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Displaying all articles tagged:
Labor
games
Oct. 23, 2023
The NBA’s Player Empowerment Era Is Over
As a new season begins, the league’s stars don’t quite have free rein anymore.
By
Will Leitch
labor
Sept. 27, 2023
The Media Falls for Trump’s Labor Lies
His pro-worker spin has always been bogus.
By
Sarah Jones
uaw strike
Sept. 27, 2023
Biden’s UAW Rally Exposes the Bankruptcy of Trump’s Populism
Biden walking the picket line while Trump addresses a nonunion auto plant perfectly illustrates their parties’ distinct approaches to labor issues.
By
Eric Levitz
labor
Sept. 26, 2023
The Strikes Are Working
From Hollywood to Detroit, unions are telling a story that Americans need to hear.
By
Sarah Jones
uaw strike
Sept. 25, 2023
What Trump Gets Wrong (and Right) About the UAW Strike
The EV transition threatens to hurt unionized autoworkers. But Biden’s policies aren’t to blame.
By
Eric Levitz
the picket line
Sept. 15, 2023
The UAW Takes on the Billionaire Class
The union’s Stand Up Strike will have ramifications for all workers.
By
Sarah Jones
labor
Aug. 11, 2023
Labor Summer Comes To The Airport
Exploited contractors who push wheelchairs and clean cabins are making themselves seen and heard.
By
Sarah Jones
hollywood
July 27, 2023
Walking Out of the Dream Factory
The strike is in Hollywood, but its lessons apply to workers all over.
By
Sarah Jones
labor
Apr. 25, 2023
Who’s Afraid of Julie Su?
Biden’s nominee for secretary of Labor has powerful enemies.
By
Sarah Jones
the economy
Mar. 2, 2023
The 4-Day Week Is for White-collar Workers
For America’s wage laborers, a 32-hour workweek is less of a beautiful dream than an oppressive reality.
By
Eric Levitz
big tech
Feb. 16, 2023
The Silicon Valley Loop
How the dot-com crash created Palo Alto’s clueless investor class.
By
Malcolm Harris
early and often
Jan. 11, 2023
House Republicans Can’t Even Tolerate the Word
Labor
The renaming of a House committee to abolish the term
labor
explodes the fiction that the GOP is now the party of the working class.
By
Ed Kilgore
early and often
Jan. 11, 2023
Conservatives Clarify That They’re Pro-Boss, Not Pro-Market
The right’s revealing opposition to ending noncompete agreements.
By
Eric Levitz
all the live long day
Nov. 30, 2022
Why America’s Railroads Refuse to Give Their Workers Paid Leave
Wall Street’s new robber barons can’t make the trains run on time.
By
Eric Levitz
the picket line
Oct. 10, 2022
Big Labor’s Next Big Fight
The Teamsters’ new leader promised an age of militancy. UPS will test his mettle.
By
Sarah Jones
scientology
Sept. 8, 2022
How Scientology Exploits Foreign Workers
The church has used an obscure visa to bring in thousands of laborers — and benefit from their toil.
By
Kevin T. Dugan
the picket line
Aug. 25, 2022
The Truth Behind ‘Quiet Quitting’
Workers are reclaiming their time from the boss.
By
Sarah Jones
profile
July 18, 2022
What Will Chris Smalls Do Next?
He did the impossible: Unionize an Amazon warehouse. Then the hard part began.
By
Wes Enzinna
the picket line
June 17, 2022
Elon Musk Wants Free Speech for Himself, Not SpaceX Employees
Workers were fired for daring to criticize the king.
By
Sarah Jones
the group portrait
Apr. 25, 2022
Amazon Labor Union’s Next Big Test
Organizers are angling for a second historic victory.
By
Sarah Jones
the resistance
Apr. 24, 2022
The Democratic Party Is Wasting Its Grassroots Energy
The conservative movement is on the march to power. What happened to movements on the left?
By
Sam Adler-Bell
labor
Apr. 14, 2022
The Woke Corporation Is Dead. Good.
Workers are showing that a benevolent dictator is still a dictator.
By
Sarah Jones
amazon union
Apr. 8, 2022
Do Democrats Really Want Amazon’s Workers to Win?
The party’s leadership class is hopelessly entangled with Jeff Bezos’s world-destroying retail giant.
By
Sam Adler-Bell
amazon
Apr. 1, 2022
First Amazon Warehouse Has Unionized in Staten Island
Workers will be represented by the independent Amazon Labor Union.
By
Sarah Jones
labor
Feb. 9, 2022
‘Pro-Worker Conservatives’ Are Just Union Busters in Disguise
In Marco Rubio’s new plan, the GOP’s overtures to the working class have reached their logical end.
By
Eric Levitz
labor
Jan. 20, 2022
Miners vs. Vultures
A lengthy strike calls attention to the practices of private equity.
By
Sarah Jones
tornadoes
Dec. 13, 2021
Workers Describe Being Trapped by Bosses During Deadly Tornado Outbreak
NBC News reports that candlemakers were denied requests to leave ahead of a storm. Meanwhile, Amazon reconsiders its no-phone policy for warehouses.
By
Matt Stieb
games
Nov. 23, 2021
What to Know About Baseball’s Looming Labor Disaster
MLB players and owners are at each other’s throats, and the possibility of the first work stoppage in a quarter century is very real.
By
Will Leitch
9/11: 20 years later
Sept. 9, 2021
9/11 and the Rise of the (Unionized) Security Officer
How a group of unsung heroes fought for better working conditions.
By
Sarah Jones
labor
Sept. 6, 2021
“My Priorities Are Focused on Bolstering Worker Power’
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh speaks to Intelligencer about the nature of essential work.
By
Sarah Jones
games
Aug. 24, 2021
College Football Is the Wild West Now
As a new season kicks off, it’s clear that the Supreme Court–weakened NCAA isn’t really in charge anymore.
By
Will Leitch
as told to
July 1, 2021
‘It’s Just Devastating to See These Conditions’
As a deadly heat wave grips the Pacific Northwest, a former farmworker speaks out about the danger to people laboring in the fields.
As told to
Sarah Jones
games
June 21, 2021
The NCAA Looks Like a Dead Organization Walking
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, of all people, has stuck a dagger into college sports’ unjust business model.
By
Will Leitch
the economy
June 20, 2021
A World of High Wages
and
Cheap Burrito Bowls Is Possible
Why better pay for some doesn’t necessarily mean more expensive goods for others.
By
Eric Levitz
business
June 15, 2021
Amazon Is Too Large to Sustain
The company’s growth outpaces its ability to care for its workforce.
By
Sarah Jones
the economy
May 27, 2021
The America of Tomorrow Could Use a 20th-Century Welfare State
A lack of affordable health care, child care, and job training is holding American workers back, a new survey finds.
By
Eric Levitz
amazon
Mar. 25, 2021
Amazon Called Out for Denying Workers Are Forced to Pee in Bottles
An official Amazon account denied reports that employees urinate in bottles in order to fill quotas. They were soon forced to smell the evidence.
By
Matt Stieb
conservatism
Mar. 12, 2021
Rubio Endorses Labor Unions (As a Punishment for ‘Woke’ Companies)
Rubio’s endorsement of the union drive at Amazon is an ultimatum to capital: If you want the GOP to help you crush labor, don’t go “woke.”
By
Eric Levitz
vaccinations
Feb. 18, 2021
Should Restaurant Owners Require Staff to Get Vaccinated?
A controversial firing addresses a difficult question.
By
Chris Crowley
covid-19
Feb. 17, 2021
New York Takes On Amazon Over COVID Safety Measures
In a lawsuit, State Attorney General Letitia James alleges that the company put workers at risk of infection.
By
Sarah Jones
politics
Jan. 21, 2021
Biden Instantly Fires Trump-Appointed Anti-Worker Attorney
Brought back to Washington by Trump to defend employers and bust unions, the Reagan attorney who broke the PATCO strike got his own walking papers.
By
Ed Kilgore
getting around
Dec. 22, 2020
Can a Worker-Owned App Pull Drivers From Uber and Lyft?
A cooperative tries to revolutionize ride sharing.
By
Sarah Jones
labor
Dec. 9, 2020
Nevada Sex Workers Are Getting Stiffed by Brothels, the Government — and COVID
Barred from both working and receiving unemployment benefits, sex workers are struggling to survive the inequality of the socially distanced economy.
By
Eve Peyser
strike
Nov. 17, 2020
Nearly 800 Philly Nurses Strike Over Staffing Shortages
After months on the front lines of the pandemic, nurses are now battling their employers, too.
By
Hannah Gold
wolves in wokes clothing
Nov. 4, 2020
Uber and Lyft’s Proposition 22 Win Is a Warning Shot to Democrats
Corporations co-opted the language of social justice to screw workers, and the party is too comfortable with it.
By
Sarah Jones
labor
Nov. 4, 2020
Florida Becomes Latest State to Pass a $15 Minimum Wage
It will be raised annually through 2026 and then adjusted for inflation every year after.
By
Chris Crowley
the top line
Oct. 27, 2020
The World’s Best Bureaucrat
As chairman of the Federal Reserve during the pandemic, Jerome Powell has managed to do something almost unimaginable in Washington: a good job.
By
Josh Barro
q&a
Sept. 8, 2020
The Conservative Case for Organized Labor
A dissident conservative think tank — and Marco Rubio — is calling on the GOP to embrace collective-bargaining rights.
By
Eric Levitz
labor
Aug. 28, 2020
NBA Playoffs to Resume, New Social Justice Initiatives Announced
Games will resume on Saturday, team arenas will be converted into polling locations this fall, and a new social justice coalition has been formed.
By
Sarah Jones
and
Chas Danner
federal reserve
Aug. 27, 2020
In Historic Move, Fed Will No Longer Kill Jobs to Fight Phantom Inflation
For decades, the central bank has deliberately slowed growth whenever unemployment got “too low.” Jerome Powell says that era is over.
By
Eric Levitz
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