The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Jennifer Abruzzo, the NLRB's General Counsel, Is Labor's Best Legal Friend

In an interview, Abruzzo discusses independent contractors, penalizing bad employers and what she might do to make good faith bargaining a reality in America.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

“It’s Time to Turn This Tortilla Around”: El Milagro Workers Walk Out, Demanding Fair Treatment

Alleging abusive conditions and staff shortages amid the pandemic, workers at the iconic Chicago tortillería walked off the job—only to to be locked out by management.

Jeff Schuhrke

Rural America

Rural Areas Struggle to Compete for Nurses as They Face Dire Shortages

Covid has overwhelmed hospitals, prompting many overburdened nurses to change careers or retire early. The shortages have hit rural areas particularly hard.

Aallyah Wright

LaborFeature

For Many, the Pandemic Was a Wakeup Call About Exploitative Work

The unemployment expansion showed us what work could be like if it was freely chosen.

Marie Solis

Labor

A Landmark Win for Domestic Workers Lurks in the Reconciliation Bill

$190 billion for home care has been folded into reconciliation—toward measures aimed at improving pay and job security for domestic workers.

Maurizio Guerrero and Sarah Lazare

LaborDispatch

Alabama Amazon Workers May Get Another Crack at a Union

The warehouse workers' fight enters its second round, just when everyone thought it was finished.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

What the Labor Movement Lost With the Passing of Richard Trumka and Stanley Aronowitz

Remembering the legacies of two longtime advocates for the working-class.

Leon Fink

Labor

How Rural Wisconsin Communities Are Fighting Back Against Big Ag's "Hog Factories"

Why residents are taking on industrial meat production.

Maximillian Alvarez

Feature

Democratic Socialists of America Make a Strategy for the Biden Era

Delegates chart a socialist future at DSA's 2021 virtual convention.

Roger Kerson