EHRP & More Perfect Union on How Welfare Reform Funneled Workers Into Low-Wage Fast Food Labor
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and More Perfect Union. How the shrinking of welfare during Clinton's administration led directly to American fast food’s exploitation of labor.
On the Front Lines of UAW’s Historic Strike
Co-published with Mother Jones. Last year, Shawn Fain orchestrated a 46-day walkout as more than just a fight for a new contract. He called it a “turning point in the class war.”
The Retail Workers Demanding More
Co-published with Mother Jones. Step Up Louisiana is at the forefront of what it means to have a decent job in America.
Bad Jobs Often Follow a Prison Sentence. They Want to Change That.
Co-published with Mother Jones. In New York City, a program is working to create a pathway to union jobs for the formerly incarcerated.
In 2023, Los Angeles Was on Strike
Co-published with Mother Jones. Last year, many workers in the city walked off the job. Thirty years ago, a victory by organized janitors helped set the groundwork.
How the Rail Industry Has Put Profits Over People for Decades
Co-published with Prism. Four months after the Norfolk Southern East Palestine train derailment, workers and citizens fight against the toxicity of an industry that has cut corners at every turn.
Workers Blame Low Pay and Understaffing for New York’s Benefits Backlog
Co-published with New York Focus. Some counties pay social services workers so little, the people who administer benefits end up applying themselves.
Belabored: Reviving the Strike in Britain, with Morag Livingstone and Joe Rollin
Co-published with Dissent Magazine. The strike is back in Britain but the Conservative government is out to crush the unions. What lessons should labor learn from the 1980s?
Belabored: Los Angeles, 1992, Revisited with Tobias Higbie and Kent Wong
Co-published with Dissent Magazine. On working-class Los Angeles before and after the civil unrest of 1992—and how structural inequities continue to shape the city’s labor struggles from the classrooms to the docks.
Belabored: How to Bargain for Power, with Jane McAlevey
Co-published with Dissent Magazine. The longtime organizer and theorist discusses tactics that unions can use to win major gains at the table and in the contract.
Belabored: Child Labor, Child Strikes, with Jack Hodgson
Co-published with Dissent Magazine. Recent news reports have revealed that child labor is not just a historical relic in the United States—and some politicians want to undermine existing regulations, claiming that less oversight is good for business.
Medical Residents Nationwide Are Unionizing. What Does That Mean for the Future of Healthcare?
Co-published with Grid. Young physicians in training are being squeezed by labor shortages, inflation and long hours.
