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A 32-Hour Workweek Is Ours for the Taking

The fight for shorter hours can unify workers everywhere.

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

Washington Strippers Win Bill of Rights

Dancers in Washington state have been fighting for increased protections at the clubs they work. Last week, they won legislation known as the "Strippers' Bill of Rights."

Kim Kelly

Labor

This Union Is Organizing to Save Boeing From Itself

The Machinists are bargaining a contract with the airline giant for the first time in 16 years, and members are gearing up for strike votes this summer.

Don McIntosh

Labor

Missing Baltimore Bridge Workers Weren't Informed of Mayday Call

“We have people who love us, who wait for us to come home.”

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborViewpointPalestine

Labor's 2024 Political Dilemma

Biden’s support for the genocide is indefensible, but we still need him to win.

Rand Wilson and Peter Olney

LaborInterviewPodcast

Organizers Call on Biden to Issue a Major Disaster Declaration for East Palestine

Over a year after the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, residents are struggling to access critical healthcare. A coalition of activists from across the country is urging the Biden administration to take action.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborDispatch

Across Industries, Minnesota Workers Are Harnessing Their Collective Power

Minnesota workers and community groups have worked toward this moment for over a decade. It's paying off.

Amie Stager

LaborViewpoint

Can Unions Rebuild Our Democracy?

Our institutions have failed to protect democracy. Can unions take up the fight?

Alex Han

LaborDepartments

Before Shawn Fain, There Was Jerry Tucker

Tucker, a UAW member and union leader, called for a union in solidarity with its workers, not businesses.

In These Times Editors

LaborInterviewPodcast

Uvalde Father Brett Cross Is Fighting so That No One Else Has to Bury Their Child

“At this point, it's not a matter of if it's going to happen to you, it’s a matter of when.”

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborViewpointEn Español

La Historia Laboral Más Importante en Este Momento Está en Minnesota. Podría Ser El Modelo Que Todos Necesitamos.

Una alineación estratégica de redes de sindicatos y grupos comunitarios en Minnesota ha trabajado durante más de una década para aprovechar su poder colectivo.

Sarah Jaffe

LaborInterviewPodcast

Rail Jobs Don't Have to Be Deadly

Railroad corporations are packing schedules and loosening workplace safety standards. Workers are paying for it with their lives.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborDispatch

Minnesota's Labor Week of Action Is a Bold Experiment in Social Justice Unionism

A coalition of unions and community groups are uniting to build worker power and win community demands in what's being hailed as a model for social movement unionism.

Amie Stager

LaborViewpoint

The Era of Abundant Labor Reporting Is Coming to an End

Either the labor movement will support journalism, or the good times are finished.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborViewpoint

The Most Important Labor Story Right Now Is in Minnesota—It Might Be the Model We All Need

A strategic alignment of major networks of unions and community groups in Minnesota have worked together for more than a decade to leverage their collective power.

Sarah Jaffe

LaborInterviewPodcast

As Norfolk Southern Reports Billions in Earnings, East Palestine Residents Wait for Justice

One year after the Norfolk Southern derailment, families are still struggling to relocate, find work, and access medical care.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

A First Contract Is Finally in Sight for Unionized Starbucks Workers

After a grueling campaign, Starbucks Workers United and the company announced a major breakthrough this week that’s being hailed as “a very, very big deal.”

Saurav Sarkar

Labor

How Workers Brought Starbucks to the Bargaining Table

This week, Starbucks and Workers United announced that they’d reached “a constructive path forward” on the future of organizing and collective bargaining at the company.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

LaborInterviewPodcast

How Kaiser Workers Won

Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked out on a three-day strike, marking the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterviewPodcast

A Major Seattle Sandwich Chain Fired a Union Organizer, Sparking Backlash—and Change

Workers at Homegrown voted overwhelmingly to unionize with UNITE HERE in late 2022. They’ve been fighting for a contract ever since.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterviewPodcast

Can Worker Co-ops Bring an End to Crappy Jobs?

“Co-ops create greater wealth in their communities. People keep that money in their communities.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Starbucks Just Saw the Largest Single-Day Union Drive in the Company's History

Workers at 21 Starbucks stores across 14 states filed for union elections Tuesday—a landmark in the unionization campaign.

Brett Wilkins

Labor

Immigrants Aren’t “Taking Our Jobs”

Right-wing forces are claiming immigrants are hurting U.S.-born workers. They're wrong—here are six facts to set the record straight.

Daniel Costa and Heidi Shierholz

LaborViewpoint

Forget Elections. Build Your Union.

Political power comes from labor power. Not vice versa.

Hamilton Nolan