Labor

These Baristas Have Been on Strike for Over 3 Months to Get Their Union Recognized

At Great Lakes Coffee, workers are on the picket line demanding their rights—part of a growing national movement to organize the cafe industry.

Hannah Faris

How Amazon and Starbucks Workers Are Upending the Organizing Rules

Workers are leading. Unions should support them or get out of the way.

Chris Brooks

Meet the Tongan-American Unionist on a Pilgrimage To Support Striking Workers Around the U.S.

A conversation with Tevita 'Uhatafe, a rank-and-file member of the Transport Workers Union Local 513 in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Maximillian Alvarez

Starbucks. Amazon. Now, Trader Joe’s Is Unionizing.

Workers are pushing for the grocery store chain’s first union.

Jeremy Gantz

As Illinois Coal Jobs Disappear, Some Are Looking to the Sun

While Illinois phases out coal, clean energy jobs hold promise—both for displaced coal workers, and those harmed by the fossil fuel economy.

Kari Lydersen

Teachers at the Blue Man Group’s "Progressive" School Strike Over Union Busting

The private Blue School in New York teaches labor history. Its teachers just walked off the job.

Jeff Schuhrke

Buffalo Starbucks Workers Waited 6 Months Before the NLRB Finally Filed a Complaint Against the Company

These Starbucks workers were the first to unionize—but labor law went unenforced during their elections.

Maxwell Parrott

These Are The Workers Who Took on Amazon, and Won

Against all odds, Amazon workers in New York organized a successful union against one of the biggest companies in the world. Here's how.

Luis Feliz Leon

The Amazon Labor Union Victory Shows That Jurisdiction Is Dead

No more arguing over territory or industries—we need multi-union coalitions capable of organizing on a national scale.

Hamilton Nolan

How the Construction Industry Preys on Workers Newly Released From Prison

They're required to work as a condition of release from prison. Then the construction industry targets them for exploitation.

Katie Jane Fernelius