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Tag: Labor

Unions turned out for Harris, but Democrats can no longer expect them to deliver working-class voters.

Benjamin Schlesinger, Janice Fine

Lessons from the new alliances between labor and climate activism.

Erik Loomis

Following the agave trade exposes the roots of solidarity across empires.

Michelle Ha

New local labor laws aim to end worker exploitation. Can bureaucrats serve that vision?

Hana Shepherd, Janice Fine

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The movement has made important progress, but focusing on rights and representation leaves too many behind.

Robert Chapman

The Israel-India worker deal resembles British indenture.

Paula Chakravartty, Michelle Buckley

Pitchfork is dead, but good reviewing doesn’t have to die with it.

Eli Zeger

The post-work movement reckons with reproductive labor.

Rachel Fraser

Janice Fine explains how “co-enforcement”—a bold new model for upholding labor law—is linking the state to social movements.

Paul Engler, Mark Engler, Janice Fine

In Rules to Win By, Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor reject backroom dealmaking. Rank-and-file workers are going even further.

Ege Yumuşak

Basic income proposals threaten the market order—which is why they keep being beaten back, even though some capitalists support them.

Simon Torracinta

Workers will benefit from technology when they control how it’s used.

Brishen Rogers

Both regulators and employers have embraced new technologies for on-the-job monitoring, turning a blind eye to unjust working conditions.

Karen Levy

Protests in China are shining a light not only on the country’s draconian population management but restrictions on workers everywhere.

Eli Friedman

An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley.

Robin D. G. Kelley, Deborah Chasman

A posthumous collection tracks Noel Ignatiev’s commitment to class struggle, abolishing whiteness, and finding a vision of freedom in the minds and actions of working people.

Mike King

The late author of Nickel and Dimed played a major role in women’s liberation and U.S. socialism.

Lynne Segal

Dependence is a fact of all our lives; freedom lies in our capacity to care for others.

Lynne Segal

And what today’s organizers can learn from them.

Charisse Burden-Stelly, Jodi Dean

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