After a plea from Governor Whitmer, nursing home workers will suspend a planned strike for thirty days while negotiations continue. The drive for collective action comes after months of stress and anguish.
As public fear rises over potential disruptions to mail-in voting in the lead-up to the election, we talk with three postal workers about what’s happening to our mail and the people who handle it.
Rosa Carreño hopes her new union will lead to more support from the state. “The parents can’t go to work if they don’t have a safe place for their children to stay.”
A conversation with historian Samuel Moyn on the Never Trump movement, a collection of conservative intellectuals and Republican operatives trying to consolidate the so-called political center against not just Trump but also the left.
The beginning of the pandemic saw governments around the world experimenting with ways to pay people to stay home. What have we learned?
Sephora workers are weighing their growing economic insecurity against the health risks of returning.
In Shakopee, Minnesota, workers at the fulfillment center MSP1 organize walkouts over firings and coronavirus policies.
Salon technicians are struggling to balance safety precautions with the inherently intimate nature of their work.
This week workers across the country walked off the job and rallied in the streets as part of a labor mobilization to support Black Lives Matter.
While the company boasted that it would donate $1 million to fight racism, workers argue it is perpetuating racial injustice by mistreating its many Black and Latinx workers.
The White House recently announced plans to restrict migrant work programs. J-1 visa holders already working without labor protections now face an even more precarious future.
Recent policy changes in New York City promise to reduce police harassment of vendors, but they are struggling months into the pandemic.
Home-based day-care providers struggle to stay afloat while keeping other essential workers going.
Two special guests, Sarah Jones and Marshall Steinbaum, return to the show to help Matt and Sam make sense of the politics of the pandemic.
Adjunct faculty at Valencia College are campaigning for a union to advocate for fair pay, more job stability, and a greater say in how the college is run.
