On the Road With Working America On the Road With Working America
In the depressed former steel towns of western Pennsylvania, disillusionment with all politicians is deep. The AFL-CIO's labor affiliate is trying to change that.
Oct 10, 2012 / Feature / Josh Eidelson
A Q&A With Harry Kelber: ‘Working People Have to Be Involved in Their Own Fate’ A Q&A With Harry Kelber: ‘Working People Have to Be Involved in Their Own Fate’
Lessons from over eight decades of labor activism.
Apr 30, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
Workers, and NLRB, Under Attack Workers, and NLRB, Under Attack
Republicans have accomplished what Democrats and unions never could: they’ve made the National Labor Relations Board a household name.
Mar 5, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear Fighting Privatization, Occupy Activists at CUNY and UC Kick Into High Gear
As administrators declare there's no alternative to austerity and corporatization in higher ed, student Occupyers fight back.
Dec 16, 2011 / Josh Eidelson
Longview Labor on the Line Longview Labor on the Line
Workers at a port in Washington State are reviving strike tactics that have become nearly extinct in American labor struggles—and they may just win.
Oct 25, 2011 / Josh Eidelson
The Land of Goodbyes: Emigration Through the Eyes of Those Who Stay Behind The Land of Goodbyes: Emigration Through the Eyes of Those Who Stay Behind
A new project documents how residents in Zapotitlan Palmas, in Oaxaca, Mexico, are trying to create meaningful oportunities to keep their young people from emigrating.
Oct 25, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson
Occupy Verizon, Occupy the Labor Movement Occupy Verizon, Occupy the Labor Movement
A joint march on Friday to Verizon’s Manhattan headquarters was just the latest in a series of collaborations between organized labor and Occupy Wall Street.
Oct 24, 2011 / Josh Eidelson
‘Sharing Is Caring’: Students and Teachers Explain Why They Marched to Occupy Wall Street ‘Sharing Is Caring’: Students and Teachers Explain Why They Marched to Occupy Wall Street
Conversations that took place at the march from Foley Square on October 5.
Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson
AFL-CIO Young Worker Summit Declares Support for Occupy Wall Street AFL-CIO Young Worker Summit Declares Support for Occupy Wall Street
In the latest sign of solidarity between labor and the Occupy Wall Street movement, the AFL-CIO has issued a statement from its Next Up Young Worker Summit in support of the Manhat...
Oct 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: “Youth Face An Abyss Now” AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: “Youth Face An Abyss Now”
A conversation with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler about organized labor's new youth outreach efforts.
Sep 28, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson