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Management Charged Them $100 a Week to Work, Workers Say. They’re Fighting Back. »
May 8, 2026 | Natascha Elena UhlmannWhen Evelyn began work at New Bedford, Massachusetts, seafood processing center Marder Trawling, she learned of an unusual condition of employment: She’d need to quietly pay her manager $100 per week for the privilege of working, she said. “I didn’t have work, and I have kids,” she said.
Counter Manufacturers are Killing Workers with Silica Dust, Safety Group Charges »
April 28, 2026 | Jenny BrownSilicosis is a lethal workplace illness that killed thousands each year up through the 1960s. In recent decades, thanks to union workplace safety fights, it became much rarer. Annual deaths dropped to the hundreds. The disease affected mostly older workers with longer exposures.
How Rhode Island’s Labor Movement Made Its Weight Felt in Politics »
April 22, 2026 | Paul PrescodOver the last decade Rhode Island has been a hotbed of progressive, pro-worker legislation. But it wasn’t always this way. It took years of proactive organizing by the labor movement on legislative and electoral campaigns.
Starbucks Is Bargaining Backwards, Baristas Say »
April 16, 2026 | Jenny BrownUnion baristas are finally back to the negotiating table with Starbucks, but the workers charge that rather than progressing, the company is reopening already agreed-upon issues.
Virginia Workers to Governor: Don't Water Down Our Bargaining Rights! »
April 14, 2026 | Lee AbbottAfter a years-long campaign by unions, Virginia’s General Assembly passed legislation to extend collective bargaining rights to nearly half a million state, county, and municipal government employees.
A Lack of Democracy in the United Farm Workers Gave Chavez Immunity »
April 6, 2026 | Jane SlaughterIn 2011 Frank Bardacke published an 800-page history of the Farm Workers union: Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Far
Overwhelmed by Strike, San Francisco Schools Found the Money for Top Union Demands »
March 31, 2026 | Danielle SmithSix thousand San Francisco educators won fully funded health care, sanctuary schools, and an up to 8.5 percent raise over two years by walking out for the first time in nearly 50 years.
