The Largest Private-Sector Strike of the Year Is Headed for Union Victory
BATH, MAINE—It’s no coincidence that the first strike in 20 years at Bath Iron Works (BIW) began months into the Covid-19 pandemic. While Maine...
The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What’s Stopping the AFL-CIO?
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second largest teachers’ union in the country, passed a resolution in support of the Green New Deal...
An Injury to Portland Is an Injury to All
Timing is everything. “FEDS GO HOME,” read the more polite graffiti scrawled on Portland’s walls. “FEDS GO HOME,” read the signs waved by protesters....
How the Foster Care System Punishes the Poor
As vital calls to defund the police rise, some have been suggesting these funds be redirected to Health & Human Services departments. These departments,...
The Former Deadspin People Explain How to Launch a Worker-Owned Media Co-op That Might...
For the past five years, the media industry has been on a unionizing spree. This wave of worker empowerment—combined with the industry’s regular waves...
If “Cancel Culture” Is About Getting Fired, Let’s Cancel At-Will Employment
You know what should be canceled? The legal right of most bosses to fire you for a “good cause, bad cause, or no cause.”
OSHA Is Failing Essential Workers. Why Not Let Them Sue Their Bosses?
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States early this year, frontline workers in sectors deemed “essential” have staged hundreds of strikes, sickouts and...
Child Care Workers Are Now a Mighty Force With a Huge New Union. It...
A 17-year organizing campaign in California culminated this week in the successful unionization of 45,000 child care providers—the largest single union election America has...
California Hospital Workers Strike, Fracturing Pandemic’s Uneasy Labor Peace
Despite nationwide shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and working conditions that have often been life-threatening, there have not been major strikes of hospital...
Single Mothers and Their Children Are Taking Over Abandoned Public Buildings
In Philadelphia, single mothers and their children have moved into abandoned, publicly owned buildings, in the largest and most significant housing take over in...