Labor

How Can We Make Restaurant Jobs Into Good Jobs?
Seth Kershner

The Verizon Strike Shows that Average Workers Can Still Beat Corporate Giants
Dan DiMaggio

The Power of the NYC Teachers Union’s Rank-and-File Caucus MORE Is Growing
Kevin Prosen

New Survey Reports Uber Drivers Are Investing Big in the Company But Get Little Stability
Spencer Woodman

New Study Reveals Just How Brutal Meat and Poultry Work Is for Workers
Elizabeth Grossman

Revolt of the ‘Chapulines’: After Strike, Indigenous Mexican Farmworkers Vote To Unionize
David Bacon

Washington, D.C., Teachers Union Wrestles with the Legacy of Michelle Rhee
Bruce Vail

Union Members Don’t Oppose Environmental Protections. They’re Actually More Likely To Support Them.
Jeremy Brecher and Todd Vachon

The Verizon Strike Is a Reminder That Improving Workers’ Lives Will Always Require Workplace Action
Elizabeth Mahony

Progressive Nonprofits That Oppose the New Overtime Rules for Low-Income Workers Are Hypocrites
Ethan Miller
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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