Labor

The Tragic and Irreversible Consequences of Workplace Bullying

The family of grocery worker Evan Seyfried has not stopped seeking justice.

Maximillian Alvarez

Building Trades Leader: Any Politician Who Doesn't Back the PRO Act Shouldn't Get Labor's Support

A conversation with Jimmy Williams, the progressive new president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Mindy Isser

Teaching at the Epicenter of the Pandemic, In a District Too Exhausted for Fear

A conversation with with Casey Scully, a former elementary-school teacher and current high-school math interventionist in Charleston, South Carolina.

Maximillian Alvarez

Buffalo Starbucks Workers Say They Will Unionize One Store At a Time

Union elections at individual stores would be a significant labor breakthrough in the fast food industry.

Hamilton Nolan

How to Make the Building Trades Work for Women

From winning maternity leave to organizing against sexual harassment, union tradeswoman are pushing for change.

Mindy Isser

They Rappel Down Skyscrapers to Clean Windows. And They're Going On Strike.

A conversation with Eric Crone, union steward and window cleaner who works for Columbia Building Services.

Maximillian Alvarez

Colectivo Is Now the Largest Unionized Coffee Chain in the U.S.—And More Could Follow

After months of waiting, the NLRB finally ruled that Colectivo workers have won their union.

Alice Herman

High Rise Window Cleaners, Immune to Fear, Enter Second Week of Strike

Minneapolis workers are fighting for safety standards in a risky industry.

Hamilton Nolan

100 Years Ago, Miners Carried Out the Largest Armed Labor Uprising in U.S. History

During the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia workers fought for their rights in a bloody campaign to unionize the coal mines.

Paul Salstrom and Steven Stoll

Workers of Color at Major Electric Bus Company Allege Widespread Racism on the Job

Employees of New Flyer in California and Alabama say they have faced years of discrimination.

Hamilton Nolan