Working In These Times

The Case for Nationalizing the Railroads

Workers say now is the time to do the impossible.

Kari Lydersen

To Prevent Future Rail Tragedies, We Need to Nationalize the Rail System

“Corporate greed [is] turning railroads into banks to extract billions and billions of dollars from what should be critical infrastructure.”

Sarah Lazare

Game Workers Are About To Take On The Biggest Boss Fight Of All

Long hours, stagnant wages: a look at the landslide of union interest across the industry.

Stephen Franklin

Employers Steal Up to $50 Billion From Workers Every Year. It’s Time to Reclaim It.

A recent victory over wage theft shows what workers everywhere need to claw back their stolen pay—support, resources and enforcement.

Mindy Isser

This Valentine’s Day, Let’s Look to Marxists to Reimagine Love, Romance and Sex

It's not you, it's capitalism.

Sarah Jaffe

Where Do Railroad Workers Go from Here?

Four railroad workers discuss Congress’s handling of the rail contract dispute, and how Wall Street’s destruction of the freight rail system is only going to get worse for workers, shippers, and all of us.

Maximillian Alvarez

How to Stop AI From Eating Journalism

Ethical standards can also save a lot of human jobs.

Hamilton Nolan

SEIU Local 1 Lays off 10 Staffers Amid Allegations That Dues Remain Uncollected

The union, which lost members during Covid, is scaling back at a time when many are calling for big investments in organizing.

Teddy Ostrow

Chicago Grads Want To Turn the City Into a “Powerhouse of Organizing”

The higher ed organizing wave is finally hitting Chicago as Northwestern and UChicago grads look to unionize.

Sara Van Horn

Fighting Anti-Abortion Extremists — And The Boss

Workers fighting to unionize and protect reproductive rights face the threat of retaliation.

Stephen Franklin

Stop Cowering Before This Half-Bright Florida Fascist

Ron DeSantis wants to break the unions and make a temporary advantage permanent.

Hamilton Nolan

The Union Membership Rate Has Dropped to a Historic Low. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.

A new report offers a grim look at that the state of labor nationally, but that's not the whole picture.

C.M. Lewis

“We Will Not Accept Your Laws and We Will Not Comply With Them”

U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives' attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Liam Kennedy

Here’s How Rail Workers Are Fighting On After Biden Blocked a National Strike

Politicians may have headed off their strike, but rail workers haven't stopped organizing for paid sick leave and safe staffing.

Jeff Schuhrke

The Supreme Court Could Gut the Right to Strike

C.M. Lewis interviews labor researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner about a case that could have widespread implications for unions across the country.

C.M. Lewis

Strikes Are Stronger Than Laws

There's a simple reason why the government can't win unless you let it.

Hamilton Nolan

Nurses Set To Strike Against New York City’s Healthcare Monopolies

Decades of mergers and acquisitions have turned New York’s hospitals into profit-oriented corporations. Nurses are fighting to change that.

Michael Lighty

In California, Independent Truckers Face Uncertain Future

A California law making it harder for trucking companies to classify drivers as independent contractors is now in effect—with big implications for truckers at America’s largest ports.

Stephen Franklin