Labor

Happy Halloween from the GOP
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Adjunct Instructor: ‘I Was Practically Giving My Work Away. It Was Charity.’
Rebecca Burns

Major League Baseball Has a Wage Theft Problem
Michael Arria

Jimmy John’s Workers Can’t Even Quit Without Worrying About Absurd Noncompete Agreements
Will Craft

Debut of Politico’s ‘Morning Shift’ Raises Ethical Questions Around IFA Sponsorship
Arun Gupta

The Real World of Reality TV: Worker Exploitation
David Dayen

Airport Workers Paid $9 an Hour and At Risk of Ebola Go on Strike
Jordan McCurdy

Facebook Shuttle Drivers Demand a Union—And Some Sleep
Alex Lubben

Student Activists Demand Harvard Sever Ties with Teach for America
Marina Fang

22 States Where Adjunct Faculty Are Organizing for Justice
Joe Berry and Helena Worthen
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.