In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave
With the country in the throes of the deadliest Covid wave yet, American workers are back to having no federally mandated paid sick leave.
Feb 3, 2022 / Bryce Covert
The Militant Passion of Emma Tenayuca The Militant Passion of Emma Tenayuca
Eighty-four years ago this week, this Mexican American labor organizer led one of the largest strikes in Texas history—and was arrested and blacklisted for her trouble.
Feb 1, 2022 / Kim Kelly
Ah Quon McElrath and the Power of Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity Ah Quon McElrath and the Power of Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity
The Chinese Hawai’ian labor activist and social worker would ask, “Look, you are exploited, what are you going to do about it?”
Jan 28, 2022 / Kim Kelly
A Bold Flavor of Tennessee Whiskey: Union-Made A Bold Flavor of Tennessee Whiskey: Union-Made
The United Distillery Workers of Tennessee are organizing in the heart of Nashville.
Jan 25, 2022 / Kim Kelly
John Roberts Gets an F on His Annual Report John Roberts Gets an F on His Annual Report
The chief justice’s year-end appraisal of the federal judiciary reads as innocuous at first glance—it’s anything but.
Jan 24, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal
Concrete Actions Toward Worker Power Concrete Actions Toward Worker Power
Three hundred Teamsters in the Seattle area are bringing the local construction industry to a standstill.
Jan 21, 2022 / Kim Kelly
The Radical Vision of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes The Radical Vision of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
Murdered by gangsters on a dictator’s orders in 1981, these pathbreaking Filipino labor organizers fought for union democracy.
Jan 18, 2022 / Kim Kelly
Columbia University Has Lost Its Way Columbia University Has Lost Its Way
The Ivy League institution’s approach to the contract negotiations with its grad student workers reveals how it has evolved into a predatory business.
Jan 18, 2022 / StudentNation / Katherine Franke
Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits
A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.
Jan 14, 2022 / Kim Kelly
The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt
The trailblazing Black labor leader and civil rights activist took her fight for equality from the packinghouse to the pulpit.
Jan 11, 2022 / Kim Kelly