Labor

Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead

The administration keeps delaying a life-saving safety rule—while claiming to love coal miners.

Kim Kelly

Immigrant Subway Cleaners in New York Win Millions

The victory surrounds back wages and the dangerous work cleaners undertook during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Luis Feliz Leon

The Labor Movement Is in a Fight for Its Existence Against a Neofascist Threat

For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

In Monumental Vote, NEA Teachers Join Chorus Against ADL

In the wake of the National Education Association’s vote to not partner with the Anti-Defamation League, and the union board’s eventual veto, activists discuss teachers’ role in Palestine solidarity—and in union democracy.

Sonia Chajet Wides

Dispatch from the Employer Offensive: Mauser Teamsters Strike Back

Teamsters across the nation are striking to support Chicago factory workers' fight for better wages, working conditions and immigration protections.

Luis Feliz Leon

A Beautiful Rendering of Working-Class Life, Warts and All

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong depicts the meeting of New England’s newer low-wage immigrant working class and its older industrial working class.

Steve Early

Republicans Are Attacking the “Idle” Poor, But the Real Freeloaders Are the Rich

The GOP is defending its cruel budget bill with ancient tropes about the industrious rich and “undeserving” poor. It’s time to reverse the script.

Conor Lynch

The Growing Fight for Green Economic Populism

In Chicago and across the country, unions and progressive leaders are implementing policies to address the climate crisis while improving working people’s lives.

Ruthy Gourevitch and Batul Hassan

Student Loan Payments to ICE Agents: Unpacking Trump’s “Big, Disastrous Bill”

Two activists arrested in the fight against Trump’s landmark legislation discuss the bill’s consequences, from student debt to immigration raids.

Maximillian Alvarez

Is “Salting” the Future of Organized Labor?

Founding member of Starbucks Workers United, Jaz Brisack, shares the hard-won lessons they learned taking on a multinational corporation.

Maximillian Alvarez