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Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NLRB finding that it fired two workers for trying to unionize

Karen Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects scrutiny from power by targeting the messenger.

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