Labor

Starbucks. Amazon. Now, Trader Joe’s Is Unionizing.

Workers are pushing for the grocery store chain’s first union.

Jeremy Gantz

As Illinois Coal Jobs Disappear, Some Are Looking to the Sun

While Illinois phases out coal, clean energy jobs hold promise—both for displaced coal workers, and those harmed by the fossil fuel economy.

Kari Lydersen

Teachers at the Blue Man Group’s "Progressive" School Strike Over Union Busting

The private Blue School in New York teaches labor history. Its teachers just walked off the job.

Jeff Schuhrke

Buffalo Starbucks Workers Waited 6 Months Before the NLRB Finally Filed a Complaint Against the Company

These Starbucks workers were the first to unionize—but labor law went unenforced during their elections.

Maxwell Parrott

These Are The Workers Who Took on Amazon, and Won

Against all odds, Amazon workers in New York organized a successful union against one of the biggest companies in the world. Here's how.

Luis Feliz Leon

The Amazon Labor Union Victory Shows That Jurisdiction Is Dead

No more arguing over territory or industries—we need multi-union coalitions capable of organizing on a national scale.

Hamilton Nolan

How the Construction Industry Preys on Workers Newly Released From Prison

They're required to work as a condition of release from prison. Then the construction industry targets them for exploitation.

Katie Jane Fernelius

Rapid Grocery Delivery Service Buyk Accused of Wage Theft by Former Workers

Before the Russian-funded delivery startup collapsed, Buyk sold itself as a way for workers to escape the gig economy. Former workers say it failed to deliver.

Amir Khafagy

50 Years of Class War in Wisconsin

A conversation with veteran educators and organizers Frank Emspak and Adrienne Pagac about the conditions that paved the way for the Wisconsin Uprising.

Maximillian Alvarez

The New Labor Movement Is Young, Worker-Led and Winning

From Starbucks and Amazon to political campaigns and digital media, workers in historically unorganized occupations are forming unions—and breathing new life into the U.S. labor movement.

Katie Barrows and Ethan Miller