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  1. power
    The Actors’ Strike Is Finally Coming to an EndSAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with major studios.
    By Danielle Cohen and Tariro Mzezewa
  2. labor
    How Not to Scab on HalloweenPer SAG-AFTRA guidelines, Barbie and The Bear are off-limits to those trick-or-treating in solidarity.
    By Danielle Cohen
  3. drew barrymore
    Sounds Like The Drew Barrymore Show Lost Its WritersThe three WGA members reportedly declined offers to return for the show’s fourth season, which is just days away.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  4. wga strike
    The Writers’ Strike Is Officially OverWGA leaders unanimously voted to approve a new three-year contract.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  5. strikes
    Drew Barrymore Will Pause Her Talk Show After AllAfter days of blowback, the host announced ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ won’t return until the writers’ strike is over.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  6. drew’s news
    The Drew Barrymore Show Now on Pause ‘Until the Strike Is Over’“I have listened to everyone,” Barrymore wrote in an Instagram statement announcing the reversal.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  7. the picket line
    The UAW Takes on the Billionaire ClassThe union’s Stand Up Strike will have ramifications for all workers.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. $$$
    The Celebs Are Peddling Their Wares on eBayLena Dunham WILL paint your walls for a good cause.
    By Danielle Cohen
  9. strikes
    Billy Porter Says He Has to Sell His House Because of the Strikes“To the person who said, ‘We’re going to starve them out until they have to sell their apartments’ — you’ve already starved me out.”
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  10. recommendations
    How to Stay Entertained While Hollywood Strikes You probably won’t be watching much new TV for a while. Here’s what you can do instead.
    By the Cut
  11. solidarity forever
    So, How’s Your Strike Going?WGA member Kirk A. Moore weighs in from the picket lines as SAG prepare signs of their own.
    By Tirhakah Love
  12. first person
    I’m a TV Writer on Food StampsWhile writers like me struggle to make ends meet, Hollywood studios get rich off the content we create.
    By Jeanie Bergen
  13. state of the union
    SNL’s Postproduction Editors Have Ratified Their First Union ContractSuccessfully averting an April 1 strike.
    By Jason P. Frank
  14. april fool’s strike
    Quinta Brunson to Host SNL Amid Possible Editors’ Strike on April 1With musical guest Lil Yachty.
    By Charu Sinha
  15. workers rights
    ‘I’m Just Trying to Keep the Lights On’Three New School and Parsons instructors spoke to the Cut about being part of the longest adjunct strike in U.S. history, which ended last weekend.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  16. strikes
    What to Know About the Etsy StrikeThousands of sellers have suspended business on the platform to protest “pandemic profiteering.”
    By Bindu Bansinath
  17. labor
    Miners vs. VulturesA lengthy strike calls attention to the practices of private equity.
    By Sarah Jones
  18. the industry
    IATSE Narrowly Ratifies New Three-Year Contracts With AMPTPDespite 50.4 percent of members voting no on the Basic Agreement.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  19. higher education
    The Second-Largest Strike in the U.S. Is Happening in New York CityThere’s a picket line at Columbia.
    By Choire Sicha
  20. solidarity forever
    IATSE and AMPTP Reach a Deal, Which Members May Still RejectA tentative agreement has been reached for the Area Standards Agreement, but the dust has yet to settle.
    By Bethy Squires
  21. faq
    Everything We Know (and Don’t) About the 2021 IATSE StrikeEmployees could still reject the tentative deal with AMPTP.
    By Luke Winkie
  22. solidarity
    60,000 IATSE Workers Will Strike on Monday if Deal Isn’t Reached“IATSE film and tv workers deserve to have their basic needs addressed NOW.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  23. game show nation
    ABC’s The Chase Writers Are Going on StrikeIt’s that quiz show with the three Jeopardy! boys.
    By Devon Ivie
  24. labor fights
    Inside the End of the Hunts Point Produce Market Strike“When it was your time to stand up, you stood up and did the right thing.”
    By Alexandria Misch
  25. power
    AOC Spent Inauguration Day at a StrikeThe congresswoman joined a picket line with striking produce workers in the Bronx.
    By Bridget Read
  26. strikes
    What’s Happening at the Hunts Point Produce Market?Workers are on strike, and some experts warn it could affect the city’s produce supplies.
    By Rachel Sugar
  27. coronavirus
    Every Food and Delivery Strike Happening Over CoronavirusFrom Whole Foods to Instacart to McDonald’s.
    By Bridget Read
  28. power
    AOC Wants to Cancel Your RentWith millions of Americans out of work due to the coronavirus, she’s calling for a full rent freeze.
    By Bridget Read
  29. coronavirus news
    Amazon Fires Employee Who Led Staten Island StrikeChris Smalls said he was fired on Monday afternoon shortly after leading a walkout.
    By Nikita Richardson
  30. coronavirus
    Whole Foods Workers Planning Nationwide Sick-out Protest on TuesdayTheir demands include increased hazard pay and health-care coverage for all workers.
    By Chris Crowley
  31. coronavirus news
    Why Amazon and Instacart Workers Are Striking TodayWorkers at the online retail giant’s Staten Island warehouse are walking out today.
    By Chris Crowley
  32. amazon
    We Should Thank Amazon for Letting Us Have JobsAmazon jobs might be grueling and difficult, but at least there are electrolyte popsicles so you don’t die of dehydration.
    By Max Read
  33. strikes
    Union Leaders Rip Yankees for Crossing Picket Line at Boston HotelAs if Bostonians needed another reason to hate the Yankees.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. sexual harassment
    McDonald’s Workers Will Strike to Protest Sexual HarassmentThe strike will take place in ten cities on September 18.
    By Chris Crowley
  35. solidarity
    Inmates Across the Nation Are Striking Against ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ in PrisonHow to support the incarcerated people protesting against inhumane, brutal conditions in prison.
    By Amanda Arnold
  36. immigration
    Hundreds of Detained Migrant Dads to Go on Hunger Strike Over Unjust Conditions“We are incarcerated in here and there’s not much we can do.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  37. Red-State Teacher Unrest Just Keeps SpreadingThe wave of protests and strikes isn’t just about pay, but about GOP tax-cut-driven starvation of education spending.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. power
    The Uprising of Women in Red States Is Just BeginningFrom the teachers’ strikes in West Virginia to Oklahoma and beyond, working-class women have always known what it takes to fight back.
    By Sarah Smarsh
  39. international women’s day 2018
    5 Million Workers Joined Spain’s ‘Feminist Strike’The slogan is “if we stop, the world stops.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  40. West Virginia’s Striking Teachers Win Narrow VictoryThe strikers wanted 5 percent raises, funded by taxes on coal companies. Instead, they got one funded by Medicaid cuts.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. labor fights
    Fight for $15 Held Protests Across the Country on Labor DayFrom San Diego to Des Moines to Orlando, workers walked out.
    By Chris Crowley
  42. muslim ban
    New York’s Yemeni Bodega Owners Will Strike in Response To Trump’s Muslim BanThere will also be a rally at the Brooklyn Borough Hall.
    By Chris Crowley
  43. commutes from hell
    Here’s a Look at the Nightmare Commute in London After a 24-Hour Transit StrikeA tortuous standstill.
    By Jen Kirby
  44. peep show
    Workers Announce Strike That Could Cripple Next Easter’s Peeps SupplyThey’re negotiating higher pay.
    By Clint Rainey
  45. Bernie Sanders Joins Verizon Workers on Picket Line in New York CityThe democratic socialist condemned the company’s greed in a sidewalk speech to its striking workers. 
    By Eric Levitz
  46. minimum wage
    Low-Wage Workers Go on StrikeThe workers want presidential candidates to pay attention. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  47. paycheck to paycheck
    How NYC’s Fast-Food Workers Get By on $8/HourLife on $200 a week is complicated.
    By Tim Murphy
  48. stand clear of the closing doors
    LIRR Strike Averted; Peaceful de Blasio Vacation SavedThe mayor can now go to Italy without worrying.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. oh le taxi
    European Cab Drivers Unite Against the Inevitable Uber Onslaught Extra hard to get a taxi on the continent today.
    By Jen Kirby
  50. Strikes
    Not Happy: 100 Wage Protesters Arrested Outside McDonald’s HQThe protests continue today.
    By Clint Rainey
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