Labor

Nurses Set To Strike Against New York City’s Healthcare Monopolies

Decades of mergers and acquisitions have turned New York’s hospitals into profit-oriented corporations. Nurses are fighting to change that.

Michael Lighty

In California, Independent Truckers Face Uncertain Future

A California law making it harder for trucking companies to classify drivers as independent contractors is now in effect—with big implications for truckers at America’s largest ports.

Stephen Franklin

Off the Pole, Onto the Picket Line: Why North Hollywood Strippers Are Unionizing

After nine months on strike, California strippers are poised to make Star Garden the country’s only unionized strip club

Emily Janakiram

Workers at Howard Brown Health Unionized. Now They're on Strike to Protest Layoffs.

Union members at the LGBTQ-focused health provider say management is planning to lay off 60 workers, so they've walked off the job.

Peter Lucas

Our Biggest Labor Stories of 2022

Sluggish institutions, corporate mergers, billionaires behaving badly: It’s been a watershed year for the labor beat.

In These Times Editors

One Year In, Starbucks Workers Aren’t Backing Down

A look back at our coverage of 2022’s highest-profile union drive.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

10 Predictions for Labor in 2023

AI's menace, institutional failures and a labor movement basking in energy not seen in decades.

Hamilton Nolan

The Biggest Strike in Starbucks' History Is Underway

Starbucks workers at around 100 stores have begun a national three-day walk out, the union campaign’s largest action yet.

Jeff Schuhrke

UC Grads' Bargaining Committee Drops Core Demands, Sparking Rank-and-File Activism

Strategic differences come to the fore as the largest higher education strike in the country's history enters its second month

Indigo Olivier

What Today's Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners' Victory 50 Years Ago

Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972. Current organizers can take lessons from both the challenges and successes of the historic campaign.

Steve Early