Working In These Times

A U.S. Court Just Intervened to Stop 17,000 Railroad Workers From Going On Strike

A conversation with Jeff Kurtz, a railway engineer and union member for 40 years.

Maximillian Alvarez

In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From the Working Class

The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.

Colleen Boyle and Eric Dirnbach

Indigenous Farmworkers Can Show How to Heal Our Burning Planet

Grape harvesters share traditional ecological knowledge to right our relationship with the land—and each other.

Brooke Anderson

South Korea Will See a Massive Labor Uprising on January 15

Workers, farmers and the urban poor, battered by the pandemic, are demanding labor protections and structural reforms.

Minju Bae

Happy Birthday Jeff Bezos, You Bum

A cold, angry party for an absent billionaire.

Hamilton Nolan

Death in the Air

An essential worker considers pandemic times.

Sean Estelle

Disturbing New Report Shows Dire Conditions For Grocery Workers

A huge new survey of Kroger employees finds homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity are widespread.

Hamilton Nolan

The Teachers Being Demonized for Trying To Save Us From the Pandemic

A conversation with locked-out members of the Chicago Teachers Union.

Maximillian Alvarez

Chicago Teachers Voted to Teach Remotely Amid Omicron Wave—And Were Locked Out

The teachers’ union demanded greater safety measures in classrooms, and in response the school district cancelled classes and locked educators out of online learning platforms.

Jeff Schuhrke

This Year in Working: The 10 Most-Read Labor Stories

Now's a good a time to look back and ask: What just happened?

In These Times Editors

Capping Off a Year of Labor Action at Amazon, Warehouse Workers Walk Off the Job in Illinois

For the first time, Amazon is experiencing a multi-site U.S. work stoppage. It comes at the end of a year marked by union organizing and labor militancy at the retail giant.

Jeff Schuhrke

Stop Buying Holiday Gifts for Your Boss

A third of U.S. workers say they buy presents for their manager. It’s time to end this predatory ritual once and for all.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor Activists Want to Know Why Workers Were Left to Die in Extreme Tornadoes

Grief, anger, and demands for answers after tornadoes kill at least 14 U.S. workers.

Jeff Schuhrke

How the Mighty Culinary Union Survived the Apocalypse

After facing 98% unemployment in the depths of the pandemic, the strongest union in Las Vegas has risen again.

Hamilton Nolan

Ten Predictions For the Year Ahead in Labor

Our infallible crystal ball reveals that 2022 will make workers want to holler.

Hamilton Nolan

A Buffalo Starbucks Worker Talks About Why He Wants a Union

A conversation with Brian Murray, one of the Buffalo workers, and journalist Jordan Chariton, who recently traveled to Buffalo to speak with Starbucks workers.

Maximillian Alvarez

Columbia University Strikers Raise Hell, Saying School Plans to Illegally Replace Them

A dispute over whether the university can permanently replace striking student workers is coming to a head this week.

Hamilton Nolan

For Want of a Dental Plan, the Erie Strayer Strike Grinds On

Overshadowed by larger strikes, the Ironworkers picket line stretches into its third month.

Hamilton Nolan