Labor

“We Will Not Accept Your Laws and We Will Not Comply With Them”

U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives' attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Liam Kennedy

Here’s How Rail Workers Are Fighting On After Biden Blocked a National Strike

Politicians may have headed off their strike, but rail workers haven't stopped organizing for paid sick leave and safe staffing.

Jeff Schuhrke

The Supreme Court Could Gut the Right to Strike

C.M. Lewis interviews labor researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner about a case that could have widespread implications for unions across the country.

C.M. Lewis

Strikes Are Stronger Than Laws

There's a simple reason why the government can't win unless you let it.

Hamilton Nolan

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

10 Predictions for Labor in 2023

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

Hamilton Nolan