Working In These Times

The Right Was Already Waging Economic War Against Transgender People. Trump Just Went Nuclear.

Dean Spade

One Way to Defend Transgender People From Trump’s Attacks? Labor Unions.

Julianne Tveten

This Is How We Can Defend Migrants Coming to the Border

Michelle Chen

Our Food System Is Built on Exploitation. Now Farmworkers Are Saying “No More.”

Heather Gies

Sanders and Warren Demand Bezos Answer for Amazon’s “Potentially Illegal” Union Busting

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams

Unions Can Protect Workers From Deportation. This Coalition of 3.5 Million Is Showing How.

Heather Gies

Brazilian Companies Pressure Workers to Vote for a Fascist Presidential Candidate

Michael Fox

When Gig Economy and Fast Food Workers Band Together

James F. Kelly

Thousands of Amazon Delivery Drivers Won’t Be Eligible for the $15 Wage

David Dayen

The Trucking Industry Is a “Sweatshop on Wheels.” Here’s How Kavanaugh Could Make It Worse.

Michael Arria

Trombones on the Picket Line: Lyric Opera Orchestra on Strike For the First Time in 50 Years

Amelia Diehl

Why We Should Take Weight Discrimination Seriously As a Workers’ Rights Issue

Bryce Covert

Kavanaugh Is Terrible on Workers’ Rights—And That’s Anti-Woman, Too

Julianne Tveten

The Hidden Message of Amazon’s $15 Wage: ‘You Don’t Need a Union’

Andrew Schwartz

Hyatt Workers Win 4-Week Strike, Hours After Third Coast Audio Festival Refused to Cross Picket Line

Jeff Schuhrke

Jeff Bezos Is Very Afraid of Bernie Sanders. The $15 Wage Victory Is Proof.

Micah Uetricht

Soccer Players Are Workers Too. And In Guatemala, They Just Went On Strike.

Jeff Abbott

Today Amazon, Tomorrow the Railroad Industry: The Fight for $15 Rolls On

Jeff Schuhrke