Tech Workers Versus Enshittification
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…
Labor
Gigs That Work For All
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…
Farmworkers Sue over Trump’s Low Wages
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…
A Fight for Workers’ Lives
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…
Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza
Then Came Backlash By Marianne Dhenin Chandra Hassan, an associate professor of surgery at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine, spent three weeks in Gaza in January 2024, treating patients who had…
Unions Sue to Stop AI Surveillance Powering Deportations
By Matt Sledge Three major labor unions sued the federal government on Thursday to stop a sweeping social media surveillance program designed to revoke the visas and green cards of immigrants who hold “hostile attitudes”…
AI Needs Global Sweatshops
By Patricia Gestoso The hype around idyllic tech workplaces that originated in Silicon Valley with tales of great pay, free food and Ping-Pong tables reaches a whole new level when we talk about artificial intelligence…
Labor Unions for Incarcerated Workers
An Organizing Strategy Commentary by Andrew Bilodeau Over 1,000 incarcerated workers fought the fires that devastated Los Angeles last winter. Each day, they earned less than a quarter of what the average non-incarcerated firefighter makes…
Educators Warn Against Child Labor Rollbacks
By Brenda Álvarez When students at Brunswick High School’s alternative education program begin missing class, Rie Larson knows it’s time to ask questions. “Sometimes when we start to notice a student’s drop in attendance, and…
Student Workers and University Politics
By R Allen Wight In March of this year at UNC Chapel Hill, the winning candidate for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) was disqualified for a minor infraction against election rules….