labor unions
The Next Hot Millennial Trend: Never-Ending Labor in Dystopian Warehouses
The death of retail, workers' rights, and pension plans have sent migrant seniors into the arms of Amazon. What does this mean for a generation saddled with debt?
How French Sex Workers Are Organizing for Health Care and Labor Rights
A trade union in France is securing health coverage for an illegal industry.
The Highs and Lows of Ditching the 9-to-5 for Side Gigs
The uncertainty of the gig economy will define the future of work.
Strike: Here’s Why Tens of Thousands of AT&T Workers Just Walked Off the Job
It’s just the latest major labor action to roil the telecom industry.
Photos From Jakarta's Massive May Day Protests
At least 40,000 participated in Indonesia's annual May Day rally to demand higher wages.
Watch: Bernie Sanders Rallies With Verizon Workers on Strike in Brooklyn
Striking Verizon workers cheered the Brooklyn-born Sanders as he thanked them for their courage in standing up to corporate greed.
Verizon Says It Has Enough Scabs to Offset 40,000-Worker Walkout, No Problem
Verizon workers launched a massive strike over the telecom giant's "greed."
Saved by the Split: Supreme Court 4-4 Ruling Upholds Public Sector Union Decision
The divided decision highlighted the potential impact of Antonin Scalia's death on a slate of important rulings pending in the court.
The Resurgence of the Labor Movement: The Year in Workers' Power
McDonald's and Walmart ceded moderate income hikes while workers staged enormous rallies around the country demanding $15 an hour -- an "audacious" ask that many governments are getting behind.
Mexico Imagines a Union for 2.3 Million Domestic Maids — But Could It Work?
Women across Mexico work in private homes without contracts, paid leave, vacations, or protection against abuses. Less than 200 Mexicans house cleaners have signed on so far to join the new union.
Conservatives Have a New Plan for Busting America's Unions
Republicans in Kentucky have opened up a new frontier in the war on labor, pushing through county right-to-work ordinances that put the fate of union workers in the hands of local, rather than state, governments.