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Striking Amazon and Starbucks workers in California and elsewhere have long pushed for union contracts. The Trump administration is unlikely to be on their side.

California poet Nels Goñi Christianson honors the women who made him the man he is, their often undervalued care and strength.

Cold War anti-communism directly contributed to US labor’s decline in the latter half of the 20th century. That is a betrayal, at home and abroad, of the interests of the working class they were elected to represent.

Reviewer Briody calls this book "a tightly written and well-reported account of the rise of extremism in small-town America."

The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a failure?

James Mangold’s biopic "A Complete Unknown" follows the rise of the era-defining star Bob Dylan with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure.

This year saw some real gains for workers and unions but it may be hard to sustain the momentum in 2025.

Culture industries are dominated by a few big corporations that prefer to keep flogging old stories instead of taking a risk on something new. Creative workers can still produce fresh ideas, but they’re snuffed out before they get a chance to breathe

Amazon workers at seven warehouses walked off the job starting yesterday, in a major escalation of the Teamsters’ efforts to organize the company. In New York, the strikers faced repression from the police.

3 Million workers will finally get their full Social Security benefits.