Working In These Times
Julie Su Isn’t Done Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Three decades after winning a landmark case to protect Thai workers, Su is reflecting on the lessons she’s learned while looking ahead to how New York City can become a pro-worker capital.
Hamilton Nolan
The Largest Share Ever of U.S. Workers Now Have Access to Paid Leave
There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.
Chabeli Carrazana
More Than 31,000 Health Care Workers in California, Hawaii Continue To Strike
A panel of union members call on the health care giant to return to the bargaining table in “good-faith” for contracts.
Maximillian Alvarez
Inside the First-Ever Young Worker March on Washington
Federal workers who led the first-ever young workers march on Washington want to see young workers rise up across the U.S. and demand more from their employers and government.
Amie Stager
Five Things the New BLS Union Membership Statistics Don’t Tell You
Union membership is slightly on the rise—but the hope for U.S. labor’s future is far brighter than the numbers alone suggest.
Lane Windham
Terrorized By ICE, Unable to Pay Rent, Minnesotans Are Getting Ready for a Rent Strike
A tenant organizing push in the Twin Cities has support from labor unions representing more than 25,000 workers.
Rebecca Burns and Sarah Lazare
Remembering Kent Wong (1956-2025)
Wong was an educator, organizer and visionary who saw immigrants as the heart of the labor movement—long before the idea had reached the mainstream.
Gregory Mantsios
“ICE Messed With the Wrong Profession”: The Country’s Largest Nurses’ Union Honors Alex Pretti
In the wake of an ICU nurse’s murder by federal agents, National Nurses United has joined calls to abolish ICE.
Maximillian Alvarez
Worker Organizer Abducted By Federal Agents in Minnesota
“It was just eerie to have to get in the car, drive it back to my house, knowing that I don't know when I'm going to be seeing my dad again.”
Sarah Lazare
Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too
The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for better pay and conditions.
Sarah Lazare
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
One in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
Sarah Lazare, Thomas Birmingham and Ari Bloomekatz
Minneapolis Fights Back: An Episode of The Dig
Host Dan Denvir speaks with Minneapolis organizers about the impact of the January 23, 2026, work stoppage amidst the continued ICE occupation of Minnesota.
Daniel Denvir
The U.S. Workers Who Went on Strike for Gaza
How one UAW local pulled off a mass strike in solidarity with the Gaza protest encampments, and in opposition to the US-Israeli slaughter of Palestinians.
Sarah Lazare
A Staggering Number of Minnesotans Took to the Streets Friday to Demand ICE Leave. The Next Day, ICE Responded by Killing Another Resident.
Saturday morning marked the third shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis this month. “How many more Americans need to die for this operation to end?” said Mayor Jacob Frey.
Thomas Birmingham and Ari Bloomekatz
"ICE Is Made Up of a Bunch of Cowards"
Artist Margaret Vail Palmquist eviscerates ICE in a series of illustrations over its abduction of a 5-year-old in the Minneapolis area earlier in the week.
Margaret Vail Palmquist
“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE
Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
Sarah Lazare
“No Work. No Spending": Minnesota Workers Strike Today to Protest ICE
A critical conversation with Minnesota union leaders about a massive general strike that begins on Friday, January 23.
Maximillian Alvarez
How One Minnesota Union Is Helping Members Survive the Federal Siege
UNITE HERE Local 17 is one of many unions, community organizations and faith groups calling for a work stoppage tomorrow, showing a key way Minnesotans are organizing against ICE.
Sarah Lazare