Airport Workers Can’t Afford Rent or Food as Travel Prices—and Profits—Soar Airport Workers Can’t Afford Rent or Food as Travel Prices—and Profits—Soar
A generation ago, aviation was seen as bulwark of unionized middle-class jobs in the modern global service economy.
Oct 12, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Yankees Players Cross the Picket Line in Boston Yankees Players Cross the Picket Line in Boston
Pro baseball players have made millions for themselves by unionizing and standing together. They should support striking hotel workers in their fight for better pay.
Oct 10, 2018 / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change
If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda, and institutional muscle to drive the debate.
Oct 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh
Joan Walsh on the confirmation hearings, D.D. Guttenplan on a new radical majority, and Michelle Chen on the Fight for $15.
Oct 4, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Bad News From Newport Bad News From Newport
Two years after the Brexit vote and six months before a final outcome that no one can yet even guess, a return to the Welsh valleys that voted Leave for lack of any hope.
Oct 3, 2018 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Paul Mason
This Labor-Trafficking Case Exposes the Twin Cities’ Seedy Subcontracting Underbelly This Labor-Trafficking Case Exposes the Twin Cities’ Seedy Subcontracting Underbelly
Workers allege that their employer engaged in labor trafficking, theft of public funds, and insurance fraud.
Sep 28, 2018 / Michelle Chen
McDonald’s Workers Walk Out Over Sexual Harassment McDonald’s Workers Walk Out Over Sexual Harassment
“Hold the burgers, hold the fries, keep your hands off our thighs.”
Sep 18, 2018 / Rebecca Grant
Fighting for $15 in the Twin Cities Fighting for $15 in the Twin Cities
Minneapolis recently enacted a minimum-wage bump—will St. Paul be next?
Sep 18, 2018 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
We’re at a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Moment We’re at a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Moment
Randi Weingarten on unions and politics, Mark Hertsgaard on climate, and David Cole on Kavanaugh.
Sep 6, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
China’s Workers Aren’t Fighting a Trade War—They’re Fighting a Labor War China’s Workers Aren’t Fighting a Trade War—They’re Fighting a Labor War
Bellicose pronouncements from Washington and crackdowns from Beijing aren’t stifling China’s labor movement.
Sep 4, 2018 / Michelle Chen