The NYPD Union’s War Against Parole Reform The NYPD Union’s War Against Parole Reform
For decades, cops have aggressively opposed even minor reforms concerning accountability and criminal justice. Now, they’re finding they no longer have the state’s parole board und...
Mar 29, 2019 / Natasha Lennard
The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda
Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.
Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols
How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights
This union movement used both legal strategies and confrontational methods to successfully organize Dalit workers.
Mar 5, 2019 / Sujatha Fernandes
Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike
Democrats and progressives need to focus on what the United Electrical union calls the “first major US manufacturing strike of the Trump era.”
Feb 26, 2019 / John Nichols
The Educators’ Revolt Is Spreading to Oakland The Educators’ Revolt Is Spreading to Oakland
Starting February 21, Oakland teachers will be on strike to reverse the dismantling of their school system.
Feb 21, 2019 / Eric Blanc
Will Maryland College Athletes Be Unionized? Will Maryland College Athletes Be Unionized?
A bill being put forward in the Maryland statehouse will give college athletes union protection.
Feb 20, 2019 / Dave Zirin
How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck How Corporate Monopolies Are Dragging Down Your Paycheck
If T-Mobile and Sprint merge, it could drive down wages for retail workers by thousands of dollars a year.
Feb 6, 2019 / Michelle Chen
It’s Time to Give TSA Screeners Full Union Rights It’s Time to Give TSA Screeners Full Union Rights
The shutdown has exposed how dangerous it can be to starve critical safety personnel.
Jan 25, 2019 / George Zornick
It’s Not a Shutdown, It’s a Lockout and a Shakedown of Federal Workers It’s Not a Shutdown, It’s a Lockout and a Shakedown of Federal Workers
The bland, familiar language of “shutdown” coverage fails to capture the crisis into which federal workers and their families have been thrust.
Jan 23, 2019 / John Nichols
Union Benefits Go Far Beyond the Workplace Union Benefits Go Far Beyond the Workplace
Unions also fortify the social safety net and aid communities on the path to self-sufficiency.
Jan 22, 2019 / Michelle Chen