Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power
Workers at the company’s Iowa City store are on the cusp of making some history.
May 2, 2023 / Dave Leshtz
Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions? Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions?
For May Day, we talked to young workers—in tech, retail, food service, and more—about what brought them to the labor movement.
May 1, 2023 / StudentNation / Paige Oamek
This May Day, Let’s Celebrate the Campus Labor Movement This May Day, Let’s Celebrate the Campus Labor Movement
Union organizers and student journalists in Michigan, Oregon, North Carolina, and Arizona document the ongoing labor campaigns at their universities.
May 1, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Exploitation, Abuse, and Death: The Dark Side of Working in the Weed Industry Exploitation, Abuse, and Death: The Dark Side of Working in the Weed Industry
The cannabis industry is booming, but workers say they face low wages, rapacious bosses, and life-threatening conditions.
May 1, 2023 / Feature / Dusty Christensen
There Is No Future for a Labor Movement That Fails to Organize at Amazon There Is No Future for a Labor Movement That Fails to Organize at Amazon
In the 20th century, organizing basic industries like coal, steel, and manufacturing automobiles was key to reviving the labor movement. Today, Amazon workers occupy the same strat...
Apr 24, 2023 / Jonathan Rosenblum
Want to Manufacture Explosives? Soon You Can Hire Teenagers to Do It. Want to Manufacture Explosives? Soon You Can Hire Teenagers to Do It.
The Iowa state Senate recently ratified a bill that would lower age minimums for workers and reduce liability for companies with unsafe working conditions.
Apr 21, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
How Reading “The Economist” Helped Me to Stop Worrying About White Supremacy How Reading “The Economist” Helped Me to Stop Worrying About White Supremacy
A recent viral sensation identifies the migration of poor whites as the cause of the problem—letting the rest of us off the hook!
Apr 21, 2023 / Sarah Taber
Rutgers Strikers Run the Table Rutgers Strikers Run the Table
Three faculty unions at Rutgers University in New Jersey have shown a way out of the crisis in higher education.
Apr 19, 2023 / Jonathan David
How Open Bargaining—and Not Letting Management Set the Ground Rules—Led to a Union Victory How Open Bargaining—and Not Letting Management Set the Ground Rules—Led to a Union Victory
In 2017, Kentucky became the most recent “right-to-work” state in the US. Which makes the recent victory by the Amalgamated Transit Union all the more significant.
Apr 19, 2023 / Column / Jane McAlevey
The End of Business Unionism at the United Auto Workers—and Beyond? The End of Business Unionism at the United Auto Workers—and Beyond?
In the first-ever elections where members voted directly for the top leadership, UAW reformers on the Members United slate just won every race they entered.
Apr 7, 2023 / Becca Roskill