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A solidarity demonstration in support of Palestine held in front of the New York Public Library ahead of the Labor Day March in New York on September 7, 2024.

We Can’t Silo Our Struggles for Justice, Freedom, and Liberation We Can’t Silo Our Struggles for Justice, Freedom, and Liberation

Showing solidarity with Palestine isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s tactically smart.

Jun 17, 2025 / Jaz Brisack

Count von Count tries to keep cool between performances during a Sesame Street live dress rehearsal.

Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union” Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union”

Amid attacks from the Trump administration, 74 percent of Sesame Street workers vote to unionize to make their workplace “smarter, stronger, and kinder.”

May 15, 2025 / Ella Fanger

May Day, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia.

How Philadelphia Is Fighting Back Against Donald Trump’s Anti-Worker Crusade How Philadelphia Is Fighting Back Against Donald Trump’s Anti-Worker Crusade

The Protect Our Workers Enforce Rights Act can serve as a model for cities all across the country.

May 8, 2025 / Kendra Brooks

Union workers hold signs during a strike outside a King Soopers grocery store location in Westminster, Colorado, on January 12, 2022.

Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers. Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers.

Workers are on the front lines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, underinvestment in facilities, and feeble safety measures.

Mar 19, 2025 / Ella Fanger

Picket signs lie on the ground as Amazon workers organized by the Teamsters Union go on strike in front of the DBK4 Amazon facility on December 20, 2024.

Trump Is Fumbling the NLRB. But Amazon Workers Can Still Build Momentum. Trump Is Fumbling the NLRB. But Amazon Workers Can Still Build Momentum.

Amazon Teamsters’ December strike was the biggest in the company’s history. What does their future look like under Trump 2.0?

Feb 25, 2025 / Ella Fanger

The Rev. Ryan Brown and Mary “Ma Mary” Hill show their signed union cards on September 2, 2024.

How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights

Organizers describe fear tactics, amped-up security, and daily town halls as workers vote on whether to unionize.

Feb 13, 2025 / Ella Fanger

A grid of six photos showing REI worker on strike with signs.

REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement

Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators.

Jan 28, 2025 / Kiera Feldman

Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) attends a signing ceremony in the US Capitol for a resolution that invalidates the District of Columbias Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, on March 10, 2023.

Trump’s Pick for Labor Secretary Won’t Neutralize the Damage His Administration Will Inflict on Workers Trump’s Pick for Labor Secretary Won’t Neutralize the Damage His Administration Will Inflict on Workers

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is as good a pick for labor secretary as one could’ve reasonably hoped for. It’s also, unfortunately, smart politics for Trump.

Dec 6, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

A Harvard faculty member wears a watermelon pin, a pro-Palestinian symbol, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 10, 2024.

Bosses Are Retaliating Against Workers for Showing Solidarity With Palestinians Bosses Are Retaliating Against Workers for Showing Solidarity With Palestinians

Workers are losing their jobs and professional opportunities for expressing pro-Palestinian sentiment. Others are choosing to self-censor amid a climate of fear.

Nov 22, 2024 / Sarah Lazare

The logo of “The New York Times” seen displayed on a smartphone.

The “New York Times” Site Could Be Shuttered on Election Day—Blame Bosses The “New York Times” Site Could Be Shuttered on Election Day—Blame Bosses

The Tech Guild has waited over two years for a contract. Its workers will go on strike this Tuesday if management doesn’t agree to key demands.

Nov 1, 2024 / Thomas Birmingham

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