Labor

“Starbucks Is on the Ropes,” Says SBWU President Lynne Fox, Who Is Eyeing a Strike

"Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned," Fox writes. "This includes going on strike if they must."

Lynne Fox

ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers

“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez.

Sarah Lazare and Ari Bloomekatz

3 Crises Facing the Labor Movement

The slogan "Organize or Die" has become uncomfortably relevant.

Hamilton Nolan

Why the Canadian Flight Attendants’ Strike Was “A Perfect Storm” for Labor

The government’s “eyebrow-raising” penchant for breaking up strikes met its match in the woman-dominated workforce

Emma Arkell

Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead

The administration keeps delaying a life-saving safety rule—while claiming to love coal miners.

Kim Kelly

Immigrant Subway Cleaners in New York Win Millions

The victory surrounds back wages and the dangerous work cleaners undertook during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Luis Feliz Leon

The Labor Movement Is in a Fight for Its Existence Against a Neofascist Threat

For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

In Monumental Vote, NEA Teachers Join Chorus Against ADL

In the wake of the National Education Association’s vote to not partner with the Anti-Defamation League, and the union board’s eventual veto, activists discuss teachers’ role in Palestine solidarity—and in union democracy.

Sonia Chajet Wides

Dispatch from the Employer Offensive: Mauser Teamsters Strike Back

Teamsters across the nation are striking to support Chicago factory workers' fight for better wages, working conditions and immigration protections.

Luis Feliz Leon

A Beautiful Rendering of Working-Class Life, Warts and All

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong depicts the meeting of New England’s newer low-wage immigrant working class and its older industrial working class.

Steve Early