Working Conditions

Oprah Winfrey interviews Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Harry Breaks Free From the Racial Contract—and Pays the Price Harry Breaks Free From the Racial Contract—and Pays the Price

The response to Harry’s abandoning that contract, both in the Buckingham Palace and British media, has been swift, overt and punitive.

Mar 12, 2021 / Kali Holloway

Meet Julie Su, California’s Fighter for Workers

Meet Julie Su, California’s Fighter for Workers Meet Julie Su, California’s Fighter for Workers

Biden’s nominee for deputy labor secretary has been a champion of the underrepresented for nearly three decades.

Mar 9, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Jing Fong workers solidarity

Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown? Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?

The pandemic has tipped the scales even further in favor of landlords over workers.

Mar 8, 2021 / Wilfred Chan

Uber Lyft Drivers Strike

Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick

If national union leaders acquiesce to the creation of a third category of worker in exchange for sectoral bargaining, collective begging will replace collective bargaining.

Mar 3, 2021 / Jane McAlevey

Whistle While You Work?

Whistle While You Work? Whistle While You Work?

Not until they raise the minimum wage.

Mar 1, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

NCAA Basketball Coronavirus

Welcome to the Real March Madness Welcome to the Real March Madness

So called amateur athletes are being treated like professionals in every way except getting paid.

Feb 25, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Amazon Union

The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform

The organizing drive still underway at a fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., reveals the many ways current law gives employers far too much power.

Feb 25, 2021 / Lynn Rhinehart

Jeff Bezos

As Pandemic Profits Put Bezos on Track for Trillionaire Status, Tish James Asks: At What Cost? As Pandemic Profits Put Bezos on Track for Trillionaire Status, Tish James Asks: At What Cost?

“Since the pandemic began,” says New York’s attorney general, “it is clear that Amazon has valued profit over people.”

Feb 23, 2021 / John Nichols

Neera Tanden

A Defense of Neera Tanden’s Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden) A Defense of Neera Tanden’s Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden)

The one thing that the Senate cannot stomach is telling the truth about the Republican Party.

Feb 23, 2021 / David Klion

Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism? How Can We Revive Herd Immunity to Fascism?

There is a clear correlation between the neoliberal onslaught that started in the 1980s and the rise of neofascism and religious fundamentalism.

Feb 19, 2021 / Gilbert Achcar

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