There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery
As the Delta variant spreads, it’s essential to make it easier for essential workers to get vaccinated—and that begins by giving paid sick leave for the shot.
Jul 1, 2021 / Terri Gerstein and Lorelei Salas
Yesterday’s Union-Busting Supreme Court Decision Was a Segregationist Throwback Yesterday’s Union-Busting Supreme Court Decision Was a Segregationist Throwback
The court’s decision in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid will reverberate throughout the labor movement and far beyond.
Jun 24, 2021 / Editorial / Elie Mystal for The Nation
How NY’s Fund for Excluded Workers Inspired Activists Across the US How NY’s Fund for Excluded Workers Inspired Activists Across the US
New York set aside $2.1 billion for workers ineligible for government benefits. Now immigration activists are fighting to ensure an inclusive rollout.
Jun 2, 2021 / María Jesús Mora
Gig Workers of the World Are Uniting Gig Workers of the World Are Uniting
How do you beat companies that can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to exempt themselves from labor law? You organize.
Jun 1, 2021 / Highlights / Wilfred Chan
Working Women Need the PRO Act Working Women Need the PRO Act
Passing off anti-union beliefs under the guise of feminism isn’t just cynical—it’s flat-out wrong.
May 17, 2021 / Mindy Isser
When Lean-In Feminism Reaches the Factory Floor When Lean-In Feminism Reaches the Factory Floor
Garment workers in India don’t need life-skills training. They need higher wages.
May 12, 2021 / Maria Hengeveld
The Story Behind Your Salad: Farmworkers, Covid-19, and a Dangerous Commute The Story Behind Your Salad: Farmworkers, Covid-19, and a Dangerous Commute
Each day, Mexican farmworkers endure a grueling journey to get to their jobs in US lettuce fields. This year, that journey turned potentially deadly.
Apr 29, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Esther Honig
How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce
Wendy Chun-Hoon, the new head of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, talks about how the Biden administration should seize this moment to prevent women from being locked...
Apr 15, 2021 / Bryce Covert
Postcards From Restaurant-Land Postcards From Restaurant-Land
Labor and loneliness one year later.
Mar 15, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Jason Kotoch
Meet Julie Su, California’s Fighter for Workers Meet Julie Su, California’s Fighter for Workers
Biden’s nominee for deputy labor secretary has been a champion of the underrepresented for nearly three decades.
Mar 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky