Alexandra Bradbury

At Last, Private Sector Faculty Get Green Light to Unionize

A new Labor Board ruling could finally unstick the unionization of professors in the private sector—a project that’s been stalled for 35 years.

Teamsters Secure their Right to Vote, In Time for 2016 Election

The right to vote for top officers will now be permanently enshrined in the Teamster constitution. And after a wave of anger at concessions, some of Hoffa’s big opponents are teaming up against him.

‘Employee Engagement’ No Substitute for a Union at VW

There’s no bargaining in Volkswagen’s new policy. On closer inspection, it looks more like something anti-union forces have been angling to try. And it's suspiciously similar to what Tennessee legislators have already imposed on teachers.

The Logic of Short Hospital Strikes

What makes a strike strong? In a factory, your power is your ability to halt production. But the strategy has to be different in health care.

Nurses Strike: It’s Not Just about Ebola

The Ebola scare highlights problems—lack of supplies and training, for instance, and short staffing most of all—that also hit at the root of much more common safety risks in health care.

High-Flying Drones and Basement Wages: Alarming Trends in Package Delivery

Online retailer Amazon is opening its own mail sorting plants and sending public letter carriers out delivering its groceries at 4 a.m. Call it privatization by a thousand cuts. If you work sorting, trucking, or delivering packages, is Amazon coming after your job next?

Rail Workers Vote Down Single-Person Crews

Railroaders voted down a covertly negotiated deal that would have allowed huge freight trains to rumble across the western U.S. with just an engineer onboard, no conductor. “There’s a real rank-and-file rebellion going on right now.”

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