As Brexit Threatens to Widen Northern Ireland’s Divides, Activists Offer Hope for a More Equal Future
Campaigns challenging the country’s environmentally destructive, low-wage economic model are gaining ground, despite political insecurity.
Labor
Machinist Daniel Wasik on Respect for the Working Class
Working people deserve a better standard of living for completing what society demands.
A Handout for Uber and Lyft Is No Replacement for Public Transit
Transportation network services have resisted regulations on workers’ rights, traffic safety, and the environment. The public shouldn’t subsidize them.
GM Is Closing My Plant. What Are Politicians Going to Do About It?
I gave GM 20 years of my life. In return they took my job — and the government keeps rewarding them for it.
Black Workers Break Through Corporate Silence
Despite corporate censorship, Black workers are collectively challenging racism in the workplace and fighting silence with action and organizing.
What’s Behind the Teacher Strikes: Unions Focus on Social Justice, Not Just Salaries
A new generation of union activists see their struggle as part of the fight for equitable resources for the communities in which they teach.
35 Days Without Pay Show How Precarious Federal Jobs Have Become
Private companies profited off the shutdown as federal workers living paycheck to paycheck – long vilified by the right – struggled to get by.
What the Government Shutdown Told Us About Worker Power
Workers have been fighting Donald Trump's agenda from the earliest days of his presidency.
Let’s Honor Rosa Parks by Continuing Her Struggle for Transit Equity
Barriers to public transit access make it harder for people, particularly people of color and the poor, to get to jobs and schools.