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LaborInterviewPodcast

A Nationwide UPS Strike Could Be Weeks Away

“[A strike] could capture the imagination of people who want a union, but want to join something that they feel is fighting for them.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Labor

The WGA Strike Is More Than an Issue of Pay—it’s Part of the Battle for Diversity and Inclusion in Hollywood

For the first time in 15 years, 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike May 2, mostly asking for higher pay and better employment terms. But that’s not the end of the story.

Jireh Deng

Labor

Airline Pilots in the U.S. Are Barreling Closer to a Possible Strike

American Airlines pilots have voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job over substandard working conditions—and pilots at Southwest are now conducting their own strike authorization vote.

Jeff Schuhrke

LaborViewpoint

My Great-Uncle Was Shot at the Memorial Day Massacre. Why Was This Working Class History Silenced?

In 1937, police killed striking steel workers in Chicago, but the story behind the tragedy was repressed. No more.

Carol Quirke

Labor

"The Companies Have Broken This Business": Hollywood Writers Begin Strike

Over 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike Tuesday, demanding fair compensation and employment guarantees from major studios and streaming giants.

Jon Queally

Labor

At UFCW, A Reform Movement Rises

Can essential workers follow auto workers and revolutionize their union?

Hamilton Nolan

LaborPodcast

The Upsurge Podcast: UPS Contract Negotiations Have Begun ... Sort Of.

While CEO Carol Tomé has insisted that the company and the union are "not far apart on the issues," some workers feel that their behavior at the bargaining table paints a different picture.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

LaborPodcast

Working People Podcast: University of Michigan Tried to Stop a Strike. It Didn't Go How They Planned.

Unable to stop the strike through the courts, university administrators have resorted to calling campus police, docking pay, and pressuring faculty to report on strikers, organizers say.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborFeature

Brightly Colored Bandages and Bags of Ice: Meatpacking Workers Say Tyson Foods Makes Them Fight to See the Doctor

The in-house medical care at Tyson Foods allegedly conceals injuries, throwing what it’s like to be a meatpacking worker in the United States into sharp relief.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborFeatureEn Español

Los Empacadores de Carne Dicen que Tyson Foods los hace Luchar para ir al Doctor

El equipo médico interno en Tyson Foods presuntamente oculta las lesiones, mostrando la difícil realidad de ser empacador de carne en los Estados Unidos.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborFeature

Can Iowa Meatpacking Workers Take on Tyson?

The essential workers who fought for their lives during the pandemic are now fighting for a union.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborFeatureEn Español

Los Empacadores de Carne Podrán Enfrentarse a Tyson?

Los trabajadores esenciales que lucharon por sus vidas tras la pandemia ahora están luchando por un sindicato.

Luis Feliz Leon

Labor

10 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Has Anything Changed?

The deaths of 1,100 workers sparked reforms in Bangladesh’s garment industry. But problems persist, especially for those disabled in the collapse.

Piyas Biswas

LaborDispatch

An Explosion, Layoffs, and the End of Paper in Jay

When the Androscoggin Mill closed last month, it ended 130 years of paper making in this small, tight-knit town.

Jacob Morrison

LaborViewpoint

This Is How It Spreads

The raw ingredients are finally in place for the labor movement to plant its seeds everywhere.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Insurance Companies are Destroying New York's Home Care Industry

“Year after year, they’ve been pocketing money meant for home care workers.”

Lily Meyersohn

Labor

“We’re Calling Bullshit”: Why Museum Workers Keep Unionizing

In Philadelphia and across the country, the movement to organize cultural workers just keeps growing.

Mindy Isser

LaborViewpoint

We Shouldn’t Have to Work Ourselves to Death

Why raising the retirement age is a very bad idea.

Christopher R. Martin

LaborDispatch

France’s Pension Protests Are a Feminist Reckoning

As France heads into its eleventh general strike in three months, one thing is clear: this is not just a retirees' uprising.

Nina Pasquini

Labor

What Unionized Starbucks Workers Think of Howard Schultz’ Testimony to Bernie Sanders

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was grilled over alleged union busting in front of a congressional committee this week. That's not something you normally see in Washington.

Saurav Sarkar

Labor

How Kathy Hochul Abandoned Home Care Workers

Hochul broke her promise, but home care advocates are still fighting to make sure New York "takes care of the people who take care of people."

Lily Meyersohn

Labor

There Is Power in a Pantry

Meet the women who nourished the longest strike in Alabama’s history.

Kim Kelly

LaborViewpoint

Make One Big Higher Ed Union

Campus workers are organizing more than anyone else. It's time for them to unify.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

“If They Strike, We Won’t Cross the Picket Line”: LA Teachers And Service Workers Unite

The school district's service workers announced plans to begin a three-day strike on Tuesday. The teachers union has their back.

Megan Giovannetti and Jasmin Joseph