Labor

The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers

The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers

While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry.

Oct 2, 2024 / Lois Parshley

Want to Build Worker Power? Ask an Architect.

Want to Build Worker Power? Ask an Architect. Want to Build Worker Power? Ask an Architect.

You don’t have to wield a T-square to benefit from the field’s first collective bargaining agreement in decades.

Sep 30, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner

Workers holding picket signs stand in the street, with a banner reading STRIKE in red.

Payback Time: Now It’s the Machinists’ Turn to Mount the Barricades Payback Time: Now It’s the Machinists’ Turn to Mount the Barricades

The current strike at Boeing over lost wages and stolen pensions is a fight that has been brewing for a long time.

Sep 27, 2024 / Jonathan Rosenblum

An aerial view of Tesla’s factor in Austin, Texas, ringed by parking lots with cars parked inside.

Tesla’s Toxic Culture Has Spread to Its New Plant in Austin Tesla’s Toxic Culture Has Spread to Its New Plant in Austin

Allegations of sexual harassment, racial discrimination, and dangerous conditions are now surfacing at another Tesla factory.

Sep 27, 2024 / Bryce Covert

New York City Council Member Tiffany Cabán and hundreds of workers gather for a May Day rally for labor protections on May 1, 2023.

At-Will Employment Must End. Our Civil Rights Depend on It. At-Will Employment Must End. Our Civil Rights Depend on It.

New York City can become the first major US city to require employers to give workers advance notice of termination and a written explanation of their firing.

Sep 26, 2024 / Tiffany Cabán and Tony Rosario

Kamala Harris disembarks from Air Force Two upon arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, on September 19, 2024.

Kamala Harris Is Winning the Teamsters Endorsements That Really Matter Kamala Harris Is Winning the Teamsters Endorsements That Really Matter

The national leadership may have snubbed her—but Teamsters in the swing states that will decide the election are backing her all the way.

Sep 20, 2024 / John Nichols

Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally

Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally

Molly McGhee’s satirical 2023 novel Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind may be coming true.

Sep 19, 2024 / Sophie Lewis

Members of Performers with Disabilities and Seniors pose on the SAG-AFTRA picket line at Fox Studios on October 26, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.

Disabled Union Members Are Strengthening the Labor Movement Disabled Union Members Are Strengthening the Labor Movement

Disabled workers are getting louder and more effective as they push their unions to be more accessible and inclusive. All workers are benefiting.

Sep 17, 2024 / s.e. smith

Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate

Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate

Diamond Baseball Holdings is taking over minor league baseball and reaping the benefits of hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies.

Sep 16, 2024 / Amos Barshad

A tryptich of Reid Hoffman, Barry Diller, and VP Kamala Harris

Kamala’s Capitalist Class Kamala’s Capitalist Class

Both parties have little trouble attracting support from the superrich. But a closer look reveals fissures within the ruling class.

Sep 16, 2024 / Doug Henwood

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