Working In These Times

Those Who Hate Public Sector Unions Also Hate Democracy. It's Not a Coincidence.

A huge union win in the Fairfax County schools could be the first of many.

Hamilton Nolan

Students, Gaza and a New Vision of Safety

"We Keep Us Safe" is more than a slogan at student encampments. It inspires an avenue to protection and community that undercuts a security state bolstered by genocide—and can show us all a path forward.

Sarah Jaffe

Florida’s Brazen Assault on Public Sector Workers Puts Unions in Survival Mode

More than 50,000 Florida workers have lost their union membership in the advent of S.B. 256.

McKenna Schueler

Corporations Have Very Good Reasons to Break Labor Laws and Bust Unions

Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.

Sonali Kolhatkar

In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000

The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.

Hannah Bowlus

Weaving a Feminist Movement

Women in Bengaluru are unraveling patriarchy, stitch by stitch, song by song.

Panthea Lee (李佩珊)

In Tough Loss, the High-Profile UAW Campaign at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama Falls Short

“This is probably the most strategic and organized union busting campaign in decades,” said one Mercedes-Benz worker.

Sarah Jaffe

In Ohio's Cancer Cluster, Workers Fight for Justice—and Transparency

“They hired the healthiest workers because it takes us longer to get sick.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Casino Workers Are Fighting for the Air They Breathe

“Why are our lives less important than every other employee in the state of New Jersey?”

Kim Kelly

Union Power Can Change Campus Protests Forever

A strike authorization vote at the University of California over repression of Gaza protesters hints at labor's political potential.

Hamilton Nolan

In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall

Following the UAW's successful campaign at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South.

Mindy Isser

East Palestine is a Labor Issue

“Norfolk Southern has not kept their promise to the whole community to make it right.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Bird Union Workers Tell Audubon Union Busting Won't Fly

More than two years into the fight for a new contract, union members say the National Audubon Society appears to be punishing them by withholding better benefits.

Avalon Edwards and Thomas Birmingham

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: On May Day, We Recommit to the Long Struggle of the Labor Movement

"We are still fighting for a world in which every person who works for a living can afford to take time off to rest, spend time with their loved ones, and enjoy their lives."

Brandon Johnson

Presidente de la UAW: El Primero de Mayo De 2028 Podría Transformar el Movimiento Sindical—y el Mundo

Shawn Fain hace un llamado a los sindicatos de todo el mundo para que alineen las fechas de vencimiento de sus contratos para lograr un impacto masivo.

Shawn Fain

Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World

The UAW President is calling on unions everywhere to align their contract expiration dates for mass impact.

Shawn Fain

With Few Workplace Safety Protections, Latino Worker Deaths Are Surging

The statistics are sobering, and it's likely we're still undercounting: Only one-fourth of injuries suffered by Latino workers on small construction jobs are regularly reported, one study found.

Stephen Franklin

11 Lessons From 11 Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster

Corporate exploitation has a playbook, so should we.

Anna Canning and Sarah Newell