40,000 Verizon Workers Launch One of the Biggest Strikes of the Decade 40,000 Verizon Workers Launch One of the Biggest Strikes of the Decade
Can the strike at Verizon help kickstart the American labor movement?
Apr 15, 2016 / Cole Stangler
We Are Winning the Fight for $15 We Are Winning the Fight for $15
What started with 200 workers striking in New York has ballooned into a national movement wielding real political power.
Apr 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen
We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor We Are Judged by How We Treat the Helpless and the Poor
On his 89th birthday, it’s worth remembering how complicated and controversial Cesar Chavez really was.
Mar 31, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Some Good News in the Fight for 15 Some Good News in the Fight for 15
The highest labor board in the country just confirmed fast-food workers’ right to organize.
Mar 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Union Busting That Goes Into Your Canned Fish The Union Busting That Goes Into Your Canned Fish
A free trade deal between the US and Morocco was supposed to increase development in North Africa—not flame labor conflicts and union suppression.
Feb 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Were 180 Workers Fired Over Prayer Breaks? Were 180 Workers Fired Over Prayer Breaks?
At a Cargill plant in Colorado, religious liberty has come up against the hard requirements of profitability.
Jan 8, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Adjuncts at Loyola University Chicago Want a Union. Will the Jesuit University Respect Their Demands? Adjuncts at Loyola University Chicago Want a Union. Will the Jesuit University Respect Their Demands?
Over the past 10 years, the proportion of adjunct and contingent faculty at Loyola has tripled—as tuition has ballooned.
Dec 28, 2015 / Michelle Chen
‘When We Made Mistakes in Our Sewing, They Slapped Us’ ‘When We Made Mistakes in Our Sewing, They Slapped Us’
Bangladeshi garment workers are still struggling to win the safe and humane workplaces they deserve.
Dec 21, 2015 / Michelle Chen
China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented
Seven worker-activists involved in the independent labor organizations known as “worker centers” have been arrested.
Dec 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen
In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor
The government has banned a massive rally scheduled for this weekend, but activists are vowing to defy the order.
Dec 1, 2015 / Tim Shorrock