Low-wage workers

deliveroo protest

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 / Wilfred Chan

Laundromat workers walk out on the job

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

Textile workers in Bangalore

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 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 / Feature / Esther Honig

How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce

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 Postcards From Restaurant-Land

Labor and loneliness one year later.

Mar 15, 2021 / Jason Kotoch

Meet Julie Su, California’s Fighter for Workers

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

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Strengthening unions would play a critical part in tackling our country’s staggering inequality.

Mar 9, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jing Fong workers solidarity

Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown? Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?

The pandemic has tipped the scales even further in favor of landlords over workers.

Mar 8, 2021 / Wilfred Chan

Texas Food Bank

The Pandemic Tested Our Social Safety Net. It Failed. The Pandemic Tested Our Social Safety Net. It Failed.

The Covid-19 crisis has illuminated the myriad ways in which the US has failed its workers.

Feb 26, 2021 / Rajan Menon

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