The Wisconsin Idea

LaborFeature

Can Iowa Meatpacking Workers Take on Tyson?

The essential workers who fought for their lives during the pandemic are now fighting for a union.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborFeatureEn Español

Los Empacadores de Carne Podrán Enfrentarse a Tyson?

Los trabajadores esenciales que lucharon por sus vidas tras la pandemia ahora están luchando por un sindicato.

Luis Feliz Leon

Viewpoint

As Mayor, Brandon Johnson Should Establish a Public Bank in Chicago

Chicago’s working-class neighborhoods have been exploited by predatory financial institutions and starved of desperately needed investment. Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson could change that by creating a public bank.

Saqib Bhatti

Labor

10 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Has Anything Changed?

The deaths of 1,100 workers sparked reforms in Bangladesh’s garment industry. But problems persist, especially for those disabled in the collapse.

Piyas Biswas

Rural America

Inside the Government’s Failing Program to Protect Farmworkers

Fifty years ago, the U.S. created a program to protect farmworkers from dangerous housing, wage theft and other rampant abuse. Internal documents show a failing system.

Johnathan Hettinger and Sky Chadde

LaborDispatch

An Explosion, Layoffs, and the End of Paper in Jay

When the Androscoggin Mill closed last month, it ended 130 years of paper making in this small, tight-knit town.

Jacob Morrison

LaborViewpoint

This Is How It Spreads

The raw ingredients are finally in place for the labor movement to plant its seeds everywhere.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

The Supreme Court Needs Term Limits. Clarence Thomas Is Proof.

If Supreme Court justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Dispatch

Bengaluru’s Sanitation Workers Say No to the System’s Scraps

If the city’s ragpickers and pourakarmikas stopped working for even a day, Bengaluru would plunge into disease and chaos.

Srikar Raghavan