Labor Organizing

Poor People's march

What AOC Owes MLK What AOC Owes MLK

The civil-rights leader’s vision of an equitable economy lives on in Congress’s emerging left.

Jan 21, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike

The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike

In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.

Jan 19, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe

Bangladesh garment workers protest

Stories the Fashion Media Won’t Tell Stories the Fashion Media Won’t Tell

Why are fashion outlets ignoring Bangladeshi garment-worker protests?

Jan 18, 2019 / Minh-Ha T. Pham

These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy

These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy

Though Orbán sought to stamp out dissent and free thought in Hungary, he only made us call out to one another in solidarity.

Jan 16, 2019 / StudentNation / Rosa Schwartzburg

Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike

Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike

Plus ways to support furloughed federal workers and oppose Betsy Devos’s destructive sexual-assault policies.

Jan 15, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’

‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’ ‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’

Yes, raises are important, but LA’s teachers are striking so their students have a fair shot at an education.

Jan 15, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe

LA teachers rally

What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About

California is home to the industrial giants of Silicon Valley, the film industry, and the largest agricultural sector in the nation, but it has starved its public schools of resour...

Jan 14, 2019 / Pedro Noguera

LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet

LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet

The Los Angeles teachers’ strike begins today. It’s going to be the most difficult struggle so far in the educators’ revolt sweeping the country.

Jan 14, 2019 / Eric Blanc

President Donald Trump

Trump Got Rich by Screwing Over Workers—Of Course He’s Doing It Again as President Trump Got Rich by Screwing Over Workers—Of Course He’s Doing It Again as President

“For decades, Trump repeatedly didn’t pay those who worked for him, and now that he’s in the White House, little has changed.”

Jan 11, 2019 / John Nichols

This Is How We Win

This Is How We Win This Is How We Win

It’s time to bring back the power of the strike. 

Jan 8, 2019 / Video / Jane McAlevey

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