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Political polling’s greatest achievement is its complete co-opting of our understanding of public opinion, which we can no longer imagine without it.

This book is a history of the far right wing movement in the United States, told in the form of a political biography of neo-Nazi author and activist James Mason.

On Tuesday, federal officials reported a 29% jump in union election petitions during the most recent fiscal year, rising from 2,593 in 2023 to 3,286 in 2024.

A supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant, Lilly Ledbetter discovered through an anonymous note left in her mailbox that she was receiving less pay than her male co-workers who worked the same position.

Bidenomics is a break with four decades of policy that disempowered workers. This record was obscured by Biden’s inability to explain his accomplishments. Undoing neoliberalism will take time but can happen with a revitalized labor movement.

It was women who ran the hostel services and food kitchens in the League of Coloured Peoples in the 1930–50s; and women who made sure that the minutes of meetings and conferences were kept. They are why we have this important history.

The Teamsters are spinning off momentum from recent organizing fights to new battle fronts across Amazon’s logistics chain.

"There is something about female rage that feels incredibly raw and untapped," Purnell, who makes her debut as an executive producer on "Sweetpea," told IndieWire.

The proposed agreement includes higher base pay and expanded health care coverage for roughly 3,000 masters and PhD students

Worker risk is also a function of workers’ power in the workplace — or lack thereof. Where they work, the conditions they work under and their ability to protect themselves against obvious threats make workers more vulnerable than average citizens.