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Liz Oliva Fernández on Life in Cuba Under U.S. Embargo

“I didn't know how the sanctions affected me or my friends.”

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborViewpoint

On Losing “the Greatest Teacher of Nonviolence in America”

Rev. James Lawson was my teacher, mentor and friend. We must commit to honoring his legacy.

Kent Wong

LaborViewpoint

"We are New Orleans”: A Workers’ Bill of Rights Finds Common Ground

“When we came up with the Workers' Bill of Rights, it wasn't just for one group, it was for all."

Sarah Jaffe

LaborPalestine

We Can’t Let the Press Launder Israel’s War

A coalition of movement journalism organizations has come together to form Media Against Apartheid and Displacement, which sets out to uplift urgent reporting on the genocide.

Lara Witt and Maya Schenwar

LaborInterviewPodcast

South Baltimore Residents Have Had Enough of Rail Giant Pollution

Curtis Bay residents rallied at the CSX rail terminal with a simple demand: “We have to remove CSX for the health of our communities.”

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterviewPodcast

How Big Business Made a Sacrifice Zone out of South Baltimore

Longtime Baltimore residents on the fight for environmental justice and what it feels like to be "sacrificed" by industry.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterviewPodcast

Baltimore Longshoreman on the Key Bridge Collapse: “It’s not surprising that this ship lost power.”

Veteran longshoreman John Blom on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the slow recovery ahead for port workers.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborViewpoint

Those Who Hate Public Sector Unions Also Hate Democracy. It's Not a Coincidence.

A huge union win in the Fairfax County schools could be the first of many.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborViewpointPalestine

Students, Gaza and a New Vision of Safety

"We Keep Us Safe" is more than a slogan at student encampments. It inspires an avenue to protection and community that undercuts a security state bolstered by genocide—and can show us all a path forward.

Sarah Jaffe

LaborDispatch

Florida’s Brazen Assault on Public Sector Workers Puts Unions in Survival Mode

More than 50,000 Florida workers have lost their union membership in the advent of S.B. 256.

McKenna Schueler

LaborViewpoint

Corporations Have Very Good Reasons to Break Labor Laws and Bust Unions

Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.

Sonali Kolhatkar

LaborPalestine

In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000

The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.

Hannah Bowlus

LaborCulture

Weaving a Feminist Movement

Women in Bengaluru are unraveling patriarchy, stitch by stitch, song by song.

Panthea Lee (李佩珊)

Labor

In Tough Loss, the High-Profile UAW Campaign at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama Falls Short

“This is probably the most strategic and organized union busting campaign in decades,” said one Mercedes-Benz worker.

Sarah Jaffe

LaborInterviewPodcast

In Ohio's Cancer Cluster, Workers Fight for Justice—and Transparency

“They hired the healthiest workers because it takes us longer to get sick.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Casino Workers Are Fighting for the Air They Breathe

“Why are our lives less important than every other employee in the state of New Jersey?”

Kim Kelly

LaborViewpoint

Union Power Can Change Campus Protests Forever

A strike authorization vote at the University of California over repression of Gaza protesters hints at labor's political potential.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall

Following the UAW's successful campaign at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South.

Mindy Isser

LaborInterviewPodcast

East Palestine is a Labor Issue

“Norfolk Southern has not kept their promise to the whole community to make it right.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Bird Union Workers Tell Audubon Union Busting Won't Fly

More than two years into the fight for a new contract, union members say the National Audubon Society appears to be punishing them by withholding better benefits.

Avalon Edwards and Thomas Birmingham

Labor

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: On May Day, We Recommit to the Long Struggle of the Labor Movement

"We are still fighting for a world in which every person who works for a living can afford to take time off to rest, spend time with their loved ones, and enjoy their lives."

Brandon Johnson

LaborViewpointEn Español

Presidente de la UAW: El Primero de Mayo De 2028 Podría Transformar el Movimiento Sindical—y el Mundo

Shawn Fain hace un llamado a los sindicatos de todo el mundo para que alineen las fechas de vencimiento de sus contratos para lograr un impacto masivo.

Shawn Fain

LaborViewpoint

Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World

The UAW President is calling on unions everywhere to align their contract expiration dates for mass impact.

Shawn Fain

Labor

With Few Workplace Safety Protections, Latino Worker Deaths Are Surging

The statistics are sobering, and it's likely we're still undercounting: Only one-fourth of injuries suffered by Latino workers on small construction jobs are regularly reported, one study found.

Stephen Franklin