Labor

Unions Are Hot—Just Ask the Chippendales

We talked with the husband-and-husband team that helped lead a groundbreaking union drive.

Kim Kelly

Winning Worker Rights Requires Fixing U.S. Democracy

Gerrymandering and the filibuster are holding back wage increases, the right to unionize and other benefits for workers. 

Paul Sonn

After Historic Chattanooga Win, the UAW Is Bargaining for Better Conditions at Volkswagen

Volkswagen workers and the United Auto Workers are hoping a contract with the automaker can reverberate across the South.

Sarah Jaffe

U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists

A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.

Shane Burley

Why U.S. Labor Has a "Special Responsibility" to Stop Israel's Attacks on Lebanon

In a special interview, UE President Carl Rosen demands an end to U.S. military aid "because our country is the one that enables Israel to do what it’s doing.”

Sarah Lazare

The Weird and Stupid Teamsters Non-Endorsement Fiasco

Refusing to endorse a presidential candidate will do nothing to stop Trump and the GOP’s war on workers.

Hamilton Nolan

Los Angeles Teachers’ Road to Durable Power, 2014–2016

United Teachers Los Angeles’ transformation into a strike-ready, progressive union offers lessons for how today’s labor upsurge can produce durable, transformative union power, writes former UTLA president Alex Caputo-Pearl.

Alex Caputo-Pearl

The Baristas Who Took Over Their Café

Baltimore’s 230-year-old tradition of workplace democracy is experiencing a revival.

Osita Nwanevu

Class and Gaza Contradictions on Display at the DNC as Harris Looks to Labor to Defeat Trump

"In this struggle to compel the Democratic party, the progressive wing—along with organized labor—are making a run at the platform," says the CTU's Stacy Davis Gates.

Jacqui Germain

Union Buttons are Living Labor History

A conversation with Isaac Silver on his upcoming exhibition, Emblems of Solidarity: Union Buttons & Labor History.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann