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After ICE Targeted a Labor Leader, Unions Must Speak Up for Immigrant Workers
Across the country, immigrant workers are being met with surveillance, police repression, and political scapegoating.
Kroger Workers in Indiana Reject Union-Recommended Contract
For grocery workers who worked through COVID, the tentative agreement felt like a slap in the face.
Militant Grad Workers Build Union Power to Fight Attacks on Education and Labor
In this moment, organized labor can both intervene to defend people and articulate a different vision for higher ed.
After Elon Musk’s Federal Chainsaw, What Comes Next for Labor?
Kelly Hayes and Eric Blanc unpack the fallout of Musk’s cuts and assess where things stand for the labor movement.
Los Angeles Passes US’s Highest Minimum Wage as Labor Prepares for 2028 Olympics
Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.
Behind Trump and DOGE’s Reckless Destruction Is a Determination to Crush Workers
The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table.
Wells Fargo Wants to Privatize USPS. We Should Dismantle the Mega Bank Instead.
Why would a mega bank with one of the worst reputations in a scandal-ridden industry take over a popular institution?
Want to Stop Trump’s Attacks on the NLRB? History Shows Strikes Are the Answer.
Workers’ legal rights are inherently precarious in a capitalist economy. Only periodic mass upheaval has renewed them.
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
Buffalo Is a Union Town — But for Hotel Workers, Union-Busting Runs Rampant
Buffalo hotel workers are facing off with a Trump-aligned developer in their battle to unionize.