Labor

Despite Trump’s Threats, Labor Leaders say They’re Not Going Anywhere

Union leaders David Huerta and Everett Kelley map out unions’ role in the fight against fascism.

Maximillian Alvarez

Graduate Student Workers Find Unity Amid Intense Repression

Amid Trump’s attacks on higher education and academic freedom, labor leaders are fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez

They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They've Been Surrounded by Death Ever Since.

The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.

Sarah Lazare

Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class

Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration

Sarah Lazare

Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations

In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust.

In These Times Editors

Facing Unprecedented Labor Violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely

Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.

Maximillian Alvarez

Starbucks Workers Have Launched a Nationwide Strike and Consumer Boycott of the Coffee Chain

As its workers fight for a living wage and demand that the company address hundreds of labor violation complaints, Starbucks Workers United says it’s prepared for the “biggest and longest” strike in the company’s history.

Stephen Prager

Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike

The ups and downs of casino workers fighting for the recognition of their union.

Alexandra Bradbury

Zohran Mamdani on the Night Shift for Mayor

As Election Day nears, the Democratic mayoral candidate returns to his base among New York City’s multiracial working class.

Luis Feliz Leon

Workers Here Have More in Common With Palestinians Being Bombed Than the Billionaires Bombing Them

Even beyond the prospects of a ceasefire, the United Electrical Workers are calling for an end to US military aid to Israel—and why other unions should be working towards the same thing.

Carl Rosen, Andrew Dinkelaker and Mark Meinster