Unions

New York City council member Chi Ossé speaks at rally in support of the Fired Four in front of the Condé Nast offices in New York City on November 12, 2025.

If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe

The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.

Nov 20, 2025 / Alma Avalle

Sara Nelson

“There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson “There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson

The international president of the Association of Flight Attendants explains how labor solidarity can “set the agenda and make things better.”

Sep 1, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

AFGE President Everett Kelley speaks during the Hands Off! day of action against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

“They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America” “They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America”

Talking to the head of America’s largest union of federal workers about Trump’s assault on his members and all of labor.

Sep 1, 2025 / John Nichols

Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, right, congratulates Sandy Koufax, left, in the dressing room after Koufax pitched the Dodgers to the National League Championship, hurling a 3-1 win over the Milwaukee Braves in the pennant-clinching game on October 2, 1965.

Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame

In the mid-1960s, the two pitchers inspired major league ballplayers to build a union and challenge the owners’ stranglehold on their lives, pay, and working conditions.

Sep 1, 2025 / Peter Dreier

A photo of President Donald Trump is displayed on the side of the US Department of Labor on August 25, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s War on Workers Trump’s War on Workers

Buried beneath the bluster is a systematic assault on labor.

Aug 29, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage and Sara Steffens

US cofounder and the former president of the Amazon Labor Union Chris Smalls (C) addresses a press conference on the Freedom Flotilla ship “Handala” ahead of the boat's departure for Gaza at a port in Syracuse, Sicily, southern Italy, on July 13, 2025.

Chris Smalls Speaks Out After His Journey to Gaza Chris Smalls Speaks Out After His Journey to Gaza

In an interview, the union organizer talks about joining the Freedom Flotilla, confronting Israeli forces, and solidarity between Palestine and the US labor movement.

Aug 15, 2025 / Ella Fanger

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

Dozens of Starbucks employees and union supporters protested alleged anti-union tactics by the company outside a Kansas City Starbucks on March 3, 2022.

Want to Save Democracy? Organize a Union in Your Workplace. Want to Save Democracy? Organize a Union in Your Workplace.

Authoritarian regimes make crushing unions a top priority for a reason: Strong, independent unions are the best safeguard against tyranny.

Apr 16, 2025 / Jaz Brisack

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