Labor

  • Analysis

    Dayton teachers are ready for a showdown

    This Ohio city could see its first teachers' strike in 24 years as a battle over the conditions in public schools comes to a head. August 10, 2017

  • Analysis: Joe Richard

    Causes of the union defeat at Nissan

    The bitter defeat for the UAW at Nissan's giant Mississippi plant adds urgency to the question of how to organize the South. August 8, 2017

  • Roundtable

    Spectrum strikers send a defiant message

    Workers and family members talk about the strike at Spectrum/Time Warner in New York and New Jersey, now in its fifth month. August 7, 2017

  • Report: Dennis Kosuth

    These mechanics want to fix past concessions

    Some 1,700 auto mechanics in Chicago put down their tools and picked up picket signs, shutting down service at 130 dealerships. August 7, 2017

  • Comment: Michael Mochaidean

    What can turn the teachers' union around?

    West Virginia's history shows the potential for teachers to take action to better their conditions, rather than waiting on elections. July 3, 2017

  • Comment: Tim Goulet

    We are a sanctuary union

    A member of Teamsters Local 810 in New York explains how they passed a resolution declaring their local a "sanctuary union." June 28, 2017

  • Report: Rojas Oliva

    What will it take to get Baystate to say "uncle"?

    Nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center are tired of "working while exhausted," but the hospital is punishing them for striking. June 26, 2017

  • Report

    Immigration police grab two more activists

    The federal government is continuing its war on immigrant workers fighting for their rights in Vermont with two more detentions. June 23, 2017

  • Comment: Pranav Jani

    Face to face with the Wendy's bosses

    Farmworkers and their supporters took on Wendy's executives on their own home turf: inside the company's shareholders meeting. June 2, 2017

  • Report: Joe Richard

    AT&T workers prepare for a three-day strike

    Some 40,000 CWA members in 36 states could hit the picket lines Friday in a battle over wages, incentive pay and outsourcing. May 19, 2017

  • Report: Mike Shea

    Let Sarah teach

    A Chicago special education teacher and determined activist has been plucked out of the classroom over a bogus accusation. May 3, 2017

  • Obituary: Jerry Zero

    A fighter against the Teamsters old guard

    The Teamsters Local 705 leader came from a generation that took on the mob in the union--but he ended up on Hoffa's side. May 3, 2017

  • Analysis: Elizabeth Schulte

    Disrupting the low-wage status quo

    Low-wage workers in some 340 cities plan to take part in protests and strikes to call for a $15 an hour minimum wage and a union. November 29, 2016

  • Report: Joe Cleffie

    SEPTA workers strike back

    Philadelphia transit workers are walking the picket line despite political pressure after facing months of stonewalling in bargaining. November 7, 2016

  • Report: Keith Rosenthal

    Harvard dining workers claim a victory

    A 22-day strike forced the world's richest university to retreat from its demands for concessions from dining services workers. November 1, 2016

  • Report: Alan Maass and Lee Sustar

    Chicago teachers get a tentative agreement

    Following months of mobilizations and a strike threat that won key demands, Chicago teachers will vote on a proposed contract. October 11, 2016

  • Report: Keith Rosenthal

    Dining workers draw the line at Harvard

    Hundreds of dining service workers are on strike at Harvard to win a living wage and health insurance that guarantees access. October 10, 2016

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Ready to strike for Chicago's schools

    Chicago teachers have authorized a walkout and set a mid-October strike date in a show of determination to defend their jobs and public education. September 29, 2016

  • Comment: Mike Shea

    The Tribune of the oppressors

    The Chicago Tribune says that the Chicago Teachers Union strike authorization vote was undemocratic, but consider the source. September 27, 2016

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Are Chicago teachers headed toward a strike?

    A battle between Chicago's budget-slashing mayor, a union-busting governor and determined teachers could lead to a second strike in four years. September 6, 2016

  • Analysis: Joe Allen

    A battle for the Teamsters union

    The upcoming Teamsters election is a chance to unseat James P. Hoffa from the presidency and reverse the union's decline. August 31, 2016

  • Analysis: Sean Larson

    Why the NLRB sided with graduate workers

    A long-awaited NLRB ruling recognizes graduate assistants at private universities as workers with the right to unionize. August 30, 2016

  • Comment: Jeremy Sawyer

    Why I'm voting no on the contract at CUNY

    A member of the faculty and staff union at the City University of New York explains why he opposes ratification of a new deal. July 14, 2016

  • Report: Ryan Marchese

    On strike against an 84-hour workweek

    Ohio Teamsters are fighting an outrageous demand by International Paper bosses for almost unlimited mandatory overtime. July 7, 2016

  • Interview: Victor Diaz

    Victor Diaz is still fighting for justice

    A Vermont farmworker activist who was detained by ICE, but released after a solidarity campaign explains the stakes in this struggle for justice. June 27, 2016

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