Why TV Writers Are Striking
As the landscape of films and scripted television has changed dramatically, Hollywood's writers have seen their earnings plummet. Now, they’re on strike.
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Diversifying Hollywood From the Ground Up
Despite years of progress, Hollywood is still majority white, male, and able-bodied, especially in leadership. A new effort is trying to seed the industry with more disabled people, especially disabled Black women creatives.
Time Is Money: The True Cost of Commuting
Commuting time continues to grow, in effect reducing wages by more than 10%.
Stronger Labor Laws Could Combat Human Trafficking
Author Melissa Hope Ditmore suggests that current political attention on human trafficking is performative rather than practical. In her new book, she makes the case for enforcing and expanding labor laws.
Preserving Labor History in the Present, for the Future
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
Gig Drivers Strive for a Safer Workplace
The gig economy provides no safety net for its workers, but some activists are hoping to change that.
How Central Americans Expanded the U.S. Labor Movement
Guatemalan and Salvadoran immigrants helped organize far-reaching workers’ rights campaigns in industries that mainstream unions had thought to be untouchable.
The Immigrant Workers Disrupting the Cleaning Industry
New York City’s Liberty Cleaners co-created an innovative training program that’s providing the skills to bring about their vision of the gig economy.
Stop Asking Me What I Do For Work
“When I think of the many ways we—laborers, neighbors, people in community with one another—are failing each other, I think first and foremost of the institution of work as we know it.”
Why Doing Nothing Is Good For You
The Dutch art of niksen—intentionally doing nothing, letting the mind wander—is much needed in our over-scheduled lives.
The Past, Present, and Future of Work
Our work environment is deeply dysfunctional. But making systemic change requires understanding how we got here.
Undergrads Fight for Their Right to Organize
Long-underpaid undergrad students who work on campus are increasingly seeing the value of their labor and organizing unions.
Can Unions Still Transform the Workplace?
Young workers, women, and people of color are combining digital innovation with old-school face-to-face organizing to build a new labor movement.
The Great Resignation Is Actually a Great Reimagining by Workers
And it’s not over.
The Future of Work Is No Work
Activists have long suggested that oppressive institutions should be abolished rather than reformed. The same could be said about labor.
To Help the Economy and Addiction Problems, West Virginians Draw From Within
Solving the Mountain State’s endemic issues means a return to old-fashioned virtues of neighborliness and diligence.
A Growing Wave of Unionizing Drives Change
From Amazon to Starbucks, employees are demanding better pay and working conditions from companies that have long had a free hand to maximize profits at any cost.
Collective Bargaining for the Workplace and Democracy
Rubynell Walker-Barbee shares her story of service workers organizing in Georgia.
For American Labor, the Past Isn’t Past
Can learning labor history give us hope for the future of unions?
Why Hospitality Workers Are Quitting
Bad managers, burnout, and health fears are causing record numbers of workers to quit the industry for good.
Custodians Ensure Our Well-Being. It’s Time We Ensure Theirs
Evalynn Romano, the daughter of custodians, offers clear, achievable solutions to affirm the dignity and health of this largely BIPOC workforce.
The Case for Slow Work
“Slow work is an exercise in doing less, and more aspirationally, doing nothing.”
Restaurant Workers Organize for Fair Wages
Today’s subminimum wages are a legacy of racist policies that date from the Civil War.
What About Work-Life Balance for Low-Wage Women of Color?
Talks of work-life balance often exclude low-wage women workers of color. Including them means investing in basic policies like equal pay and paid time off.
Care Workers Demand Federal Support as First Responders in Climate Crises
Domestic care workers have been overlooked in the economy and as political actors for too long.
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