What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez
The sexual predations of the late labor leader follow a depressingly familiar pattern in left organizing circles.
Mar 19, 2026 / Mel Buer
Why Meatpacking Workers, Some Facing Deportation, Voted to Strike Why Meatpacking Workers, Some Facing Deportation, Voted to Strike
The workers at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colorado, voted overwhelmingly for a strike last month.
Mar 11, 2026 / Photo Essay / Mary Anne Andrei
The Underground Movement to Spark Union Organizing From the Inside The Underground Movement to Spark Union Organizing From the Inside
The labor movement is reviving the practice of “salting” to bring unions to huge new industries.
Mar 10, 2026 / Feature / Ella Fanger
The Greatest Love Is Grieving The Greatest Love Is Grieving
I spent years as a labor organizer. Marguerite Duras’s war novel taught me that the strongest fighters are always the women hurting the most.
Mar 7, 2026 / Haley Mlotek
How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History
The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.
Feb 26, 2026 / Kim Kelly
Zohran Mamdani Is Putting Corporate Sick-Leave Cheats on Notice Zohran Mamdani Is Putting Corporate Sick-Leave Cheats on Notice
The mayor announced that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will investigate employers where more than half their workers take no paid time off in a given year.
Feb 24, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat
Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York? Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York?
Following the Mamdani administration’s talks with the CUNY faculty union, three professors have returned to class after losing their jobs for their pro-Palestine activism.
Feb 11, 2026 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi
Baristas Are the Brand Baristas Are the Brand
The future of Starbucks depends on its workers.
Jan 28, 2026 / Darrick Hamilton
Nurses Dig In Against New York’s Hospital Giants Nurses Dig In Against New York’s Hospital Giants
As nearly 15,000 nurses’ strike, New York’s biggest hospital systems are trying to roll back hard-won staffing rules and health benefits—even as executive pay soars.
Jan 23, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat
Young Mayor in a Hurry Young Mayor in a Hurry
Zohran Mamdani has pledged to govern at the same pace New Yorkers live—but city politics are largely designed to thwart that ambition.
Jan 22, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan