Working Conditions

Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder

Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder

In California, migrant workers in the country on H-2A visas are laboring through heat, atrocious housing, and other afflictions.

Aug 13, 2021 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

Nina Turner

Nina Turner Wants to Go to Congress as a Champion for Labor Rights Nina Turner Wants to Go to Congress as a Champion for Labor Rights

“I’ve definitely been in the trenches with my labor sisters and brothers,” says the candidate, who has a long history of defending unions.

Jul 30, 2021 / John Nichols

Morales Supporters Gather Outside

Diagnosing the Morales Campaign Meltdown Diagnosing the Morales Campaign Meltdown

It all sounds like a bad family therapy session. What does the psychiatric literature have to say?

Jul 28, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell

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Media Unions Are Challenging the Use of NDAs Media Unions Are Challenging the Use of NDAs

Workers in the industry argue that nondisclosure agreements are a matter of workplace safety, making them “mandatory subjects of bargaining.”

Jul 26, 2021 / Indigo Olivier

The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan

The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan

Biden’s stimulus plan took the question of recovery off the table. Now the Democrats can focus on passing large-scale economic reforms.

Jul 23, 2021 / Mike Konczal

The Hometown Heroes parade

How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy How Capitalism Invented the Care Economy

This is what’s missing from the new conversation about care work.

Jul 16, 2021 / Premilla Nadasen

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Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue

Holiday spirit… The other greenhouse gases… A last resort… A plague on both houses (web only)…

Jul 13, 2021 / Our Readers and Gilbert Achcar

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How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table

A new report from Berkeley is a rare piece of good news for American labor—and a bracing reminder of what real organizing looks like.

Jul 8, 2021 / Sam Gindin

United Farm Workers

The Real Target in the Supreme Court’s ‘Cedar Point’ Decision The Real Target in the Supreme Court’s ‘Cedar Point’ Decision

The court and the press talked about “property rights.” But the real impact will be on organizing, and workers’ rights.

Jul 2, 2021 / David Bacon

There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery

There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery There’s a Way to Get More People Vaccinated—and It Doesn’t Involve the Lottery

As the Delta variant spreads, it’s essential to make it easier for essential workers to get vaccinated—and that begins by giving paid sick leave for the shot.

Jul 1, 2021 / Terri Gerstein and Lorelei Salas

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