Working In These Times
The NYU Strike Showed How to Reverse the Downward Spiral in Higher Ed
By withholding their labor earlier this year, non-tenured faculty at New York University won major gains—and helped create better learning conditions for their students.
Peter Cole
‘¡Demandamos libertad!’: Inmigrantes en huelga en prisión de Nueva Jersey
Luis Feliz Leon
"We Demand Freedom": Immigrants on Strike in New Jersey Prison
“We are also doing this to demand freedom," said one of the workers. "We’re not treated like people. We’re treated like animals.”
Luis Feliz Leon
New owners gut Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In the wake of retaliatory firings, ex-Gazette-Post seek to keep Pittsburgh journalism alive.
Maximillian Alvarez
A Conversation With Graduate Student Workers on Strike at Harvard
More than 4,000 UAW members are on strike at Harvard University.
Maximillian Alvarez
May Day and the Potency of Solidarity Against Division
International Workers' Day, aka May Day, represents a fight for a different vision of society—one where we, not a billionaire minority, can make the decisions that impact our lives.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Baristas, Billionaires, and (Alec) Baldwin
The Starbucks Baristas are Still Fighting for a Contract.
Maximillian Alvarez
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Tony Mazzocchi, a Working-Class Hero
A lifelong champion of workers’ rights and union democracy, Mazzocchi envisioned and worked to build a transformative U.S. labor movement.
Steve Early and Rand Wilson
Trump’s Latest Target: Coal Miners’ Safety
In one fell swoop, the Trump administration took an axe to the agency tasked with handling legal disputes around mine worker safety. It could signal even deeper cuts to worker protections coming down the pike.
Kim Kelly
May Day Was a Reminder That We Make the World Run
It wasn’t just a day of protest, boycott or celebration—May Day showed that we, the workers, are all on the same glorious team.
Hamilton Nolan
South Carolinians Wage May Day Protest of the Israeli Weapons Factory in Their Back Yard
The International Workers’ Day protest targets Elbit America, a subsidiary of the largest weapons company in Israel, now supplying munitions used in Lebanon.
Sarah Lazare
Why Democratic Socialists Are Taking to the Streets This May Day
The legacy of May Day is a fight for working-class power against the ravages of capitalism. Democratic Socialists of America is organizing to keep that proud tradition alive in 2026.
Will Bloom
Mayday, Mayday, May Day
Friday's emergency signal from the working class
Maya Ragsdale
Why It’s More Important Than Ever To Learn About May Day
A broad coalition is organizing nationwide actions this May Day to support workers’ rights, protect democracy and demand an end to billionaire rule.
Jackson Potter
Community Persists for USPS Letter Carriers While Conditions Worsen
USPS mail carriers strive to hold onto community relationships as a contract battle looms for the struggling service.
Maximillian Alvarez
After Decades of Quiet Rumbling, an Epidemic Is Erupting Among California Stoneworkers
The engineered stone industry is worth nearly $30 billion. But the workers at its core are falling sick and dying from an illness called silicosis. Now these workers—most of whom are young immigrants—are suing manufacturers.
Kayla Yup
Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them
A new report shows that candidates with backgrounds in labor unions can win the support of working people. The Democratic Party should take note.
Jake Triola
Cesar Chavez Revelations Show It’s Time for Truth and Reconciliation in the Labor Movement
Chavez’ once-saintly reputation is forever destroyed, but the union doesn’t have to be. For the sake of farmworkers who deserve better, the UFW should take swift, drastic steps to begin repairing its integrity and regaining its footing.
Ana Avendaño