LA Workers from ICE By Jeremy Lindenfeld A lot of undocumented immigrants—and their employers— remember when the siege began. Federal immigration agents equipped with tactical gear and rifles descended on downtown Los Angeles in armored…
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By Durham Dispatch On Oct. 27, Starbucks workers and union supporters gathered outside the Renaissance Center location for a practice picket. The store is one of three in the Triangle area represented by Starbucks Workers…
By Max Tendler After two years of strikes and 32 negotiation sessions with University administration, Duke Graduate Student Union has ratified its first contract—the first agreement for unionized graduate students in the South. DGSU members…
Amazon Union Campaign Expands to Durham By Brandon Kingdollar The campaign to unionize Amazon has set its sights on Durham, with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment launching an organizing drive outside the company’s…
to Hire Union Busters By Emily Drabinski On any given day in Howard County, Maryland, teenagers play Dungeons & Dragons, adults practice English conversation skills, and toddlers and their caregivers play together, all in clean…
Commentary by John Miller The U.S. economy continues to grow, at least for now. But job creation has come to a near halt. That got the attention of Federal Reserve Board chair Jerome Powell. In…
Now is the time for tech workers to get organized By Cory Doctorow The men who appeared on the dais behind President Trump at his inauguration were never good men. Take Tim Cook. Cook owes…
California pilot program offers new blueprint for workforce development By David Weil and Pronita Gupta For over a decade, academics and progressive policymakers have been fretting about the “future of work” and the “gigification” of…
for Guest Workers By Tim Henderson A California union and a group of farmworkers from around the country are suing to stop new, lower-wage federal guidelines that save money for farmers but cut pay for…
From fields to kitchens, the fight against extreme heat Commentary by Chris Ramsaroop As temperatures shattered records across North America this summer, Jeremiah, a greenhouse worker in Ontario’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker program, stepped inside a…