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United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three auto makers on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

UAW strike update: More auto plants to join ‘stand-up’ strike

by Maximillian Alvarez September 21, 2023September 21, 2023

Ford Motor Company's electric F-150 Lightning on the production line at their Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan on September 8, 2022. Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images

UAW workers explain why they’re ready to strike

by Maximillian Alvarez September 13, 2023September 14, 2023

Assembly line inspector Anastasia Gibson and other Ford workers march in a practice picket at the United Auto Workers Local 551 union hall in Chicago on Sept. 6, 2023. PHOTO BY SARAH LAZARE

Politics and Movements: US

Exhausted, injured and angry: Autoworkers are ready to strike

by Sarah Lazare September 12, 2023September 12, 2023

Marissa Carpio joins SAG-AFTRA members as they maintain picket lines in front of Netflix on August 24, 2023 in New York City. Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

After months of striking, media workers aren’t backing down

by Maximillian Alvarez September 8, 2023September 8, 2023

Police officers take cover as they clash with protesters after an officer shot and killed a black man in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 11,2021. Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

To end racism, we need to rebuild the economy

by Rithika Ramamurthy September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Employees of HarperCollins Publisher participate in a one-day strike outside the publishing houses offices in Manhattan on July 20, 2022 in New York City. The strikers, who work in a variety of departments at the company, have been bargaining for a union contract since December 2021. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

There’s no such thing as a ‘union boss’—what labor reporters get wrong

by Maximillian Alvarez August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

Economy and Inequality

The shady consultants bosses hire to dissuade workers from unionizing

by Mel Buer August 22, 2023August 23, 2023

Ford workers with Local 551 in Chicago attended packed strike training classes in early August. Photo: UAW

Economy and Inequality

Auto Workers have big demands for the Big 3

by Dan DiMaggio and Keith Brower Brown August 18, 2023March 13, 2024

A UPS driver makes a delivery on June 30, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Teamsters organizing delivers the goods at UPS

by Teddy Ostrow August 10, 2023August 14, 2023

Politics and Movements: US

Grindr issues mandatory return to office policy 2 weeks after union drive

by Zane McNeill August 10, 2023March 13, 2024