The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change Is a Workers' Rights Issue

The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis.

Mindy Isser

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What Can the Biden Admin Do to Make Our Food System More Resilient? Make it More Local.

Our food supply chains are vulnerable because they’re highly concentrated, corporatized and unaccountable to the public.

Ben Lilliston

Labor

AFL-CIO Reprimands Vermont Leader For General Strike Resolution, Saying It Could Have Given Trump "A Reason to Invoke Martial Law"

Read the full letter from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to the rebellious Vermont State Labor Council.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Shrugging Off Anti-Union Campaign, New York Times Tech Workers See a Chance to Make History

Times workers plan to ride the media union wave right onto a bigger wave of tech organizing.

Hamilton Nolan

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For Farmworkers, the Fight for the 8-Hour Day Isn’t Over

Federal labor laws exclude farmworkers from overtime pay and other protections. After years of advocacy by farm labor groups, lawmakers in Oregon, Washington and Colorado are working to change that.

Alex Brown

Labor

No Evil But Plenty of Union Busting at Vegan Food Company

Two former workers at No Evil Foods in Asheville, North Carolina, sound off on the company's recent layoffs.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

The GOP's Assault on Democracy Demands a Third Reconstruction

Voter suppression threatens the American experiment as we know it. History tells us that hope rests on our ability to mobilize the masses.

Rev. Liz Theoharis

Viewpoint

Democrats Are Wasting Precious Time with a Measly "Bipartisan" Infrastructure Deal

The bipartisan plan is a drop in the bucket. Democrats need to forget Republicans and pass a bold package that makes massive public investments.

Max B. Sawicky

Viewpoint

How To Murder a Good Idea With Conventional Wisdom

"Defund the police" is a completely rational policy prescription. Political pundits don't care.

Hamilton Nolan