Letters From the September 4/11, 2023, Issue Letters From the September 4/11, 2023, Issue
The right to be heard… It’s going to get hotter… Don’t cross the picket line (web only)…
Aug 19, 2023 / Our Readers
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
Is This a Form of Capitalism Progressives Can Embrace? Is This a Form of Capitalism Progressives Can Embrace?
Cooperatives can be part of the solution in building the working and middle class in this country.
Aug 15, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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
Architecture’s Labor Problem Architecture’s Labor Problem
The field tolerates misogyny, racism, and worker exploitation. No wonder it produced David Adjaye.
Jul 31, 2023 / Kate Wagner
The Teamsters’ Proposed Agreement With UPS Is a Great Victory by and for the Workers The Teamsters’ Proposed Agreement With UPS Is a Great Victory by and for the Workers
But the working class needs much more. And these moments when workers have huge strategic power in a tight labor market are fleeting.
Jul 28, 2023 / Jane McAlevey
Striking Workers Cheer Senator John Fetterman’s SNAP Benefits Bill Striking Workers Cheer Senator John Fetterman’s SNAP Benefits Bill
The proposed law would restore eligibility for federal food aid taken away by Ronald Reagan.
Jul 28, 2023 / Eloise Goldsmith