Shawn Fain’s New Year’s Resolution Is to Lay the Ground for a National Strike Shawn Fain’s New Year’s Resolution Is to Lay the Ground for a National Strike
By having contracts with all the Big Three automakers expire on May Day, 2028, the UAW president also issued a challenge to the labor movement. Will his union be ready to meet it?...
Dec 28, 2023 / Jonathan Rosenblum
The Year of the Youth The Year of the Youth
Over the last year, we’ve seen an extraordinary surge in student organizing around LGBTQ rights, climate change, labor, Palestine, and more.
Dec 22, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, Shawn Fain, and Labor’s Anti-War Legacy Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, Shawn Fain, and Labor’s Anti-War Legacy
The UAW president’s high-profile advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza renews a tradition of advocacy for peace and justice by class-conscious union leaders. And he’s not alone.
Dec 21, 2023 / John Nichols
A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming
After a transformative year on the picket lines, the United Auto Workers’ ambitions for building worker power don’t stop at the US border.
Dec 18, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
The Responsibility of Culture Workers to Help Stop the War on Gaza The Responsibility of Culture Workers to Help Stop the War on Gaza
Researchers, writers, and scholars can identify the institutions that provide ideological cover for Israel’s violence and then intervene to stop them.
Dec 15, 2023 / Kay Gabriel
A Night at the Movies With Brandon Mancilla A Night at the Movies With Brandon Mancilla
The new director of UAW Region 9A is part of a wave of young, politically active labor leaders organizing for a future where union power transcends borders.
Dec 14, 2023 / Off the Clock / Alex Press
The New Labor Militancy of LA’s Hotel Workers The New Labor Militancy of LA’s Hotel Workers
UNITE HERE Local 11 is staggering its strikes across Los Angeles, targeting one out-of-contract hotel one day and another the next.
Dec 8, 2023 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law Could Be Undone by a Court That Respects the Constitution Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law Could Be Undone by a Court That Respects the Constitution
A right-wing state Supreme Court upheld the Wisconsin governor’s assault on workers. But the court now has a progressive majority and unions are challenging the law.
Dec 5, 2023 / John Nichols
Ban the 24-Hour Workday! Ban the 24-Hour Workday!
In some states—New York is one of them—it is still legal to hire someone for a 24-hour shift, but to only pay them for a fraction of those hours.
Nov 29, 2023 / Dawn Kikel
Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis? Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis?
The nurse staffing crisis isn’t new, but the situation has only intensified since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospitals are at risk if they don’t have enough nurses."
Nov 27, 2023 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup