Ten Years Into the Fight for $15, Workers Are Still Fighting for A Living Wage
Co-published with The Intercept. In Part 2 of “Insecurity,” we meet Eshawney Gaston, a fast-food worker who joins the wave of labor uprisings sweeping the country during the pandemic.
Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich, Acid Wit and Workers’ Champion
Co-published with TIME. A remembrance of writer and moral force Barbara Ehrenreich.
The Pride and Pain of the UFW March
Co-published with High Country News. California farmworkers and their advocates walked 335 miles to the state’s capitol in support of voting protections.
This Amazon Grocery Runner Has Risked Her Job to Fight for Better Safety Measures
Co-published with In These Times. Courtenay Brown knows she could be on the streets if she loses her job at an Amazon Fresh unit. She’s speaking out about scant Covid-19 safety measures anyway.
Amazon Expects Its Employees to Operate Like Fast-Moving Machines. This Amazon Picker Is Fighting Back.
Co-published with In These Times. Inspired by his father and grandfather, Sean Carlisle is organizing to win stronger safety measures for his fellow workers.
The Amazon Delivery Service Worker Who’d Finally Seen Enough
Co-published with In These Times. As a driver for an Amazon subcontractor, Frank Chavez encountered unsanitary conditions—including bottles of his coworkers’ urine. Now he’s standing up for his rights.
Meet the Warehouse Worker Who Took On Amazon Over Inhumane Conditions and Harassment
Co-published with In These Times. Hibaq Mohamed organized her community in a fight against Amazon, protesting working conditions at a fulfillment center with one of the highest rates of injury.
There Is Power Even Without a Union
Co-published with The Nation. Target workers are taking on bosses themselves. Is this the future of radical organizing?