How Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society
Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.
‘A Colossal Giveaway’: A Tax Break for Big Polluters Is Also Starving Public Schools in Texas
In December, legislators killed a controversial abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades.
British ‘Mega Strike’: Half a Million Workers Bring UK to a Halt and Protest Government
On Wednesday, over half a million workers in the UK took part in a “mega strike,” the largest labor protest in the country in over a decade.
Is SCOTUS on the Verge of Dismantling Labor and the Administrative State in One Blow?
By Nancy Snyder / CounterPunch On Tuesday, January 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local…
The Supreme Court Is About to Eviscerate the Right to Strike
The court will likely rule in “Glacier Northwest” that the union’s strike activity isn’t protected by federal labor law.
The First Big Strike of 2023 May Happen Behind Prison Walls
The new year is set to kick off with a statewide strike by incarcerated workers in Pennsylvania.
‘I Did Not Know I Had a Voice’
Without federal labor protections, domestic workers seek legal rights through cities and states.
For Many Workers, the Holiday Season Is the Most Exploitative Time of the Year
As delivery workers support others’ holiday dreams, they urgently need support in their 2023 contract fights.
DEBATE: Did the Squad Betray Rail Workers?
By Briahna Joy Gray / YouTube Editor’s Note: Below is the video description from Bad Faith. Seattle city counsel & Socialist Alternative member Kshama Sawant joins Ryan Grim & Briahna…
This Year’s Biggest Strike Is by 48,000 Academic Workers at the University of California
By Kenzo Esquivel / Labor Notes Across the prestigious University of California system, tens of thousands of workers walked off the job last week for the nation’s largest strike of…
Strike Wave Rocks Britain, as Unions Confront the Cost-of-Living Crisis
By Marcus Barnett / Labor Notes In Britain today, anyone asking a worker about the direction the country is headed will be unlikely to receive a printable answer. Stumbling from…
US Labor Agency’s Top Lawyer Fights Corporate Spying That Discourages Whistleblowers
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the United States has come out strongly against workplace surveillance and management technology…
Four States Voted to End Slavery — But Not Louisiana
Wardens and industries that rely on prison labor will undoubtably argue that their “work programs” do not constitute slavery, but it should be up to the courts, the public and…
Meta Hops on Layoff Bandwagon, Zuckerberg Says ‘I Got This Wrong’
More than 11,000 Meta employees were laid off Wednesday morning issuing another blow to the big tech job market.
What an Alabama Prisoners’ Strike Tells Us About Prison Labor
Exploitation of incarcerated people isn’t limited to lockups. Voters in some states have a chance to curtail it.