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Labor
精东影业 Media鈥檚 coverage of labor includes reporting on organized labor鈥攖he power and pitfalls of unions, for instance鈥攁s well as visions of a future beyond the commodification of human labor currently enforced by racial capitalism. We lift up voices integral to emergent labor movements, as well as calls to change the way the world consumes labor and prioritizes it above human, environmental, and planetary well-being. Ultimately, our coverage envisions a world where labor is not compulsory for survival.
How California鈥檚 Fast-Food Wage Hike Benefits Everyone
While pro-industry voices have criticized the minimum wage hike, a new study shows their fears are unfounded.
Can Organized Labor Survive Trump鈥檚 Second Term?
Trump鈥檚 anti-labor policies don鈥檛 mean worker-led organizing will stop or even slow down. Here鈥檚 why.
Labor Unions Prepare to Protect Workers, No Matter What
Can organized labor continue its recent momentum into the next presidential administration?
Progress 2025: A Vision for Economic Justice
A progressive alternative to Project 2025鈥檚 anti-tax, anti-worker economy includes worker protections and a strong social safety net.
Union-Busting Is Rampant. Here鈥檚 How to Fight Back.
A two-step card check process is efficient, making it easier for workers to unionize with a simple majority.
UAW Makes History at Tennessee Volkswagen Plant
The United Auto Workers鈥� union victory in Tennessee was the result of strategic decisions, and could herald a bright future for organized labor in the South.
Illegally Fired Workers Fight Back
The Unemployed Workers United wants to raise the financial and political costs of illegally firing workers for union activity.
What Makes the UAW Strike Historic?
As contract negotiations broke down, the United Auto Workers authorized a historic strike at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis factories.
5 Lessons from UPS Workers鈥� Successful Bargaining
The UPS Teamsters flexed their collective muscle to win most of their demands from the world鈥檚 largest delivery company.
Strippers Join Servers and Baristas in New Labor Movement
The LA-based Star Garden Topless Dive Bar just voted in favor of joining the Actors鈥� Equity Association, making it the first unionized strip club since the now-defunct Lusty Lady in San Francisco and Seattle.
Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking
Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.
Preserving Labor History in the Present, for the Future
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
Undergrads Fight for Their Right to Organize
Long-underpaid undergrad students who work on campus are increasingly seeing the value of their labor and organizing unions.
Labor and Climate Form a More Perfect Union
Environmental and labor activists have found success collaborating at the local and state levels. Now they have their eyes on federal policy.
A Growing Wave of Unionizing Drives Change
From Amazon to Starbucks, employees are demanding better pay and working conditions from companies that have long had a free hand to maximize profits at any cost.
The Underground Economy of Unpaid Care
More than 40 million people provide unpaid care for adults. My mother was one of them.
Collective Bargaining for the Workplace and Democracy
Rubynell Walker-Barbee shares her story of service workers organizing in Georgia.
For American Labor, the Past Isn鈥檛 Past
Can learning labor history give us hope for the future of unions?
My Mother鈥檚 Immigration Story, Part of Something Larger
You can say that my parents came to America for a better life, and they got one. But American imperialism shaped their paths.
Custodians Ensure Our Well-Being. It鈥檚 Time We Ensure Theirs
Evalynn Romano, the daughter of custodians, offers clear, achievable solutions to affirm the dignity and health of this largely BIPOC workforce.
Why Empowering Workers Is a Form of Reparations
Slavery was the ultimate labor distortion. A crucial part in the discussion on reparations today should center on reshaping the labor relationship between employers and employees.
Care Workers Demand Federal Support as First Responders in Climate Crises
Domestic care workers have been overlooked in the economy and as political actors for too long.
Biden Bets Big on the Care Economy
The president鈥檚 American Families Plan takes its cue from feminist economists who have long advocated for a renewed focus on the social safety net.
A Union Fight at Amazon鈥檚 Alabama Warehouse Builds on Civil Rights Work
An attempt by thousands of mostly Black workers to unionize at a fulfillment center gives new life to the labor movement.
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