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Autoworkers Are Fighting for the Future of the Industry

Stagnant pay and hazardous conditions have driven autoworkers at the Big Three to organize.

Maximillian Alvarez

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Autoworkers Aren't Afraid of a Strike

“It's not about protecting the American dream or fighting for the American dream. It's literally like resuscitating it from the dead.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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West Virginia University Administrators Just Announced Massive Layoffs. Campus Workers Aren’t Going Down Without a Fight.

The new WVU budget slashes nearly 10% of majors and 7% of all faculty, but campus workers are fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez

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UPS Teamsters Voted to Ratify Their Contract, Ending High-Profile Negotiations and Averting a Strike

The union voted to ratify the contract by 86.3%.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

LaborInterviewPodcast

UPS Teamsters Voted to Ratify Their Contract, Ending High-Profile Negotiations and Averting a Strike

The union voted to ratify the contract by 86.3%.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

LaborInterviewPodcast

UPS Teamsters Across the Nation Are Voting on the Tentative Agreement

Worker organizing at UPS reaped significant concessions from the company. Now, they'll need to decide whether or not to ratify the contract.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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The Teamsters and UPS Are Returning to the Bargaining Table. Will They Reach a Deal In Time?

Since negotiations broke down on July 5, Teamsters leadership has been touring UPS facilities around the country to rally the rank-and-file.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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Railroad Whistleblowers Keep Losing Their Jobs

Michael Paul Lindsey II, a locomotive conductor and engineer of 17 years, tried to sound the alarm on railroad safety. Not long after, he was fired.

Maximillian Alvarez

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UAW Turns Up the Heat on the Big Three

“If we don't do this now, we won't have another opportunity.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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The Clock is Ticking for UPS

Bargaining between the Teamsters and UPS has broken down. Can they still reach a deal?

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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UPS Workers Aren't Afraid of a Fight

“[UPS management] love nothing more than to reward productive workers with more productivity. And people that keep up with that, by the time they’re 20 years in, they’re getting knee replacements, they’re getting hip replacements, their quality of life plummets.”

Maximillian Alvarez

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LGBTQ+ Workers Are Organizing to Fight the Right

“You can’t legally be discriminated against based on your identity, but…bosses are going to find any excuse that they want to justify firing people or retaliating against people.”

Maximillian Alvarez

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UPS Teamsters Have Authorized a Strike. What Comes Next?

The clock is ticking.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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Neoliberalism Has Wreaked Havoc on Canadian Workers. Now, They’re Charting a New Path.

“Labor has not survived unscathed. It is quite scathed.”

Maximillian Alvarez

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Canadian Workers Are Saying No to Precarity

Workers at the Canadian Labor Congress came together to share stories and organizing strategies.

Maximillian Alvarez

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Can the Teamsters Save Amazon From Itself?

Working at Amazon is a nightmare, some workers say. It doesn’t have to be.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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Cop City is Bad News for Working People

Kamau Franklin and Mariah Parker on the fight to stop Cop City in Atlanta.

Maximillian Alvarez

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UPS is Failing Women Workers. Can a Contract Change That?

Women at UPS face unique challenges on the job—and at their union halls.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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Norfolk Southern Won't Clean Up Their Mess Unless We Make Them

“Even early on, I knew it would not be safe to go back home.”

Maximillian Alvarez

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Southern Workers Are Building a Movement to be Reckoned With

“The South got something to say, workers here have something to say.”

Maximillian Alvarez

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A Nationwide UPS Strike Could Be Weeks Away

“[A strike] could capture the imagination of people who want a union, but want to join something that they feel is fighting for them.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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Writers Are More Powerful Than the Streaming Industry

“If we turn this career into a gig, into a hobby, the people who are going to be able to do it are the people who have generational wealth and privilege and are just doing this for fun.”

Maximillian Alvarez

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Working People Podcast: University of Michigan Tried to Stop a Strike. It Didn't Go How They Planned.

Unable to stop the strike through the courts, university administrators have resorted to calling campus police, docking pay, and pressuring faculty to report on strikers, organizers say.

Maximillian Alvarez

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The Upsurge Podcast: UPS Contract Negotiations Have Begun ... Sort Of.

While CEO Carol Tomé has insisted that the company and the union are "not far apart on the issues," some workers feel that their behavior at the bargaining table paints a different picture.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh