Labor

"We are New Orleans”: A Workers’ Bill of Rights Finds Common Ground

“When we came up with the Workers' Bill of Rights, it wasn't just for one group, it was for all."

Sarah Jaffe

We Can’t Let the Press Launder Israel’s War

A coalition of movement journalism organizations has come together to form Media Against Apartheid and Displacement, which sets out to uplift urgent reporting on the genocide.

Lara Witt and Maya Schenwar

South Baltimore Residents Have Had Enough of Rail Giant Pollution

Curtis Bay residents rallied at the CSX rail terminal with a simple demand: “We have to remove CSX for the health of our communities.”

Maximillian Alvarez

How Big Business Made a Sacrifice Zone out of South Baltimore

Longtime Baltimore residents on the fight for environmental justice and what it feels like to be "sacrificed" by industry.

Maximillian Alvarez

Baltimore Longshoreman on the Key Bridge Collapse: “It’s not surprising that this ship lost power.”

Veteran longshoreman John Blom on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the slow recovery ahead for port workers.

Maximillian Alvarez

Those Who Hate Public Sector Unions Also Hate Democracy. It's Not a Coincidence.

A huge union win in the Fairfax County schools could be the first of many.

Hamilton Nolan

Students, Gaza and a New Vision of Safety

"We Keep Us Safe" is more than a slogan at student encampments. It inspires an avenue to protection and community that undercuts a security state bolstered by genocide—and can show us all a path forward.

Sarah Jaffe

Florida’s Brazen Assault on Public Sector Workers Puts Unions in Survival Mode

More than 50,000 Florida workers have lost their union membership in the advent of S.B. 256.

McKenna Schueler

Corporations Have Very Good Reasons to Break Labor Laws and Bust Unions

Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.

Sonali Kolhatkar

In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000

The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.

Hannah Bowlus