Working Conditions

May Day

Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist

For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.

May 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

No Muslim Ban

As the Muslim Ban Goes Before SCOTUS, Share the Stories of Its Victims As the Muslim Ban Goes Before SCOTUS, Share the Stories of Its Victims

You can also support farmworkers and domestic workers fighting sexual harassment in their workplaces and get your community registered to vote.

Apr 24, 2018 / NationAction

Trump tariff announcement

American Hubris, or, How Globalization Brought Us Donald Trump American Hubris, or, How Globalization Brought Us Donald Trump

It was “free trade” mania, pushed by both major political parties, that destroyed working-class prosperity and laid the groundwork for his triumph.

Apr 19, 2018 / William Greider

Speaker Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan’s Cruel Vision—and the Red-State Rebellion Against It Paul Ryan’s Cruel Vision—and the Red-State Rebellion Against It

His plutocratic policies have provoked a growing backlash, in the form of teacher strikes and demonstrations from West Virginia and Kentucky to Oklahoma and Arizona.

Apr 18, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Legal System Needs to Catch Up With the #MeToo Movement

The Legal System Needs to Catch Up With the #MeToo Movement The Legal System Needs to Catch Up With the #MeToo Movement

It is nearly impossible to successfully sue for sexual harassment in the workplace—here’s what we can do to change that.

Apr 18, 2018 / Rafia Zakaria

Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency

Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency

And it’s not the first time.

Apr 17, 2018 / Steve Fraser

Teachers and supporters of increased education funding pack the first and second floors of the state Capitol during the second day of a walkout by Oklahoma teachers.

Show Your Support for Teachers Striking in Oklahoma Show Your Support for Teachers Striking in Oklahoma

You can also attend a town hall to end gun violence and ask small businesses near you to publicly support net neutrality.

Apr 4, 2018 / NationAction

EPB technicians

The Government Should Guarantee Everyone a Good Job The Government Should Guarantee Everyone a Good Job

We have an opportunity to pass a good-jobs guarantee—but we have to start a movement now.

Apr 4, 2018 / Ady Barkan

Sex work protest

New Legislation Aimed at Fighting Trafficking on Digital Platforms Could Put Sex Workers in Danger New Legislation Aimed at Fighting Trafficking on Digital Platforms Could Put Sex Workers in Danger

By closing down online portals, politicians are pushing sex workers onto the streets.

Mar 30, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Confronting the ‘Native Harvey Weinsteins’

Confronting the ‘Native Harvey Weinsteins’ Confronting the ‘Native Harvey Weinsteins’

When Indigenous women are harassed at work, gaps in tribal law can leave them in a precarious gray area.

Mar 30, 2018 / Feature / Rebecca Clarren and Jason Begay

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