Labor
The Long Road to Union Recognition: Trader Joe’s Workers Press On
The national chain, widely known as “Your Neighborhood Grocery Store,” continues engaging in unfair labor practices and fighting against workers’ unionization.
Maximillian Alvarez
Unions Are Hot—Just Ask the Chippendales
We talked with the husband-and-husband team that helped lead a groundbreaking union drive.
Kim Kelly
Winning Worker Rights Requires Fixing U.S. Democracy
Gerrymandering and the filibuster are holding back wage increases, the right to unionize and other benefits for workers.
Paul Sonn
After Historic Chattanooga Win, the UAW Is Bargaining for Better Conditions at Volkswagen
Volkswagen workers and the United Auto Workers are hoping a contract with the automaker can reverberate across the South.
Sarah Jaffe
U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists
A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.
Shane Burley
Why U.S. Labor Has a "Special Responsibility" to Stop Israel's Attacks on Lebanon
In a special interview, UE President Carl Rosen demands an end to U.S. military aid "because our country is the one that enables Israel to do what it’s doing.”
Sarah Lazare
The Weird and Stupid Teamsters Non-Endorsement Fiasco
Refusing to endorse a presidential candidate will do nothing to stop Trump and the GOP’s war on workers.
Hamilton Nolan
Los Angeles Teachers’ Road to Durable Power, 2014–2016
United Teachers Los Angeles’ transformation into a strike-ready, progressive union offers lessons for how today’s labor upsurge can produce durable, transformative union power, writes former UTLA president Alex Caputo-Pearl.
Alex Caputo-Pearl
The Baristas Who Took Over Their Café
Baltimore’s 230-year-old tradition of workplace democracy is experiencing a revival.
Osita Nwanevu
Class and Gaza Contradictions on Display at the DNC as Harris Looks to Labor to Defeat Trump
"In this struggle to compel the Democratic party, the progressive wing—along with organized labor—are making a run at the platform," says the CTU's Stacy Davis Gates.
Jacqui Germain
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