Working Conditions

Members of the Federal Unionists Network and other unions and activist groups rally and hold a food drive in front of the US Department of Agriculture on the National Mall during the 30th day of the federal government shutdown, October 30, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Federal Whistleblowers Sound an Alarm Over Civil Rights at HUD Federal Whistleblowers Sound an Alarm Over Civil Rights at HUD

Two of the federal workers who filed an emergency complaint about the Department of Housing and Urban Development speak out about the Trump administration’s actions.

Oct 31, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Protesters at the coal miners' rally in Washington on October 14, 2025.

Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight. Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight.

After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice.

Oct 21, 2025 / Kim Kelly

Farm Workers Feed America. It’s Time to Protect Them.

Farm Workers Feed America. It’s Time to Protect Them. Farm Workers Feed America. It’s Time to Protect Them.

Lobbying groups like the Florida Chamber of Commerce, which represents Publix, blocked a Florida bill that would have guaranteed heat protections for outdoor workers.

Sep 24, 2025 / OppArt / Motyko Morales

People rally and march in support of universities and education on April 17, 2025, in New York City. Called a “Rally for the Right to Learn,” the protest consisted of students, teachers, and activists marching to demand that the administration of Donald Trump to stop arresting foreign students and cutting money from universities, among numerous other concerns.

An Open Letter to Our Students: Universities Do Not Deserve You An Open Letter to Our Students: Universities Do Not Deserve You

At the start of the school year, two professors provide some hard truths about the state of academia and what you should fight for.

Sep 4, 2025 / Monica Huerta and Dan-el Padilla Peralta

Sara Nelson

“There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson “There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson

The international president of the Association of Flight Attendants explains how labor solidarity can “set the agenda and make things better.”

Sep 1, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

AFGE President Everett Kelley speaks during the Hands Off! day of action against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

“They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America” “They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America”

Talking to the head of America’s largest union of federal workers about Trump’s assault on his members and all of labor.

Sep 1, 2025 / John Nichols

Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, right, congratulates Sandy Koufax, left, in the dressing room after Koufax pitched the Dodgers to the National League Championship, hurling a 3-1 win over the Milwaukee Braves in the pennant-clinching game on October 2, 1965.

Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame

In the mid-1960s, the two pitchers inspired major league ballplayers to build a union and challenge the owners’ stranglehold on their lives, pay, and working conditions.

Sep 1, 2025 / Peter Dreier

A photo of President Donald Trump is displayed on the side of the US Department of Labor on August 25, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s War on Workers Trump’s War on Workers

Buried beneath the bluster is a systematic assault on labor.

Aug 29, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage and Sara Steffens

The Harvard Graduate Student Union–United Automobile Workers during a rally in 2021.

Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table

As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...

Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan

Workers prepare turkeys to be chilled in Orefield, Pennsylvania.

Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It Eating Meat While Deporting Those Who Produce It

The people who do the dirty work of killing and processing animals hold up our food system. Trump is putting them in danger.

Aug 20, 2025 / Alice Driver

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