Labor

This Labor Day, Let’s Remember Labor’s Forgotten Fight—Shorter Hours and Control Over Work Time

We’re working more for less. Instead, we should fight to work less for more.

Jamie K. McCallum

A Brief History of the U.S. Government’s Targeting of Left-Wing Immigrants

Throughout U.S. history, right-wing forces have used the denial of citizenship to restrict political dissent.

Shaun Richman

Why Every Job in the Renewable Energy Industry Must Be a Union Job

We need millions of union jobs that are good for both workers and the climate.

Mindy Isser

In California, a “Labor Slate” Aims to Redefine the Relationship Between Unions and Politics

From union jobs to Medicare for All, this new pro-worker slate is pushing a progressive platform—and could become a model for how organized labor approaches elections.

Hamilton Nolan

The Rank-and-File Push to Get Cops Out of the Labor Movement

Union members speak about why police have no place in the labor movement.

Maximillian Alvarez

A "Progressive" Vegan Company's Anti-Union Campaign

A conversation with former workers at No Evil Foods, a vegan plant-based meat producer in North Carolina.

Maximillian Alvarez

Leverage Is Everything

The striking NBA players have inherent power, but so do you.

Hamilton Nolan

A Direct Legacy of Slavery, Domestic Worker Exploitation Is On the Rise In the U.S.

The pandemic has left already vulnerable workers even more exposed to abuses on the job.

Maurizio Guerrero

The Failure to Unionize the Tech Industry Will Eat the Labor Movement Alive

The pandemic has made tech stronger, but unions haven't caught up.

Hamilton Nolan

We Organize Domestic Workers. Here's Why We Decided We Need a Union, Too.

How our union will make our organization stronger.

The NDWA Staff Union Organizing Committee