Labor

Hyundai Workers in the South Are the Latest to Join UAW’s Sweeping Union Drive

Following record contract wins at the Big Three, the United Auto Workers is spearheading an ambitious organizing campaign that’s spreading across the U.S. South.

Luis Feliz Leon

The UAW Strike Saved Their Shuttered Plant, But the Fight Is Just Beginning

The revival of the Stellantis plant is a stunning reversal of fortunes for Belvidere, Ill. But workers say they won’t rest until they see the concrete being poured.

Sarah Lazare

The UAW Has Now Endorsed a Cease-Fire in Gaza and President Biden for 2024

Last month, the United Auto Workers backed an end to the violence in Gaza. Today, the union threw its support behind Biden—who has been a strong backer of Israel’s war—in his likely rematch with Republican Donald Trump.

Ivonne Ortiz

The Real A.I. Fight Is About Who Gets the Gains

It's not labor against technology. It's shared progress versus inequality.

Hamilton Nolan

This Emerging Green Technology Could Decarbonize Buildings and Provide Good Union Jobs

In New York and states across the country, thermal energy networks are helping unite the climate and labor movements while hastening a just transition away from fossil fuels.

Sara Van Horn

A group of people march down a street, one of them speaking into a megaphone. They hold sings that read, "UAW on strike" and "UAW: Stand up, en tiers, no more 2nd class workers."

Union Reformers Made Labor History in 2023. They're Just Getting Started.

A resurgence of labor militancy at UPS and the Big Three led to some of the best contracts in decades—but workers have even bigger ambitions for the year ahead.

Barry Eidlin

A large group of Amazon workers rally in front of Amazon's headquarters in Seattle on May 31, 2023, citing the company's changes to its climate policy, layoffs, and a return-to-office mandate. Some people hold what appear to be cardboard globes. Others hold picket signs.

2023 Was the Year of the Strike. What Can We Expect in 2024?

500,000 workers went out on strike in 2023. That's twice as many as the year before.

Jenny Brown

Shawn Fain stand behind a podium and microphones. He is wearing a blue UAW quarter-zip over a white collared shirt. Around him are Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.

Shawn Fain: “We Cannot Bomb Our Way to Peace.”

At a press conference in D.C. on December 14, UAW president Shawn Fain called for a cease-fire, alongside Democratic lawmakers and other labor leaders.

Shawn Fain

Inside NYC Home Care Workers’ Fight to End 24-Hour Work Shifts

Thousands of home care workers in New York City complete 24-hour shifts and suffer from chronic illness after years of overwork and sleep deprivation.

Xuandi Wang

Union members picket outside of Columbia College. Signs read, "Columbia Faculty On Strike for a Fair Contract.".

After 49 Days, the Longest Adjunct Strike in U.S. History Comes to a Close

“They’re not just treating us as discardable anymore.”

Jeff Schuhrke