Labor Organizing

The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month

The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month

Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, graduate student workers’ living conditions are now their working conditions—and more than ever, we need them to be safe.

Apr 6, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers

Food service worker biking with a mask

Your Rent or Your Life Your Rent or Your Life

The pandemic is forcing workers to make impossible choices.

Apr 3, 2020 / Michelle Chen

Underpaid, Ignored, and Essential: A Coronavirus Sketchbook

Underpaid, Ignored, and Essential: A Coronavirus Sketchbook Underpaid, Ignored, and Essential: A Coronavirus Sketchbook

Drawing the workers who cannot stay home.

Apr 3, 2020 / Molly Crabapple

‘Our Lives Are Worth More Than Packages’

‘Our Lives Are Worth More Than Packages’ ‘Our Lives Are Worth More Than Packages’

In one Amazon facility, management waited three shifts before telling employees one at a time that a coworker had tested positive for Covid-19.

Apr 2, 2020 / Alan Maass

A GE worker stands outside the plant with a sign reading

Why GE Workers Walked Out in Lynn Why GE Workers Walked Out in Lynn

As employers use the coronavirus crisis to consolidate power and wealth, we need to build activism and organization.

Apr 1, 2020 / Jeff Crosby

Union-Busting in the Name of God

Union-Busting in the Name of God Union-Busting in the Name of God

Catholic universities are relying on a religious exemption to avoid recognizing workers’ rights—and workers are appealing to Catholic values to fight back.

Mar 31, 2020 / Feature / Amy Littlefield

USPS worker with gloves and mask crosses street amid coronavirus outbreak in LA

The Postal Service Is Breaking Down The Postal Service Is Breaking Down

Covid-19 has already begun to take its toll on the overextended USPS workforce.

Mar 27, 2020 / Jake Bittle

‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis

‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis ‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis

Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.

Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe

If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US?

If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US? If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US?

House members Rosa DeLauro and Mark Pocan have a plan to keep Americans working.

Mar 21, 2020 / John Nichols

A target worker stocks goods at a store in Riverside, California

Amid a Pandemic, Target Employees Work in Fear Amid a Pandemic, Target Employees Work in Fear

Target and many other big retailers have yet to provide paid sick leave, endangering workers and customers.

Mar 19, 2020 / P.E. Moskowitz

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