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Critic Emily Nussbaum makes the case for the guilty pleasure as an art form.

Amazon workers will soon vote on their union leadership. The mail-in ballots go out June 27 with a return deadline of July 18. The American Arbitration Association is running the vote.

This week, Amazon drivers organized with the Teamsters in Skokie, Illinois, went on strike over the company’s violations of labor law. The workers are demanding Amazon recognize and bargain with their union.

A Department of Labor rule going into effect June 28 adds new protections for “worker self-advocacy” and hinders the ability of American employers to intimidate or retaliate

What the Garden Bodes, poet Carol Kanter implies, is not about flowers alone but about the political seasons in the run-up to the coming elections.

When workers begin the battle to unionize, they are making a tremendous choice about their lives. This decision is never made lightly; oftentimes they struggle against apathy, false promises from management, and the very real threats of dismissal.

Saying that city officials have been unwilling to address unions’ concerns, the United Federation of Teachers has withdrawn its support for an Adams administration effort to switch municipal retirees to a cost-saving private health plan.

These beautifully written letters, diary entries and extracts from novels, skillfully edited by Peter Parker, add up to an essential study of postwar gay life.

Donald Sutherland (1935–2024) projected equal parts warmth, intelligence, and menace on the big screen. But he wasn’t just a brilliant actor — he was a man of the Left who never abandoned those values.

Ultimately, the Butch Lewis Act, enacted as part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, will stop cuts to the retirement benefits of 2 million workers and retirees across the country, according to the Biden administration.