Working In These Times
Striking Barista on Starbucks' Endgame: “They Don’t Want Working People to Have a Voice"
Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for Starbucks Workers United, explains why more than 3,800 baristas are on strike against “the biggest labor law violator in modern history.”
Silvia Baldwin
The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.
Kim Kelly
“There Is a War Against Us”: Worker Leader, Released from ICE Custody, Speaks Out
Willian Giménez González is free, but he worries about thousands of others who were abducted from the Chicago area.
Sarah Lazare
Off the Rails: A Mega-Merger Between Rail Giants Would Be a Disaster for Workers and Communities
Railroad workers warn of devastating consequences if Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific merge.
Maximillian Alvarez
Despite Trump’s Threats, Labor Leaders say They’re Not Going Anywhere
Union leaders David Huerta and Everett Kelley map out unions’ role in the fight against fascism.
Maximillian Alvarez
Graduate Student Workers Find Unity Amid Intense Repression
Amid Trump’s attacks on higher education and academic freedom, labor leaders are fighting back.
Maximillian Alvarez
They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They've Been Surrounded by Death Ever Since.
The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
Sarah Lazare
Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class
Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration
Sarah Lazare
Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations
In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust.
In These Times Editors
Facing Unprecedented Labor Violations, Starbucks Workers Overwhelmingly Agree to Strike Indefinitely
Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.
Maximillian Alvarez
Starbucks Workers Have Launched a Nationwide Strike and Consumer Boycott of the Coffee Chain
As its workers fight for a living wage and demand that the company address hundreds of labor violation complaints, Starbucks Workers United says it’s prepared for the “biggest and longest” strike in the company’s history.
Stephen Prager
Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike
The ups and downs of casino workers fighting for the recognition of their union.
Alexandra Bradbury
Zohran Mamdani on the Night Shift for Mayor
As Election Day nears, the Democratic mayoral candidate returns to his base among New York City’s multiracial working class.
Luis Feliz Leon
Workers Here Have More in Common With Palestinians Being Bombed Than the Billionaires Bombing Them
Even beyond the prospects of a ceasefire, the United Electrical Workers are calling for an end to US military aid to Israel—and why other unions should be working towards the same thing.
Carl Rosen, Andrew Dinkelaker and Mark Meinster
The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back
"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”
Maurizio Guerrero
Pensions: "Captives of Wall Street"
We revisit Marc Weiss' take on pensions and power in this 1979 review of the book The North Will Rise Again by Rifkin and Barber.
In These Times Editors
A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires
The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.
Sare Myklebust and Saqib Bhatti
Weathering Backlash with Care Infrastructure
The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.
Briana M. Bivens
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