Labor

More than 55,000 striking members of SEIU Local 721 march on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Is It Time for Unions to Rethink Everything? Is It Time for Unions to Rethink Everything?

As union membership declines and regulators turn against workers, maybe we need to start talking about some radical change to the way the labor movement works.

May 8, 2025 / Jacqui Germain

Cruelty Is the Point

Cruelty Is the Point Cruelty Is the Point

Trump’s deportations and defundings = death.

May 6, 2025 / OppArt / Anonymous (NYC)

Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup

Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week? Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?

In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.

May 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka

The Last (Michael) Waltz

The Last (Michael) Waltz The Last (Michael) Waltz

We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser.

May 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters Union continue a strike at the company's delivery hubs in Maspeth, Queens, borough of New York City just days before Christmas on December 20, 2024.

A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast

Although there’s been an uptick in labor organizing in recent years, it hasn’t been the “resurgence” that many commentators claim it is.

May 1, 2025 / Benjamin Y. Fong

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during a “Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here” event Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan.

May Day Is a Day for Strikes May Day Is a Day for Strikes

May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again.

May 1, 2025 / Shawn Fain

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (C) celebrates with supporters after signing a bill that raises the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour on June 3, 2014, in Seattle, Washington.

Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda

The American people can smell a rat. If we want to be trusted partners, we have to show we are worthy of the trust and be willing to do what it takes to engage, explain and bring ...

Apr 29, 2025 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez speaks during a town hall event at Centralia College, on April 22, 2025, in Centralia, Washington.

Reclaiming the Democratic Party for Working Families Reclaiming the Democratic Party for Working Families

A call to action.

Apr 25, 2025 / Bruce Raynor and Andy Stern

Presidential timber? United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks to guests at an election-night watch party.

Shawn Fain for President! Shawn Fain for President!

Centrist Democrats hate the union leader because he puts the working class first.

Apr 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government.

Apr 17, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

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