Working Conditions

The Real Welfare Cheats Are War Profiteers

The Real Welfare Cheats Are War Profiteers The Real Welfare Cheats Are War Profiteers

We’re squabbling over Social Security, while the government lavishes infinitely more money on the arms industry.

Jun 16, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon

Alabama Miners Strike

Alabama’s Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives Alabama’s Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives

Over a thousand miners at Warrior Met Coal have been on strike now for over two months, and the conflict is only heating up.

Jun 11, 2021 / Kim Kelly

Nurse Strike

Hospital Bosses Recruit Replacements for Striking Nurses Hospital Bosses Recruit Replacements for Striking Nurses

Tenet, the for-profit company that owns St. Vincent’s, chose to “improve their cash position” rather than meet the needs of nurses who worked through the pandemic.

Jun 10, 2021 / Dana Simon

There Is No Crisis of Laziness

There Is No Crisis of Laziness There Is No Crisis of Laziness

Republicans seem determined to make workers so financially desperate that they’ll labor for whatever pay employers deign to offer. 

Jun 10, 2021 / Bryce Covert

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Get Back To Work Get Back To Work

The boss is always right.

Jun 8, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Domestic workers hold rally for health and safety protections.

A Tale of 2 States A Tale of 2 States

Vastly different approaches to governance in California and Texas show two diverging paths—one forward, and one to ruin.

Jun 4, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

deliveroo protest

Gig Workers of the World Are Uniting Gig Workers of the World Are Uniting

How do you beat companies that can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to exempt themselves from labor law? You organize.

Jun 1, 2021 / Wilfred Chan

100 Years Ago in Tulsa

100 Years Ago in Tulsa 100 Years Ago in Tulsa

Scenes from an American genocide.

May 31, 2021 / OppArt

Laundromat workers walk out on the job

Working Women Need the PRO Act Working Women Need the PRO Act

Passing off anti-union beliefs under the guise of feminism isn’t just cynical—it’s flat-out wrong.

May 17, 2021 / Mindy Isser

How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won

How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won

As the debate over in-person schooling roiled, teachers’ unions secured significant protections­—often with parents’ support.

May 17, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert

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