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LaborFeature
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

Housing
Dos Sindicatos de Inquilinos, Una Huelga de Renta
Cómo los inquilinos de dos vecindarios de Chicago se encontraron—y pelearon juntos—cuando el mismo inversionista intentó desplazarlos.
Rebecca Burns

Housing
La Iniciativa de Chicago para Leyes de Desalojos por “Causa Justa”
Un nuevo decreto evitaría que los propietarios de inmuebles desalojen a los inquilinos a la fuerza.
Rebecca Burns

Labor
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

Politics
No Wheat, Milk, Rice, Medicines: How the U.S. and Israel Are Starving Yemen
The Trump administration announced a truce with the Houthi rebels on May 6, but this was after the United States had already bombed critical infrastructure for importing food and fuel.
Sarah Lazare

LaborDispatch
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

Housing
Two Tenant Unions, One Rent Strike
How renters in two Chicago neighborhoods found each other—and fought back—when the same investor planned to displace them.
Rebecca Burns

Housing
Chicago’s Push for “Just Cause” Evictions
A new ordinance would stop landlords from evicting willy-nilly.
Rebecca Burns

Labor
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
