The Care Workers of Rural India Are Ready to Strike The Care Workers of Rural India Are Ready to Strike
More than a million Accredited Social Health Activists, all of whom are female, were on the front lines of rural India’s Covid response. Now they are fighting for higher pay and be...
Jul 5, 2022 / Sanket Jain
The Real Numbers Behind the Labor Movement The Real Numbers Behind the Labor Movement
For the first time in decades, we will know exactly how many strikes there are in a year.
Apr 5, 2022 / Johnnie Kallas, Eli Friedman, and Leonardo Grageda
These 20 Striking Detroit Baristas Could Lead a Union Revival These 20 Striking Detroit Baristas Could Lead a Union Revival
By asking the NLRB to force their employer to recognize the union without holding an election, they are striking a bold blow for industrial democracy.
Mar 14, 2022 / Daniel Judt
Minneapolis Educators Strike for the Common Good Minneapolis Educators Strike for the Common Good
With public schools in limbo nationwide, the stakes couldn't be higher.
Mar 8, 2022 / Eric Blanc
Listen to Bernie Sanders and End the Bosses’ Baseball Lockout Listen to Bernie Sanders and End the Bosses’ Baseball Lockout
This is not a strike. The corporate greed needs to stop.
Mar 4, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Lockouts, Strikeouts, and Baseball’s Missed Opportunity Lockouts, Strikeouts, and Baseball’s Missed Opportunity
Learning from the 1890 Players League.
Feb 25, 2022 / Robert Ross
Journalist Mary Heaton Vorse Spent Decades on the Front Lines of Labor Journalist Mary Heaton Vorse Spent Decades on the Front Lines of Labor
The Progressive Era labor journalist, feminist, and war correspondent devoted her long and uncompromising career to giving poor and working people a voice.
Feb 8, 2022 / Kim Kelly
Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale
The Panamanian garment worker turned labor organizer, Pan-Africanist, and anti-colonial activist advocated for US and African workers amid a Cold War freeze.
Feb 4, 2022 / Kim Kelly
The Militant Passion of Emma Tenayuca The Militant Passion of Emma Tenayuca
Eighty-four years ago this week, this Mexican American labor organizer led one of the largest strikes in Texas history—and was arrested and blacklisted for her trouble.
Feb 1, 2022 / Kim Kelly
Ah Quon McElrath and the Power of Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity Ah Quon McElrath and the Power of Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity
The Chinese Hawai’ian labor activist and social worker would ask, “Look, you are exploited, what are you going to do about it?”
Jan 28, 2022 / Kim Kelly