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Global Black Friday Strikes Resist Amazon’s Assault on Workers
Thousands of workers walked off the job in what organizers described as the largest mobilization against Amazon to date.
Child Farmworkers Face Dangerous Exposure to Pesticides in California Fields
Younger laborers are facing long-term impacts from working conditions due to lax oversight and infrequent inspections.
Amazon Drivers Take 45 Days to Earn What the Company’s Union Buster Earned in 1
Union-busting consultants thrive on secrecy, but they can’t hide their obscene pay rates for long.
California Is Failing to Protect Health and Safety of Child Farmworkers
The climate of fear has made families more reluctant than ever to complain about unsafe working conditions.
Workers Who Make Black Friday Deals Possible Face Attacks on Right to Organize
New reports detail how the fashion industry relies on underpaid and overworked labor in the Global South.
Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Help Workers. Labor Solidarity Across Borders Does.
Nike supply chain workers across Asia are joining with US labor to shift the balance of power.
Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash.
Medical institutions are silencing their staff and impeding efforts to build solidarity with medical workers in Gaza.
Over 1,000 Starbucks Workers Go on Strike on Company’s “Red Cup Day”
It’s been four years since workers first unionized in Buffalo, but workers still don’t have a contract.
Impending Strike in Las Vegas Exposes Labor Abuses in Service Sector Nationwide
Service work now dominates the economy. That changes how we build worker power, scholar Annie McClanahan says.
Condé Nast Fires Union Leaders After They Confront Bosses on Teen Vogue Layoffs
The firings and gutting of Teen Vogue come amid a hard right pivot by media companies under Trump.