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June 11, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Reactionary Unions Don’t Just Back Police. They Also Back Fossil Fuels.
The left-leaning labor movement is home to a few highly intransigent anti-reform groups. How should labor respond?
June 5, 2020
J.C. Pan
After Defunding the Police, Nationalize Their Benefits
Police unions have secured some of the most robust benefit packages in the country. Why shouldn’t everyone have that?
June 3, 2020
Vanessa A. Bee
A Quiet Workplace Revolution in the Shadow of Silicon Valley
How a luxury doggy daycare became an unlikely model of the future of work
June 1, 2020
Haley Mlotek
Barbara Ehrenreich Still Wants to Be Surprised
“My hope for all readers is that they will shut the book and run out and protest. That’s what I always expect people to do. They seldom do it.”
May 29, 2020
Kim Kelly
No More Cop Unions
Abolishing police unions should be part of the broader fight to defund, demilitarize, and ultimately dismantle the U.S. police force.
May 28, 2020
J.C. Pan
Unionizing the Office in an Age of Remote Work
The places where many people work may be changing, but the urgency of fighting for better conditions isn’t going anywhere.
May 26, 2020
Julio Sibri
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J.C. Pan
I Was Already Underwater as a Cab Driver in New York. Then the Pandemic Hit.
Some of us drivers have a group chat, and most of the guys are in exactly the same situation—they can’t work.
May 22, 2020
Rosana Araujo
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Clio Chang
I Lost My Job Cleaning Houses and Don’t Know Where I Go From Here
When the pandemic hit, my employers told me, “Do not come right now.” No one paid me for those cancellations.
May 21, 2020
Marian Bull
Blow Up the Restaurant Industry and Start Over
A system that relies on exploitation isn’t one that should survive the pandemic. There’s a better way to feed people and care for workers.
May 20, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Workers Deserve to Be Owners, Too
America is ready to embrace a set of bold proposals to give employees more democracy in their workplaces and a just share of the economy.
May 13, 2020
Annie Abrams
A Privatization Fever Dream for Post-Crisis Public Education
Millions of students are now learning from home, and pro-charter, anti-teacher forces are trying to seize the moment.
May 13, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Coronavirus Is Making Us All Camgirls
For millions of newly remote workers, doing your job now involves looking the part, figuring out your angles, and performing for the camera.
May 10, 2020
Tasmiha Khan
Something’s Got to Give for the Work-From-Home Parent
Am I being a bad mother if I’m not giving my son full attention? A bad employee? Both?
May 7, 2020
Nick Martin
The Rise of the All-Seeing Boss
The role of the office may be changing forever, but don’t think your snooping employer isn't changing along with it.
May 5, 2020
Annie Tan
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J.C. Pan
I’m Teaching From Home and Don’t Know How Long We Can Keep This Up
My students are stressed, their families are sick, and teachers like me are trying to hold it all together.
May 1, 2020
Sarah Jaffe
The Post-Pandemic Future of Work
The current crisis is forcing us to reconsider what it means to have to work to live. It's long overdue.
May 1, 2020
J.C. Pan
Imagining a Real “Right to Work”
The decades-long movement to drain unions of their strength and resources has brought us to our present crisis. It’s time to redefine our terms.
April 28, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
A Woman’s Worth in a Pandemic
One in three jobs held by women in the U.S. is deemed “essential” right now. Will we value that labor after the crisis has passed?
April 28, 2020
Kim Kelly
The Grim New Relevance of Workers Memorial Day
A holiday dedicated to workers injured or killed on the job takes on a darker resonance as work grows more dangerous in a pandemic.
April 27, 2020
J.C. Pan
America’s Post-Pandemic Monoculture
Our elected officials are failing small businesses and workers, and it will transform our neighborhoods for the worse.
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