Doing the Work While Doing the Work Doing the Work While Doing the Work
How can social justice organizations prioritize mental health issues while finding ways for their staff and members to stay in solidarity with each other?
Jul 11, 2023 / Samhita Mukhopadhyay
In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm
Heat waves are pushing agricultural workers across a wide swath of India to the edge of survival.
Jul 4, 2023 / Sanket Jain
For Queer Starbucks Workers, Pride Month Is Strike Month For Queer Starbucks Workers, Pride Month Is Strike Month
LGBTQ employees say that things are getting worse and worse at Starbucks—and they've had enough.
Jun 30, 2023 / Eloise Goldsmith and Rohan Montgomery
Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy
The establishment’s repeated failures are creating room for heterodox ideas.
Jun 16, 2023 / Jeet Heer
One of #MeToo’s Biggest Wins Is About to Be Tested in Court One of #MeToo’s Biggest Wins Is About to Be Tested in Court
A new federal law bans employers from pushing employees into private arbitration when they file claims of sexual harassment or assault. Patricia Olivieri is using it to seek justic...
Jun 13, 2023 / Bryce Covert
Raging Bullshit: Credits and the Hollywood Economy Raging Bullshit: Credits and the Hollywood Economy
The Max streaming platform debuted a credit system that obscures the actual work done by film writers and other creative workers.
Jun 8, 2023 / Ben Schwartz
How Should Workers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Ruling in “Glacier Northwest”? How Should Workers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Ruling in “Glacier Northwest”?
The court’s ruling could have been much worse—and soon will be. Workers and unions need to be prepared.
Jun 1, 2023 / Jane McAlevey
Let’s Hear It for the Strippers’ Union Let’s Hear It for the Strippers’ Union
The newly unionized Star Gardens strippers are a triumph for the labor movement, proving that regardless of their profession, when workers unite, they can win.
May 31, 2023 / Antonia Crane
Unions Are Stepping Up to Find a Solution to California’s Housing Crisis Unions Are Stepping Up to Find a Solution to California’s Housing Crisis
State government has floundered in addressing homelessness. But the service workers' union Unite Here is filling the gap.
May 26, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Starbucks Closes Its Ithaca Locations One Year After Workers Unionized Starbucks Closes Its Ithaca Locations One Year After Workers Unionized
Former Starbucks employees say the fight is far from over as they pressure Cornell University to "divest" from the company.
May 25, 2023 / Michelle Chen