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Gen Z Is the Most Pro-Union Generation

According to a new report.

What It’s Like to Confront Death At Work Every Day

For funeral directors, gravediggers, and crime-scene cleaners, death is life’s work.

This 1930s Law Still Allows Disabled People to Earn Less Than the Minimum Wage

"People with disabilities should be treated as equal to other people.”

Jewher Ilham Is Dismantling The Politics Of Fashion And Forced Labor

The author and advocate shares a powerful and vital message for young consumers concerned about sustainability and ethics

What’s Wrong With the Nonprofit Industrial Complex?

Critics say large nonprofits help “control social justice movements.”

We Got Fired From Our Jobs At Starbucks For Unionizing

And we’d do it again in a heartbeat.

What to Know About the UK’s ‘Hot Strike Summer’

Some 200,000 workers have gone on strike!

In Session: The Teen Vogue Lesson Plan

Our curated story collections can help aid education in and outside the classroom.

Instagram Influencers Are Fighting to Get Paid

Creators want to get their due.

How Are Unpaid Internships Still a Thing?

No one should work for free!

A Massive Chevron Refinery Fire Created a Generation of Activists

“It felt apocalyptic, seeing the whole sky turn black.”

What Happens When It’s Too Hot to Work?

Millions of people have to work outside during dangerous heat waves.

Why We Should Have Paid Menstrual Leave

“I have passed out at work due to the pain.”

Some Young People Feel Like They’re Missing Out on Office Life

"You don’t really feel like you’re part of the culture.”

Young Workers Are Bridging the Climate and Labor Movements

"We don’t have to trade off the environment for good jobs."

When Is It Time to Quit Your Job?

The standard stick-it-out-for-a-year advice is wrong.

Inside the History of Sex Worker Organizing in the U.S.

The first known sex workers’ rights protest dates back to 1917.

Starbucks Threatens to Take Away Trans Health Benefits at Stores That Unionize

“We are uniquely vulnerable."

Ruth Wilson Gilmore Talks Abolition Geography and Liberation

The abolitionist academic on elections, Amazon, unions, and more.

What Should Recent Grads Prioritize During the Job Search?

“Ask why the last person left. Ask why longtime staff stay.”