The Hugely Important Strike You’re Not Hearing Enough About The Hugely Important Strike You’re Not Hearing Enough About
The LA hotel workers’ strike is vast, high-stakes, and being met with intense resistance. So why isn’t it getting more national attention?
Sep 8, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Inflation Is Falling. So Why Are the Fiscal Austerians Back in the Headlines? Inflation Is Falling. So Why Are the Fiscal Austerians Back in the Headlines?
The latest scare was over the Social Security trust fund. The endgame is not to get rid of inflation, or to protect American workers, but to destroy their power.
Aug 16, 2023 / Marshall Auerback
NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union
One day after a Nation story reported claims that National Institute Fellows were "trainees" not "workers," the NIH changed its mind.
Aug 14, 2023 / Peter Lucas
NIH Scientists Want a Union NIH Scientists Want a Union
Faced with an organizing campaign by the United Auto Workers, the Biden administration is claiming that fellows at the National Institutes of Health—the people who do most of the a...
Aug 8, 2023 / Peter Lucas
A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On? A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On?
The hotel workers’ strike in Los Angeles will force members of the American Political Science Association—and Taylor Swift fans—to decide whether or not to cross union picket lines...
Aug 2, 2023 / Peter Dreier
The Case for More Strikes The Case for More Strikes
Unions nationwide must take advantage of their leverage and use the strike weapon more often.
Aug 1, 2023 / Luis Feliz Leon
Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days
Queer people across the Windy City are unionizing and demanding better rights at work.
Jul 26, 2023 / Adam M. Rhodes
Contract Talks by Teamsters and the UAW Have the Potential to Change Our Politics Contract Talks by Teamsters and the UAW Have the Potential to Change Our Politics
Upcoming negotiations by these two unions could swing the 2024 election—and help rebuild democracy.
Jun 27, 2023 / Column / Jane McAlevey
Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them. Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them.
The Supreme Court’s extreme anti-worker decision calls for a radical response.
Jun 2, 2023 / Jeet Heer
This Is Not the End of the Supreme Court’s War on Labor This Is Not the End of the Supreme Court’s War on Labor
With Glacier, eight justices sabotaged the most powerful weapon unions have: the strike.
Jun 2, 2023 / Elie Mystal