Labor

A Rank-And-File Voice: Labor Poet George Fish

An interview with an Indianapolis-based writer, poet, Kroger produce-stocker, and active member of the UFCW Local 700.

Mel Buer

Seven Unions Demand An End to US Military Aid to Israel

As the genocide of Palestinians continues, millions of American workers called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the US-backed siege of Gaza.

Maximillian Alvarez and Mel Buer

A Microsoft AI Data Center Saps Water From A Small Mexican Town

After decades fighting against water bottling and beer companies, rural communities in Mexico are now also having to compete against Big Tech for water.

Maximillian Alvarez

After Cornell Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism, its Graduate Student Union Fought Back

Members of Cornell's Graduate Student Union stand in solidarity with Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. candidate and student protestor who was suspended after pressuring the University to divest from Israel.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor Now Needs to Be an Anti-Fascist Movement

MAGA forces have begun what they believe to be their final offensive against everything on the Left. One way to fight back is for organized labor to become a conscious anti-fascist movement

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

After Biden Blocked Their Strike, Railroad Workers Weigh the Lesser of Two Evils

“I don’t think the screwing that we got in 2022 [is playing] any factor today,” one locomotive engineer says. “I can’t imagine any worker voting for Donald Trump.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Waffle House Workers, At the Front Lines of Disasters, Demand More

The 24-hour chain famously stays open come hell or high water (inspiring FEMA’s Waffle House Index), but pays workers as little as $3 an hour.

Kim Kelly

Reagan Was a Disaster for the Labor Movement. A Second Trump Term Could Be Worse.

The Right has given us plenty of indications of the dangers a second Trump term could pose to labor. To see how bad things might get, we can look to another example of a brutally anti-labor presidency: Ronald Reagan’s.

Chris Bohner

Chicago Teachers Have an Ally As Mayor—Now They’re Fighting for a Historic Contract

The Chicago Teachers Union is working to use its newfound political power to win a broad set of “common good” demands while realizing a vision of world-class public education.

Kari Lydersen

The Hidden Human Labor Behind AI

A discussion with Craig Gent and James Muldoon about the colonial history of tech infrastructure, its human and environmental costs, and how workers around the world are fighting back.

Sarah Jaffe