Labor

Texas and Florida, Defying CDC Guidance, Aren't Prioritizing Vaccination of Farmworkers

During the pandemic, farmworkers who keep food on grocery store shelves have had to choose between risking their lives and keeping their jobs.

Frank Hernandez

Democrats Can't Afford to Dilute Their $15 Minimum Wage Proposal

The wage increase in the Covid relief bill also applies to tipped workers and others making a subminimum wage. Democrats should fight tooth and nail to make it law.

s.e. smith

The Gig Economy Is a Vampire That We Shouldn't Make Peace With

If organized labor doesn't hold the line on the principle that workers are employees, we'll all live to regret it.

Hamilton Nolan

The Hidden Labor of Sex Work

In the second part of a two-part interview, sex worker, activist and DACA recipient Maya Morena reflects on the unique challenges of her industry.

Maximillian Alvarez

This Week In Working: Amazon's Union Vote

The Working In These Times newsletter for the week of February 12

Hamilton Nolan

After Threatening Strike, Chicago Teachers Set “New Standard” With Safer School Reopening Plan

Hard-fought negotiations and a strike threat led to Chicago teachers reaching the “most comprehensive agreement for reopening schools” in the country, potentially setting a model for other districts nationwide.

Jeff Schuhrke

Undocumented in the Sex Industry

Maya Morena, a sex worker, activist, and DACA recipient from Honduras, examines the phenomenon of "whoreophobia," the history of vice and more.

Maximillian Alvarez

This Week in Working: VA Workers and Teachers Unions

The Working In These Times newsletter for the week of February 5

Hamilton Nolan

Enormous VA Union Contract Moves Towards Uncertain Conclusion Under New Biden Administration

The fate of more than a quarter million federal workers is still up in the air.

Hamilton Nolan

In the Shadow of Covid, ACLU Joins Non-Profit Unionization Surge

A conversation with representatives of ACLU Staff United about their unionization effort and the growing nonprofit labor movement.

Maximillian Alvarez