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Fast Food Workers Are Getting Shot on the Job
At least two teen workers were killed in January.
By Lex McMenamin
American Work Culture Is the Problem — Not Me
Workers are not problems to be “fixed.”
By Taylor Trudon
What We Get Wrong About Social Class in the U.S.
Our definitions of “working class” and “middle class” are deeply confused.
By John Patrick Leary
Bosses Are Telling Workers Not to Test for COVID-19
Because they want them to come in no matter what.
By Rainesford Stauffer
Students Are Walking Out During the Omicron Surge
"We are the people who have to go to school and risk catching COVID-19."
By Lex McMenamin
AOC Corrects Eric Adams: "'Low-Skill' Is a Myth"
The former service-industry worker weighs in.
By Lex McMenamin
The Montgomery Bus Boycott Proved the Power of Boycotts
Collectively withholding money from powerful interests works.
By Jacqui Germain
A Brutal Weekend in a Brutal Country
Including Amazon workers dying in tornados and teachers competing Squid Game-style.
By Lex McMenamin
Progressives Endorse 4-Day Workweek
“We can’t – and shouldn’t – simply go back to normal.”
By Lex McMenamin
The Biggest Strike in the U.S. is at Columbia University
"It’s not just what’s at stake for us."
By Lex McMenamin
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
By Sara Tardiff
We Need to Rethink Paid Leave Altogether
The status quo is a disaster.
By Rainesford Stauffer and Abdullah Shihipar
What It’s Like When Your Parents Go on Strike
“There’s a fair amount of courage and honor that goes into making that decision.”
By Jacqui Germain
What To Know About #Striketober
Because there’s nothing scarier than labor violations!
By Lex McMenamin
