Columbia University Has Lost Its Way Columbia University Has Lost Its Way
The Ivy League institution’s approach to the contract negotiations with its grad student workers reveals how it has evolved into a predatory business.
Jan 18, 2022 / StudentNation / Katherine Franke
Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits
A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.
Jan 14, 2022 / Kim Kelly
The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt
The trailblazing Black labor leader and civil rights activist took her fight for equality from the packinghouse to the pulpit.
Jan 11, 2022 / Kim Kelly
There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers
It’s no accident that teachers are being attacked for everything from teaching about racism to asking for adequate Covid protections.
Jan 11, 2022 / StudentNation / Liat Olenick
Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are? Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?
The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine “mandates” not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.
Jan 10, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism
The pay gap between men and women in Japan is nearly 25 percent.
Jan 10, 2022 / Christine Levy
The Front Lines of Omicron The Front Lines of Omicron
With the pandemic returning to a state of emergency, we need to finally fix what was already broken in our society.
Jan 10, 2022 / Adam Gaffney
The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work
Workers used the additional resources of the past year to demand better pay and conditions.
Jan 7, 2022 / Mike Konczal
Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike
Greg Pilkerton has been fighting for better pay and working conditions for 10 months. He explains why he and his union comrades aren’t giving up.
Jan 7, 2022 / Kim Kelly
When Big Brother Is Your Boss: The Rise of Surveillance Wages When Big Brother Is Your Boss: The Rise of Surveillance Wages
Everything the Internet knows about you may end up being used against you by your employer.
Jan 5, 2022 / Zephyr Teachout