Unions

Allegiant Labor Dispute

This Airline’s Scheduling System Is Making Its Pilots Exhausted This Airline’s Scheduling System Is Making Its Pilots Exhausted

Would you want to travel with a company whose scheduling system is leading to fatigue and burnout for the people flying your plane?

Jul 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Veto the Hartley-Taft labor bill

June 23, 1947: Congress Overrides Truman’s Veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act June 23, 1947: Congress Overrides Truman’s Veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act

“A bad bill has become bad law.”

Jun 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

As the Semester Ends, Students Hold Sit-Ins, Win Higher Pay, and Unionize

As the Semester Ends, Students Hold Sit-Ins, Win Higher Pay, and Unionize As the Semester Ends, Students Hold Sit-Ins, Win Higher Pay, and Unionize

Major wins for economic and racial justice, from campus to the workplace.

Jun 22, 2015 / StudentNation

Gawker unionization

Is Gawker’s Unionization a Sign That Creative Workers Are Finally Realizing Their Worth? Is Gawker’s Unionization a Sign That Creative Workers Are Finally Realizing Their Worth?

Can web publishing’s freewheeling structure shake up received wisdom about wielding collective labor power?

Jun 16, 2015 / Michelle Chen

SEI Protest

25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors 25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors

The campaign succeeded because it went after the people who truly had power over the workers’ livelihood—not the powerless subcontractors.

Jun 16, 2015 / Stephen Lerner and Jono Shaffer

‘Jimmy From the Block’ Just Beat the Billionaires

‘Jimmy From the Block’ Just Beat the Billionaires ‘Jimmy From the Block’ Just Beat the Billionaires

Nominated for mayor of Philadelphia, a progressive teaches a lesson about coalition politics.

May 20, 2015 / John Nichols

Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

The president’s suggestion that his critics do not understand trade issues is “absolutely inaccurate.”

May 11, 2015 / John Nichols

How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity

How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity How Climate Protection Has Become Today’s Labor Solidarity

Union-led action on climate change has proliferated across the country.

May 6, 2015 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher

Why $15 and a Union Is Worth Fighting For: One Worker’s Story

Why $15 and a Union Is Worth Fighting For: One Worker’s Story Why $15 and a Union Is Worth Fighting For: One Worker’s Story

Angel Rivera has held two cleaning jobs at the same airport, but they are worlds apart.

Apr 15, 2015 / Angel Rivera

The Firing of This Minimum-Wage Worker Reveals Why We Need More Labor Reporting

The Firing of This Minimum-Wage Worker Reveals Why We Need More Labor Reporting The Firing of This Minimum-Wage Worker Reveals Why We Need More Labor Reporting

In “right to work” states like Arkansas, the media is one of the few institutions with the strength to hold abusive employers accountable.

Apr 3, 2015 / Alyssa Peterson

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