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This Chicana Activist Started Leading Strikes As a Teen

Emma Tenayuca organized the largest strike in San Antonio history.

5 Ways to Support Workers on Strike

There's so much you can do to help!

School-Bus Drivers Have Had Enough

Drivers are quitting and retiring at an astonishing rate.

Overwork Is Literally Making Us Sick

“It takes your whole life."

What Would Escaping Capitalism Actually Look Like?

The new book ‘Lost in Work’ provides some answers.

What Mother Jones Has to Do With a Miners' Strike in Alabama

The legacy of the “grandmother of all agitators” lives on.

Enduring Toxic Workplaces Shouldn’t Be a Rite of Passage

“The ‘pay your dues’ concept is a trap.”

This One Bill Could Transform the U.S. Labor Movement

Passing the PRO Act would change the lives of American workers.

How Students Have Been Advocating for Laid-Off Campus Workers

From launching fundraisers to organizing petitions.

Luke O’Neil Thinks We’re Living in Hell

The writer’s new book is about the events of the past year.

Influencers Who Are Unionizing Say Work Is Work

“The biggest thing that I heard from influencers is the exploitation.”

Scott Walker, Thanks for Making Me a Union Activist

The GOP governor’s anti-labor activities inspired a new generation of organizers.

Why Amazon’s Union Vote Is Such a Huge Deal

This is bigger than just one warehouse, or one company.

Where Your Valentine’s Day Roses Really Come From

What to know before buying that bouquet.

The U.S. Economy Needs to Center Black Women

It would create a fairer system for everyone.

Biden Fired One of the Labor Movement’s Biggest Foes

This senior official has been called an “anti-union extremist.”

Sarah Jaffe Explains Why ‘Work Won’t Love You Back’

Hard work and sacrifice don’t make you any less disposable to employers.

Organizers Are Pushing for Massive Turnout in the Georgia Runoffs

"There’s no candidate that's going to save us; we have to save ourselves."

What the Labor Movement Wants From Joe Biden

Biden has promised to be “the most pro-union president.”

This Infamous Anti-Labor Company Is Still Targeting Workers

The Pinkertons have a long, sordid history.