Labor Unions Prepare to Protect Workers, No Matter What
Can organized labor continue its recent momentum into the next presidential administration?
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Union-Busting Is Rampant. Here鈥檚 How to Fight Back.
A two-step card check process is efficient, making it easier for workers to unionize with a simple majority.
The Coffee Shops Countering Recidivism
A criminal record keeps many qualified candidates out of work; these coffee companies are helping clear the first hurdle.
Not What They Expected: Grandparents As Day Care
Expanded federal funding for child care ended Oct. 1, and in many cases, extended families, including grandparents, will shoulder the burden.
What Makes the UAW Strike Historic?
As contract negotiations broke down, the United Auto Workers authorized a historic strike at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis factories.
Labor Day鈥檚 Origins Remain Mostly Forgotten
Many people think they know the history of Labor Day in the U.S., but the story is more complicated than they realize.
Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food
Brazil鈥檚 MST has organized the largest social movement in Latin America.
5 Lessons from UPS Workers鈥� Successful Bargaining
The UPS Teamsters flexed their collective muscle to win most of their demands from the world鈥檚 largest delivery company.
From Picket Lines to Plot Lines
Will Hollywood鈥檚 striking writers and actors translate their experiences into pro-labor, anti-capitalist on-screen stories?
The Young People Reshaping Wildfire Policy
FireGeneration advocates for Indigenous-led, youth-powered approaches to the wildfire crisis
Strippers Join Servers and Baristas in New Labor Movement
The LA-based Star Garden Topless Dive Bar just voted in favor of joining the Actors鈥� Equity Association, making it the first unionized strip club since the now-defunct Lusty Lady in San Francisco and Seattle.
For a Just Transition, Recruit More Women Electricians
The U.S. is finally moving away from fossil fuels, but there aren鈥檛 enough electricians to do the job.
Our Farmworkers Deserve Better
Farmworkers have risked it all to shed light on the abuses they endure. Are we ready to listen?
Why TV Writers Are Striking
As the landscape of films and scripted television has changed dramatically, Hollywood's writers have seen their earnings plummet. Now, they鈥檙e on strike.
Diversifying Hollywood From the Ground Up
Despite years of progress, Hollywood is still majority white, male, and able-bodied, especially in leadership. A new effort is trying to seed the industry with more disabled people, especially disabled Black women creatives.
Time Is Money: The True Cost of Commuting
Commuting time continues to grow, in effect reducing wages by more than 10%.
Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking
Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.
Preserving Labor History in the Present, for the Future
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
Gig Drivers Strive for a Safer Workplace
The gig economy provides no safety net for its workers, but some activists are hoping to change that.
How Central Americans Expanded the U.S. Labor Movement
Guatemalan and Salvadoran immigrants helped organize far-reaching workers鈥� rights campaigns in industries that mainstream unions had thought to be untouchable.
The Immigrant Workers Disrupting the Cleaning Industry
New York City鈥檚 Liberty Cleaners co-created an innovative training program that鈥檚 providing the skills to bring about their vision of the gig economy.
Stop Asking Me What I Do For Work
鈥淲hen I think of the many ways we鈥攍aborers, neighbors, people in community with one another鈥攁re failing each other, I think first and foremost of the institution of work as we know it.鈥�
Why Doing Nothing Is Good For You
The Dutch art of niksen鈥攊ntentionally doing nothing, letting the mind wander鈥攊s much needed in our over-scheduled lives.
The Past, Present, and Future of Work
Our work environment is deeply dysfunctional. But making systemic change requires understanding how we got here.
Undergrads Fight for Their Right to Organize
Long-underpaid undergrad students who work on campus are increasingly seeing the value of their labor and organizing unions.
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