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April 8, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Team Biden Strikes a Major Blow for Labor
The NLRB’s Jennifer Abruzzo argues boldly that management “captive audience” meetings are illegal.
April 6, 2022
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Grace Segers
Within the Capitol, Senate Restaurant Workers Struggle
Eighty-one Senate restaurant workers had their jobs saved … for now.
February 17, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Inside America’s Greatest Modern Labor Success Story
An interview with Geoconda Argüello-Kline, who retired this month after 10 years leading the most successful private-sector union local in America
March 23, 2021
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Clio Chang
On
Teen Vogue
and the “Cancel Culture” Hell We Can’t Seem to Escape
Condé Nast set Alexi McCammond and the magazine’s staff up to fail. And yet it’s seemingly evaded any responsibility for its decisions.
July 27, 2020
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Susie Armitage
The Growing Fight Against the School Death Trap
Teachers, bus drivers, health aides, and other school workers are organizing against a culture that is trying to feed them into the jaws of the pandemic.
June 18, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
A Worker Uprising at Planned Parenthood
Staff at the New York affiliate of the health care provider say their CEO is abusing her power and compromising their mission.
June 17, 2020
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Nick Martin
At-Will Employment Is the Real Cancel Culture
A Supreme Court case and a series of workplace uprisings raise the question: Whose jobs are really protected in this country?
June 3, 2020
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Vanessa A. Bee
A Quiet Workplace Revolution in the Shadow of Silicon Valley
How a luxury doggy daycare became an unlikely model of the future of work
May 29, 2020
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Kim Kelly
No More Cop Unions
Abolishing police unions should be part of the broader fight to defund, demilitarize, and ultimately dismantle the U.S. police force.
May 20, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Is Baseball Safe?
Just because we may get a baseball season doesn’t mean we deserve one.
May 1, 2020
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Sarah Jaffe
The Post-Pandemic Future of Work
The current crisis is forcing us to reconsider what it means to have to work to live. It's long overdue.
April 9, 2020
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Osita Nwanevu
The Coronavirus Recession Is a Critical Test for the Labor Movement
Caught between a pandemic and the pressure to restart the economy, organizers have quickly adapted to fight for workers’ rights.
October 24, 2016
Sukjong Hong
How long will Harvard hold out against its striking dining hall workers?
September 3, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Forget the $15 Minimum Wage. Here's Why 2016 Really Matters for Workers.
June 11, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
How Much More Money Would You Make If You Were Unionized?
June 5, 2015
Richard Yeselson
Gawker’s Idealism Is Exactly What the Labor Movement Needs
April 8, 2015
Danny Vinik
Why Obama Is Spurning Liberals With a Massive Trade Deal
Elizabeth Warren and labor unions hate it, but are their worries justified?
March 5, 2015
Jennifer Sky
Models of the World, Unite!
The fashion industry pays them in dresses. It's time they unionize.
February 19, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Death of American Unions Is Killing American Marriage
August 11, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Walmart Thinks It Can Fix American Health Care
Come for the cheap groceries and home goods, stay for the diabetes care
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