Labor Organizing

Supreme Court

This Supreme Court Case Could Make All Public Unions ‘Right to Work’ This Supreme Court Case Could Make All Public Unions ‘Right to Work’

The legal foundations of thousands of public-sector bargaining agreements could soon disappear.

Jan 7, 2016 / The Editors

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again

A necessary antidote to buffoonery and cynicism.

Jan 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

December 30, 1936: The United Auto Workers Sit Down on the Job in Flint, Michigan

December 30, 1936: The United Auto Workers Sit Down on the Job in Flint, Michigan December 30, 1936: The United Auto Workers Sit Down on the Job in Flint, Michigan

“Every night at eight the strikers’ band of three guitars, a violin, a mouth organ, and a squeeze box broadcast over a loud-speaker for the strikers and the women and c...

Dec 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Graduate workers and supporters rally around Grant Mao at Yale University, December 8, 2015.

Who’s Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis on Campus? Unions. Who’s Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis on Campus? Unions.

Grant Mao wanted to get back on track. Yale wanted to get rid of him.

Dec 29, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Faculty Forward members at Loyola University Chicago rally for better treatment of adjunct professors.

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

The Uber app being used in front of a taxicab.

Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire? Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire?

Seattle’s drivers are fighting—and beating—the Uberization of their work.

Dec 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Workers of Sui Bao Security Transport Company strike for higher salaries, blocking a road in Guangzhou, China, February 11, 2014.

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

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet

A major progressive activist group and a major union issue endorsements of the insurgent Democratic contender.

Dec 17, 2015 / John Nichols

Will Spain Replace Its Old Guard in the December 20 Elections?

Will Spain Replace Its Old Guard in the December 20 Elections? Will Spain Replace Its Old Guard in the December 20 Elections?

While the new-left hope Podemos has seen its support drop in recent months, the center-right Ciudadanos has risen meteorically.

Dec 14, 2015 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Pre-K Student

Day-Care Costs Can Drive a Family Into Poverty Before a Child Reaches Kindergarten Day-Care Costs Can Drive a Family Into Poverty Before a Child Reaches Kindergarten

But they'll probably impoverish her teacher first.

Dec 7, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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