Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers
Professors are being pressured to report on striking students—it’s time they exposed their administration’s labor-suppression tactics.
Dec 10, 2019 / Robert D. Johnston and Benjamin H. Johnson
Don’t Mess With French Pensions Don’t Mess With French Pensions
Emmanuel Macron’s latest bugbear: a million angry French citizens striking against his proposed pension reforms.
Dec 6, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh
Crusading Autoworkers Are Fighting to Take Back Their Union From an Employer-Backed Culture of Corruption Crusading Autoworkers Are Fighting to Take Back Their Union From an Employer-Backed Culture of Corruption
UAW leaders sold out their workers for decades. But recent convictions and renewed militance mean that may finally change.
Nov 27, 2019 / Chris Brooks
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing
Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.
Nov 16, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
Workers Are Not Your Props Workers Are Not Your Props
The Democratic presidential field lined up to get their pictures taken with striking GM workers. But what workers really need from the Democratic Party is power, not photo ops.
Oct 23, 2019 / Jane McAlevey
The Chicago Teachers Strike Proves We Can’t Rely on Democrats The Chicago Teachers Strike Proves We Can’t Rely on Democrats
Anyone interested in the future of public education and the Democratic Party should pay close attention to the school strike in Chicago.
Oct 21, 2019 / Eric Blanc
Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again. Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.
Rank-and-file workers are finally taking back their unions, and strikes are spreading across the country as a result.
Oct 15, 2019 / Jane McAlevey
Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise
How bullying, depression, debt, and 90-hour weeks pushed members of the University of Washington Housestaff Association to walk out of the job.
Oct 9, 2019 / Jennifer Bernstein
Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights
This faux populist is all about enriching corporations and the wealthy at the expense of workers and consumers—but labor is fighting back, and union popularity is at near-record hi...
Sep 24, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike
During Climate Week, why not show we can have economic and environmental justice?
Sep 23, 2019 / Jane McAlevey