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August 20, 2019
Sheila McClear
The Future for Labor
A new book heralds workers fighting for a fair deal—even when they can’t join unions.
July 24, 2019
Lauren Kaori Gurley
California Looks to Give Gig Workers Their Due
AB 5, a bill that would require companies like Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees, could provide meaningful labor protections.
July 11, 2019
Clio Chang
How to Save Journalism
The biggest threat to the health of the media industry is Silicon Valley. And the antidote might just be organized labor.
July 8, 2019
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John Case
An Economy in Waiting
Fighting inequality by turning workers into owners
June 24, 2019
Magazine
Sarah Jaffe
The Road Not Taken
The shuttering of the GM works in Lordstown will also bury a lost chapter in the fight for workers’ control.
June 6, 2019
Chloe Watlington
The Labor Movement’s Newest Warriors: Grad Students
They teach classes. They grade papers. They get paid. And yet, private universities insist they're not workers.
May 29, 2019
Kim Phillips-Fein
Fear and Loathing of the Green New Deal
What the backlash to the emergency legislation reveals about the age-old pathologies of the right
May 20, 2019
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Robert Westbrook
Socialism and the Democracy Deficit
The quest for radical equality in the American grain
May 15, 2019
Leila McNeill
Video Game Workers See Power in a Union
In a first for the industry, employees at Riot Games walked out to protest workplace discrimination and the forced arbitration that perpetuates the problem.
May 13, 2019
Kim Kelly
Sara Nelson’s Art of War
The flight attendant union leader knows how to strike fear in the heart of bosses—and not just in the airline industry.
May 8, 2019
Lauren Kaori Gurley
Uber Drivers Strike Before Owners’ Big Payday
"Gig" workers, who often earn less than minimum wage, are outraged by an IPO that could net shareholders billions.
May 2, 2019
Jacob Silverman
Down and Out in the Gig Economy
Journalism's dependence on part-time freelancers has been bad for the industry—not to mention writers like me.
April 23, 2019
Lauren Kaori Gurley
Another Big Victory for Labor
Stop & Shop workers scored an important win over the New England grocery chain—and the 2020 Democratic field has taken notice.
April 16, 2019
Emily Atkin
Should Offshore Oil Workers Get Paid While They Sleep?
When the Supreme Court hears arguments in Parker Drilling, the future of states' rights to regulate the oil industry could hang in the balance.
April 8, 2019
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Ken Silverstein
Blood Money
Indonesian wage theft and the Massacre Premium
February 26, 2019
Talia Lavin
Age of Anxiety
America seems to be in the midst of a full-blown panic attack. Is there anything we can do about it?
January 31, 2019
Sophie Kasakove
The Shadowy Group Keeping a Right-Wing Stranglehold on the States
Democrats have slowly started to win back seats at the state level. But ALEC is doing all it can to make sure it doesn’t matter.
November 13, 2018
Lauren Kaori Gurley
The Backlash to the GOP’s Union-Bashing Has Begun in Earnest
After a string of attacks on organized labor across the Midwest in recent years, Republicans are starting to pay at the polls.
October 3, 2018
Alex Shephard
Why Amazon Raised Its Minimum Wage
It wasn't out of the goodness of Jeff Bezos's heart.
October 2, 2018
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David Sessions
America’s Missing Labor Party
The history of strikes shows that, for lasting success, workers need to capture political power.
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