Labor

Game Workers Are About To Take On The Biggest Boss Fight Of All

Long hours, stagnant wages: a look at the landslide of union interest across the industry.

Stephen Franklin

Employers Steal Up to $50 Billion From Workers Every Year. It’s Time to Reclaim It.

A recent victory over wage theft shows what workers everywhere need to claw back their stolen pay—support, resources and enforcement.

Mindy Isser

This Valentine’s Day, Let’s Look to Marxists to Reimagine Love, Romance and Sex

It's not you, it's capitalism.

Sarah Jaffe

Where Do Railroad Workers Go from Here?

Four railroad workers discuss Congress’s handling of the rail contract dispute, and how Wall Street’s destruction of the freight rail system is only going to get worse for workers, shippers, and all of us.

Maximillian Alvarez

How to Stop AI From Eating Journalism

Ethical standards can also save a lot of human jobs.

Hamilton Nolan

SEIU Local 1 Lays off 10 Staffers Amid Allegations That Dues Remain Uncollected

The union, which lost members during Covid, is scaling back at a time when many are calling for big investments in organizing.

Teddy Ostrow

Chicago Grads Want To Turn the City Into a “Powerhouse of Organizing”

The higher ed organizing wave is finally hitting Chicago as Northwestern and UChicago grads look to unionize.

Sara Van Horn

Fighting Anti-Abortion Extremists — And The Boss

Workers fighting to unionize and protect reproductive rights face the threat of retaliation.

Stephen Franklin

Stop Cowering Before This Half-Bright Florida Fascist

Ron DeSantis wants to break the unions and make a temporary advantage permanent.

Hamilton Nolan

The Union Membership Rate Has Dropped to a Historic Low. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.

A new report offers a grim look at that the state of labor nationally, but that's not the whole picture.

C.M. Lewis