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News

What the Black Death’s Labor Shortage Can Tell Us About Our Own

01.21.22

By Emma Ockerman
Tech

Hundreds of Amazon Employees Are Out on COVID Leave at a Single Warehouse

01.14.22

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Tech

Uber CEO Admits It ‘Can Make Any Model Work’ After Years Denying Employment

01.11.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Health

This Hospital System Asked Its Employees to Volunteer… at Their Jobs

01.11.22

By Katie Way
Tech

Google Had Secret Project to ‘Convince’ Employees ‘That Unions Suck’

01.10.22

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Tech

Image Comics Union Says Management Fought to Invalidate Votes in Historic Election

01.07.22

By Gita Jackson
Tech

Image Comics Workers Win Union Election in Historic First for Comics Industry

01.06.22

By Gita Jackson
Tech

Newly Unionized Starbucks Workers Are on Strike for COVID Protections

01.06.22

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Tech

‘No One’s Life Is Worth a Package’: Amazon Workers Are Organizing for Cellphone Access

12.20.21

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
News

A Congressman Wants Answers About Alleged ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ in Georgia

12.17.21

By Emma Ockerman
Tech

‘You Want Me to Die So You Can Get Your Slippers?’ Amazon Workers Say They’re Pressured to Work in Dangerous Weather

12.15.21

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Games

Video Game Developers Finally Get Their First Certified Union in North America

12.15.21

By Gita Jackson

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