The Movement That Made Brandon Johnson Mayor of Chicago The Movement That Made Brandon Johnson Mayor of Chicago
Backed by the powerful Chicago teachers Union, he waged an unapologetically progressive campaign and saw off a “law and order” opponent. Now comes the hard part.
Apr 5, 2023 / Micah Uetricht
Why 60,000 Education Workers Walked Off the Job In Los Angeles Why 60,000 Education Workers Walked Off the Job In Los Angeles
This week’s massive jobs action also represents a model for building worker power.
Mar 24, 2023 / Alex Caputo-Pearl
What an Epic Women’s Strike Can Teach Us Over 70 Years Later What an Epic Women’s Strike Can Teach Us Over 70 Years Later
The 1951 Empire Zinc strike made history and spawned a landmark labor film. Its impact is still reverberating today.
Mar 21, 2023 / Natasha Varner
To Keep Grad Students From Unionizing, Duke University Wants to Change the Rules To Keep Grad Students From Unionizing, Duke University Wants to Change the Rules
After the Duke Graduate Students Union filed for an election, the university announced that it would challenge the NLRB decision from 2016 that granted graduate workers across the ...
Mar 17, 2023 / StudentNation / Anita Simha
Should the Labor Movement Prioritize the Push for Sectoral Bargaining? Should the Labor Movement Prioritize the Push for Sectoral Bargaining?
Larry Cohen argues that the labor movement should seek power not solely in individual workplaces but in entire industries, while Eric Blanc writes that the priority should be union...
Mar 3, 2023 / The Debate / Larry Cohen and Eric Blanc
Sara Nelson Could Be the Greatest Labor Secretary Since the New Deal Sara Nelson Could Be the Greatest Labor Secretary Since the New Deal
The demand for a fearless labor secretary is as great now as it was in the 1930s, and Nelson is more than ready to meet the moment.
Feb 28, 2023 / John Nichols
Letters From the March 6/13, 2023, Issue Letters From the March 6/13, 2023, Issue
Toadying at Harvard… The work of democracy (web only)…
Feb 21, 2023 / Our Readers, Sammy Feldblum, and Lavanya Nott
Nikki Haley’s Anti-Union Fanaticism Is Wild Even for a Republican Nikki Haley’s Anti-Union Fanaticism Is Wild Even for a Republican
The 2024 presidential hopeful has one thing that really sets her apart from her rivals: the depth of her hatred for organized labor.
Feb 17, 2023 / John Nichols
Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon
If the Oregon workers are successful, they believe they will be the nation’s largest undergraduate student union at a public university.
Feb 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler
Britain’s Winter of Discontent Britain’s Winter of Discontent
If unions here are weaker and smaller than in Margaret Thatcher’s day, their strikes are also far more popular.
Jan 31, 2023 / Gary Younge