Labor

The Incredible, Winding Path of a Working-Class Nurse in Wisconsin

A conversation with long-time artist, activist, and registered nurse Susan Simensky Bietila in Milwaukee.

Maximillian Alvarez

Student Loans are a Burden for Black Educators. Cancel Them.

A conversation with Stacy Davis Gates, the vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, about why canceling student debt is a labor issue.

Paige Oamek

The Amazon Union Campaign Won By Following the Lead of Workers

Amazon Labor Union shows us an essential ingredient of successful union campaigns: democratic autonomy.

Shaun Richman

How Workers Used Amazon's Captive Audience Meetings Against the Company

Workers flipped the script on the e-commerce giant by turning anti-union tactics into organizing opportunities.

Sarah Lazare

Amid Rolling Blackouts, Energy Workers Fight For Clean Public Power In South Africa

Can South Africa transition from a reliance on coal to clean power while maintaining jobs? The energy workers fighting for a just transition think so.

Casey Williams

The Real Scandal at the Oscars Was When Celebrities Crossed a Picket Line

Forget the Will Smith and Chris Rock altercation—hospitality workers got thrown under the bus when a host of Hollywood elites entered an Oscars night party at a hotel under union boycott.

Jeff Schuhrke

Why Workers Picketed the Southern Poverty Law Center

Employees and union activists say the civil rights organization mistreats its lowest-paid and most marginalized workers.

Maximillian Alvarez

How To Build Fierce and Worker-Centered Unions

A Q&A with an organizer about her new book and on building worker power through resilience.

Paige Oamek

Striking Workers Say Brooklyn Oil Terminal Is a Safety Disaster Waiting to Happen

United Metro Energy employees out on strike say that management replaced them with workers who weren’t certified to operate the terminal, increasing the risk of an oil spill.

Inci Sayki

Like a Moth to a Flame, Workers Unite

The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire continues to inspire and motivate current labor movements 111 years later.

Daisy Pitkin