worker's rights
This Chicana Activist Started Leading Strikes As a Teen
Emma Tenayuca organized the largest strike in San Antonio history.
By Araceli Cruz
School-Bus Drivers Have Had Enough
Drivers are quitting and retiring at an astonishing rate.
By Mary Retta
What Would Escaping Capitalism Actually Look Like?
The new book ‘Lost in Work’ provides some answers.
By Lex McMenamin
What Mother Jones Has to Do With a Miners' Strike in Alabama
The legacy of the “grandmother of all agitators” lives on.
By Kim Kelly
Enduring Toxic Workplaces Shouldn’t Be a Rite of Passage
“The ‘pay your dues’ concept is a trap.”
By Rainesford Stauffer
This One Bill Could Transform the U.S. Labor Movement
Passing the PRO Act would change the lives of American workers.
By Kim Kelly
How Students Have Been Advocating for Laid-Off Campus Workers
From launching fundraisers to organizing petitions.
By Sophie Hayssen
Luke O’Neil Thinks We’re Living in Hell
The writer’s new book is about the events of the past year.
By Kim Kelly
Influencers Who Are Unionizing Say Work Is Work
“The biggest thing that I heard from influencers is the exploitation.”
By Jacqui Germain
Scott Walker, Thanks for Making Me a Union Activist
The GOP governor’s anti-labor activities inspired a new generation of organizers.
By Kayla Blado
Why Amazon’s Union Vote Is Such a Huge Deal
This is bigger than just one warehouse, or one company.
By Jacqui Germain
Where Your Valentine’s Day Roses Really Come From
What to know before buying that bouquet.
By Christina Noriega
The U.S. Economy Needs to Center Black Women
It would create a fairer system for everyone.
By Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
Biden Fired One of the Labor Movement’s Biggest Foes
This senior official has been called an “anti-union extremist.”
By Kim Kelly
Sarah Jaffe Explains Why ‘Work Won’t Love You Back’
Hard work and sacrifice don’t make you any less disposable to employers.
By Kim Kelly
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."
By Aiyana Ishmael
What the Labor Movement Wants From Joe Biden
Biden has promised to be “the most pro-union president.”
By Kim Kelly
This Infamous Anti-Labor Company Is Still Targeting Workers
The Pinkertons have a long, sordid history.
By Kim Kelly