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workers rights Dec. 12, 2022

‘I’m Just Trying to Keep the Lights On’Three New School and Parsons instructors spoke to the Cut about being part of the longest adjunct strike in U.S. history, which ended last weekend.

By Bindu Bansinath
act i renaissance June 21, 2022

Beyoncé Wants You to Release Your Job“Break My Soul” is an ode to house music and not working.

By Danielle Cohen
how i get it done Apr. 4, 2022

How Labor Activist Ai-jen Poo Gets It DoneAnd how she stays hopeful in the face of cynicism.

By Mia Mercado

essential workers July 1, 2021

They Sewed Protective Masks and Gowns. Who Protected Them?Three L.A. Apparel garment workers on the company’s deadly COVID outbreak last year, when 375 people in one warehouse tested positive.

By Anna Furman
labor June 9, 2021

Condé Nast Employees Protested Outside Anna Wintour’s HouseThe New Yorker Union members chanted, “Bosses wear Prada, workers get nada.”

By Mia Mercado
unions June 5, 2019

Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 Campaign Staff Has UnionizedThis is the third campaign staff to unionize so far in the 2020 cycle.

By Lisa Ryan
teachers strike Jan. 14, 2019

Here’s Why 32,000 Teachers Are on Strike in Los AngelesEducators are fighting for their students.

By Lisa Ryan
workers’ rights May 21, 2018

How the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Arbitration Hurts the #MeToo MovementIt just got a lot harder for women to act collectively to stop sexual harassment in the workplace.

By Amanda Arnold
workers rights June 2, 2017

How Walmart’s Strict Attendance Policy Hurts Women WorkersThe retail behemoth is once again being accused of labor violations.

By Gabriella Paiella
strike Apr. 5, 2017

Louis Vuitton Leatherworkers Are Striking to Demand Higher WagesThe strike reportedly comes the day before the company’s annual salary negotiations.

By Lisa Ryan