Labor

The Year That Labor Hung On By Its Fingertips

Disasters, missed opportunities, and a few bright spots in 2020.

Hamilton Nolan

The Stunning Workers' Victory in New Mexico That You Haven't Heard About

New Mexico made it way easier for workers to form a union. Here's what it means.

C.M. Lewis

Growing Up Punk and Union on the Waterfront

A conversation with longshore workers and union leaders.

Maximillian Alvarez

Dear Mackenzie: There's One More Donation You Owe to the World

Unionize Amazon.

Hamilton Nolan

Workers Should Run the World: A Bus Operator's Perspective

A conversation with Erek Slater, a bus operator for the Chicago Transit Authority.

Maximillian Alvarez

Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They're Worried They'll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine.

Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.

Kari Lydersen

New York City Drivers Cooperative Aims to Smash Uber’s Exploitative Model

The city's first worker-owned ridesharing app gets ready to take on the big boys.

Hamilton Nolan

With Gigs Canceled and No Relief, Musicians Form a Nationwide Union

This is what solidarity sounds like.

Liz Pelly

Students at the Most Expensive University in America Are Going on Tuition Strike

With an $11 billion endowment, Columbia University has been fleecing students during the pandemic. Now students are fighting back.

Indigo Olivier

“This Strike Is a Fight for Our Lives”: Healthcare Workers Are Walking Off the Job to Demand Pandemic Protections

In Chicago and across the country, a wave of strikes by nursing home aides and other healthcare workers is showing that collective action is necessary for survival.

Jeff Schuhrke