Starbucks Is Bargaining Backwards, Baristas Say
Jenny Brown for Labor Notes. Union baristas are finally back to the negotiating table with Starbucks, but the workers charge that rather than progressing, the company is reopening already agreed-upon…
Labor Rights Activists Navigate What César Chávez Sexual Abuse Allegations Mean For Their Movement
Michelle Zacarias for Prism A month after the explosive New York Times investigation into the rape and sexual misconduct allegations against Latino labor rights organizer César Chávez, immigrant and labor…
How Organizers Are Addressing Sexual Volence in Movement Spaces
The revelations about Cesar Chavez underscore the need to reckon with sexual abuse by changing organizing cultures and following workers’ lead. Victoria Valenzuela for Waging Nonviolence When Dolores Huerta came…
César Chávez’s Shadow
Tina Vásquez Prism Revelations that the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union sexually abused young girls and women, including fellow civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, has set off a…
AI Hiring, Scams and Setbacks: How Unemployment Becomes a Vicious Cycle
Sluggish labor market swells ranks of long-term unemployed, leaving some job seekers frustrated with an ever-shifting hiring landscape.
Corporate Media Mock Chicago Teachers for Trying to Help Their Community
Billionaire-owned media outlets have framed teachers’ advocacy for their students and communities as self-serving.
Why Labor Needs a Declaration of Political Independence
Wouldn’t it be better to build with the membership a vision that puts working people in the center of the economy rather than as an afterthought of trickle-down two-party politics?
‘Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Lived Through Before’: Labor’s Role in Minnesota’s ICE Resistance
A conversation with Kieran Knutson, president of CWA Local 7250 in Minneapolis.
On Eve of Strike, Kaiser Nurses Sound Alarm on Patient Care
More than 31,000 nurses and health care workers plan to walk out next week following months-long stalemate with Kaiser.
Largest Nurses Strike in NYC History as Nearly 15,000 Healthcare Workers Hit the Picket Line
“No nurse should be asked to accept less pay, fewer benefits, or less dignity for doing lifesaving work,” said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Condé Nast Upheaval Signals a New Level of Corporate War on Media Workers
Facing the impacts of mergers and displacement by AI, media unions are fighting for democracy and freedom of expression.
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
by Max Blau for ProPublica When Jon Esformes was in his 20s, farmworkers staged protests outside one of his family’s tomato farms, in California’s Central Valley, calling out the fact…
Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail
By Derek Seidman for Truthout Thousands of Starbucks workers across a hundred cities are nearly one month into an expanding, nationwide unfair labor practice strike in protest of the coffee…
Amazon Drivers Take 45 Days to Earn What the Company’s Union Buster Earned in 1
Union-busting consultants thrive on secrecy, but they can’t hide their obscene pay rates for long.
Santa Fe’s Plan for a Real Minimum Wage Offers Lessons for Costly California
New Mexico’s fourth largest city is integrating the average rent into calculations of its lowest pay rate.