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Post-Gazette Journalists Begin Strike, As Contract Impasse Continues

Patrick Doyle, Julia Zenkevich 90.5 WESA
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists started a strike at noon on Tuesday, following unmet demands from the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh that the company "end its illegally declared impasse to contract negotiations" and return to the bargaining table.

The Double Life of New York’s Oyster King

Briona Lamback Atlas Obscura
Thomas Downing’s Oyster House opened in 1825 in the heart of the financial district. Not only did Downing turn oysters into a delicacy, but he was also the first to dish out fine dining.

In the WWE, Wrestlers Say Labor Abuses Are Everywhere

Tim Gill Jacobin
The WWE wrestlers who put their bodies through the ringer on a near-nightly basis lack basic control over their work and lives. Many know they need a union — but the barriers to forming one are steep.

‘We Are Not Done Yet’: Railroad Track Workers Reject Deal

Jonah Furman Labor Notes
After a tentative agreement between railroad companies and unions was reached earlier this year, political leaders acted like the deal was settled. But thousands of rail workers just voted it down — which could put a national railroad strike back on the table.

Sketches of Iran

Esther Kamkar
The arrest and death of a young Iranian woman by the morality police prompts the poet Esther Kamkar to consider her exile from home.