Working Conditions

(Left) Firefighters dousing the flames at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City, on March 25, 1911. (Right) People walk past the Asch building 100 years later, on March 24, 2011.

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

How it inspires the struggle for workers’ rights.

Oct 10, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What My Infant Son Taught Me About Caring for My Patients in the ICU

What My Infant Son Taught Me About Caring for My Patients in the ICU What My Infant Son Taught Me About Caring for My Patients in the ICU

Like my patients, he was on life support—but from my body rather than machines.

Oct 9, 2023 / Feature / Colleen M. Farrell

Striking writers picket the Netflix studio in Los Angeles

The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty

The Hollywood writers' union scores an impressive win, while Governor Newsom sells out strikers on other fronts. 

Oct 6, 2023 / Ben Schwartz

Line workers work on the chassis of full-size General Motors pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly plant on June 12, 2019 in Flint, Michigan.

“Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker “Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker

Vehicle-manufacturing jobs grind down workers’ bodies. Is it time for a 32-hour week?

Oct 2, 2023 / Sarah Lazare

Trump UAW speech, Trump misses republican primary debate

Why the Mainstream Media Loved Trump’s Fake Pro-Workers Rally Why the Mainstream Media Loved Trump’s Fake Pro-Workers Rally

A combination of horse race journalism and anti-union bias led to absurd reporting.

Sep 29, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Union members and supporters march along the Strip during a Culinary Union “We Will Come Back Stronger!” rally in Las Vegas, Nev.

Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Have an Ace Up Their Sleeve Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Have an Ace Up Their Sleeve

The image of the city as an adult playground has often meant extreme and erratic change for hotels, casinos, and restaurants. The Culinary Union has had enough.

Sep 27, 2023 / Nicholas Russell

How Anti–Sex Work Legislation Is About to Get Worse

How Anti–Sex Work Legislation Is About to Get Worse How Anti–Sex Work Legislation Is About to Get Worse

FOSTA-SESTA made sex workers less safe and the Internet less free. A spate of new laws is deepening the damage.

Sep 25, 2023 / Feature / Sascha Cohen

Immigrant Pride

Immigrant Pride Immigrant Pride

Guatemalan immigrants: life, work, joy. Sunset Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sep 20, 2023 / OppArt / Harry Mena

Working Hard for the American Dream

Working Hard for the American Dream Working Hard for the American Dream

Latin American vendors, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.

Sep 13, 2023 / OppArt / Harry Mena

Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air?

Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air? Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air?

Flight attendants desperately need legal protection to ensure their right to pump on the job—but airline industry lobbying cut them out of a law that will provide just that for mi...

Sep 11, 2023 / Feature / Bryce Covert

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