Labor

10 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Has Anything Changed?

The deaths of 1,100 workers sparked reforms in Bangladesh’s garment industry. But problems persist, especially for those disabled in the collapse.

Piyas Biswas

An Explosion, Layoffs, and the End of Paper in Jay

When the Androscoggin Mill closed last month, it ended 130 years of paper making in this small, tight-knit town.

Jacob Morrison

This Is How It Spreads

The raw ingredients are finally in place for the labor movement to plant its seeds everywhere.

Hamilton Nolan

Insurance Companies are Destroying New York's Home Care Industry

“Year after year, they’ve been pocketing money meant for home care workers.”

Lily Meyersohn

“We’re Calling Bullshit”: Why Museum Workers Keep Unionizing

In Philadelphia and across the country, the movement to organize cultural workers just keeps growing.

Mindy Isser

We Shouldn’t Have to Work Ourselves to Death

Why raising the retirement age is a very bad idea.

Christopher R. Martin

France’s Pension Protests Are a Feminist Reckoning

As France heads into its eleventh general strike in three months, one thing is clear: this is not just a retirees' uprising.

Nina Pasquini

What Unionized Starbucks Workers Think of Howard Schultz’ Testimony to Bernie Sanders

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was grilled over alleged union busting in front of a congressional committee this week. That's not something you normally see in Washington.

Saurav Sarkar

How Kathy Hochul Abandoned Home Care Workers

Hochul broke her promise, but home care advocates are still fighting to make sure New York "takes care of the people who take care of people."

Lily Meyersohn

There Is Power in a Pantry

Meet the women who nourished the longest strike in Alabama’s history.

Kim Kelly