Working Conditions

There Was No Union. There Was No Plan.

There Was No Union. There Was No Plan. There Was No Union. There Was No Plan.

A tornado hit an Amazon warehouse in Illinois and killed six workers. Would a union have made a difference?

Dec 28, 2021 / Janice Fine

What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For

What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For

The university has finally agreed to respond to striking workers’ proposals. Here’s what’s at stake.

Dec 23, 2021 / R.H. Lossin

Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense

The progressive leader discusses her last call with Joe Manchin, her frustration with the idea that “the Squad” and Bernie Sanders were right and she was wrong, and her determinati...

Dec 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Faith leaders rally at the Capitol in support of Build Back Better

The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better

As negotiations drag on, the economic security of millions of Americans is at stake. For these four families, the bill would make an enormous difference.

Dec 16, 2021 / Bryce Covert

Striking Kellogg’s Workers Need the PRO Act

Striking Kellogg’s Workers Need the PRO Act Striking Kellogg’s Workers Need the PRO Act

The president issued a great statement in support of striking workers who are threatened with replacement. But corporations won’t respect workers’ rights until the Protecting the R...

Dec 15, 2021 / John Nichols

How the Taxi Workers Won

How the Taxi Workers Won How the Taxi Workers Won

The 45 days of fierce protest, shrewd organizing, and ferocious solidarity that ended the debt nightmare that had engulfed the taxi industry.

Dec 13, 2021 / Feature / Molly Crabapple

Recycled Cans NYC

My Parents Collect Cans for a Living My Parents Collect Cans for a Living

When people ask about my family now, I tell them not with embarrassment or shame but with pride.

Dec 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Jessica Yauri

US-HEALTH-VIRUS-NURSES

Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project

Nurses unions from 28 different countries are taking on governments and Big Pharma with a simple demand: Waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines, and end the pandemic now.

Dec 3, 2021 / Silvia Federici

Trucks hauling containers

Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy? Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy?

Perhaps the pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink which goods are so “critical” that we’re willing to let other people risk their lives to provide them for us.

Dec 1, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon

Arizona airport workers

Arizona Airport Workers Are Going on Strike Arizona Airport Workers Are Going on Strike

“This company is not respecting us and not respecting our union,” said one long-serving employee.

Nov 19, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

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