Portside

The poet Jane Hirshfield offers a grieved portrayal of contemporary impotence and apathy.

The National Labor Relations Board unrolled several new policies to safeguard the rights of undocumented workers organizing their workplaces.

Written in 1972, during Greece’s military junta, leftist Marios Chakkas’s recently translated novel The Commune is a mournful testament from a world where the stakes of politics were communism or fascism, democracy or dictatorship.

The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions is undertaking “escalated action,” which means that the union is holding back the full force of the coalition of unions for the moment, with plans for additional strikes in November if needed.

The Maine Labor Relations Board last week certified the Maine Graduate Workers Union-UAW. The graduate workers union will represent about 1,000 graduate assistants, research assistants and teaching assistants who make up a large percentage of the tea

Alissa Quart’s New Book Debunks ‘Self-made’ Myth

A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian refugees in Loach’s latest – and possibly last – piece of politically trenchant cinema

After tipped workers in Washington and New York won ballot box and legislative wage victories, their battles had only begun.

Plant-based milk products such as almond milk have reached over $3 billion in annual domestic sales. The dairy industry — and the politicians who support it — want to stop producers from labeling almond, soy, and oat milk as “milk."

When the MAGA right planned to protest a drag event at a local library, North Shore Labor Council members showed up to fight back.