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The Trucking Industry Is a “Sweatshop on Wheels.” Here’s How Kavanaugh Could Make It Worse.
While the nation was focused on Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation process, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in New Prime Inc. v.... more
By Michael Arria
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Trombones on the Picket Line: Lyric Opera Orchestra on Strike For the First Time in 50 Years
On Tuesday, the music stopped for the Lyric Opera of Chicago just as the company began its 64th season. Orchestra members walked out on strike... more
By Amelia Diehl
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Why We Should Take Weight Discrimination Seriously As a Workers’ Rights Issue
Nearly 80 percent of American adults are either clinically overweight or obese. And yet the medical establishment by and large has subscribed to the idea... more
By Bryce Covert
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Kavanaugh Is Terrible on Workers’ Rights—And That’s Anti-Woman, Too
On October 6, the Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, the Republican federal appellate judge accused by multiple women of sexual assault, to the Supreme Court. more
By Julianne Tveten
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Hyatt Workers Win 4-Week Strike, Hours After Third Coast Audio Festival Refused to Cross Picket Line
Twenty-eight days into the largest hotel strike Chicago has seen in a century, about 1,000 workers with UNITE HERE Local 1 have won a new contract at... more
By Jeff Schuhrke
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Soccer Players Are Workers Too. And In Guatemala, They Just Went On Strike.
Across Latin America, soccer is like a religion for many. Each weekend, fans cram into stadiums to cheer on their teams. Eduardo Galeano, the renowned... more
By Jeff Abbott
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Today Amazon, Tomorrow the Railroad Industry: The Fight for $15 Rolls On
After being called out by labor activists and progressive politicians like Bernie Sanders for paying poverty wages despite receiving tax breaks and raking... more
By Jeff Schuhrke
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America’s Great Strike Waves Have Shaped the Country. We Can Unleash Another.
Erik Loomis’ "A History of America in Ten Strikes" is a powerful reminder of the need for worker militancy. Workers’ power is rooted... more
By Shaun Richman
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Why Domestic Workers Are Fighting Like Hell to Stop Brett Kavanaugh
Like many parents, Daniela Contreras woke up last Thursday and helped her daughter get ready for school. But the long-time domestic worker who now... more
By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
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Want More Proof Teachers’ Strikes Work? Look to Washington State.
Fifteen districts started the school year on strike in Washington state—the latest to ride the West Virginia wave. “For my whole life... more
By Barbara Madeloni
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How Unions Can Solve the Housing Crisis
The labor movement once built thousands of low-cost co-op apartments for working class New Yorkers. It could do so again. more
By Erik Forman
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In Crosshairs of Right-to-Work, Kentucky Bourbon Makers Go On Strike
More than 50 workers in Kentucky are on strike due to a contract dispute with Four Roses, a bourbon maker with a distillery in Lawrenceburg and... more
By Michael Arria
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The Washington Post Tried to Penalize a Writer for Criticizing Jeff Bezos. He Fought Back—And Won.
Fredrick Kunkle was upset. A staff writer for the Washington Post’s Metro desk, he noticed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the owner of his... more
By David Dayen
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#MeToo Hits Fast Food: Why McDonald’s Workers Are Out on a Historic Strike Today
Workers at McDonald’s are set to walk out of work today in ten U.S. cities: Chicago, St. Louis, Durham, Kansas City, Los... more
By Rachel Johnson
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Here’s Why Thousands of Steelworkers Just Voted to Authorize a Strike
U.S. Steel is poised to rake in close to $2 billion in profits this year, and the workers who helped make that happen... more
By Sarah Lahm
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Retrospectives of the Financial Crisis Are Leaving Out the Most Important Part—Its Victims
Because I’m a masochist, I’ve read as many retrospectives as I could about the 10th anniversary of the fateful failure of... more
By David Dayen
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Why Labor Is Holding Its Applause for Michigan’s Latest “Workers’ Rights” Measures
On September 5, the Michigan legislature seemed to take bold steps toward improving working conditions for its constituents: It passed legislation that would guarantee workers the... more
By Bryce Covert
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Thousands of Chicago Workers Are Out On the First Citywide Hotel Strike In Over a Century
In one of the city’s largest work stoppages in years, thousands of unionized hotel workers across downtown Chicago are on strike to win... more
By Jeff Schuhrke
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The Prison Strike Is the Modern-Day American Slave Rebellion
On August 21, 1971, George Jackson was shot down during an attempted escape from San Quentin State Prison. Jackson, who had authored the highly-regarded prison memoir... more
By Eli Day
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