Labor

Trump Has Put a Target on SEIU, and the Labor Movement Is Fighting Back

The arrest of labor leader David Huerta in Los Angeles has put unions on the leading edge of resistance to mounting authoritarianism.

Luis Feliz Leon

Is The Finish Line in Sight for the Country's Longest Ongoing Strike?

A conversation with three Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists on key updates in their two-and-a-half-year strike to win back their healthcare.

Maximillian Alvarez

The Flooded Future of Disaster Labor

Day laborers, a workforce threatened by Trump, are key to rebuilding after disasters.

Sarah Jaffe

Trump’s Budget Bill Will Massively Expand the Racial Wealth Gap

The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is set to be a disaster for Black workers.

LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

What's Really Artificial About AI is AI Itself

"The phrase artificial intelligence is a marketing term that is used to sprinkle some magic fairy dust that brings the venture capital dollars."

Sarah Jaffe

Donald Trump's Disastrous Scott Walker Moment

Trump and Elon Musk are making drastic cuts to the federal workforce. Unions are fighting back.

Sarah Jaffe

After Trump Takeover, Kennedy Center Workers Vote to Unionize

The nation's premier cultural stage joins a chorus of voices in the arts demanding just labor conditions as a pillar of free expression.

Michelle Chen

The Cost of Salt

India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s salt pan workers are deteriorating.

Pragathi Ravi

A West Virginia Coal Miner Just Saved NIOSH’s Black Lung Program

A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory Health Division after a veteran coal miner filed a class action lawsuit arguing that the mass firings would lead to irreparable harm.

Kim Kelly

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