Labor

Sweeping Federal Indictments of Ice Observers Net Minnesota Unionists

“I think this is intended to make workers shy away from being vociferous in their opposition to state sponsored violence.”

Sarah Lazare and Amy Livingston

The NYU Strike Showed How to Reverse the Downward Spiral in Higher Ed

By withholding their labor earlier this year, non-tenured faculty at New York University won major gains—and helped create better learning conditions for their students.

Peter Cole

‘¡Demandamos libertad!’: Inmigrantes en huelga en prisión de Nueva Jersey

Luis Feliz Leon

"We Demand Freedom": Immigrants on Strike in New Jersey Prison

“We are also doing this to demand freedom," said one of the workers. "We’re not treated like people. We’re treated like animals.”

Luis Feliz Leon

New owners gut Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In the wake of retaliatory firings, ex-Gazette-Post seek to keep Pittsburgh journalism alive.

Maximillian Alvarez

A Conversation With Graduate Student Workers on Strike at Harvard

More than 4,000 UAW members are on strike at Harvard University.

Maximillian Alvarez

May Day and the Potency of Solidarity Against Division

International Workers' Day, aka May Day, represents a fight for a different vision of society—one where we, not a billionaire minority, can make the decisions that impact our lives.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Baristas, Billionaires, and (Alec) Baldwin

The Starbucks Baristas are Still Fighting for a Contract.

Maximillian Alvarez

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Tony Mazzocchi, a Working-Class Hero

A lifelong champion of workers’ rights and union democracy, Mazzocchi envisioned and worked to build a transformative U.S. labor movement.

Steve Early and Rand Wilson

Trump’s Latest Target: Coal Miners’ Safety

In one fell swoop, the Trump administration took an axe to the agency tasked with handling legal disputes around mine worker safety. It could signal even deeper cuts to worker protections coming down the pike.

Kim Kelly