, Congress failed to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. Will the PRO Act meet the same fate?

In These Times Editors

Labor

There Are No Make or Break Moments In a Movement

It's a process, and it never ends.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

An Alabama Amazon Worker's Case for Unionization

Jennifer Bates, an employee of the Bessemer fulfillment center, explains why the forthcoming vote is so monumental.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Can a Federal Job Guarantee Unite the Left?

Rep. Ayanna Pressley's proposal aims to achieve racial, economic and environmental justice all at once.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborDispatch

The Young Socialists' School-to-Union Pipeline

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America are embracing the "rank and file strategy."

Indigo Olivier

Labor

God's Work: Labor in the Church

Rev. Lindsey Joyce of the Institute for Christian Socialism reflects on what it means to serve her community.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Texas and Florida, Defying CDC Guidance, Aren't Prioritizing Vaccination of Farmworkers

During the pandemic, farmworkers who keep food on grocery store shelves have had to choose between risking their lives and keeping their jobs.

Frank Hernandez

Labor

Democrats Can't Afford to Dilute Their $15 Minimum Wage Proposal

The wage increase in the Covid relief bill also applies to tipped workers and others making a subminimum wage. Democrats should fight tooth and nail to make it law.

s.e. smith