Fight for Health Care Justice Moves to States

Jun 13 / Mark Dudzic and Jenny Brown
Following the lead of tiny Vermont, advocates of Medicare for All are developing state campaigns to win health care that eliminates insurance companies and covers everyone. »

Taxi Drivers Face Uber Trouble

Jun 10 / Julia Kann
Thousands of drivers plan to gridlock the streets of London. They're angry that "rideshare” companies are leapfrogging regulations as they roll into cities. »

How to Be a Staffer in a Democratic Union

Jun 5 / Alexandra Bradbury
If members run the local... what exactly is the union rep's job? We asked four experienced staffers how they approach their day-to-day tasks while keeping the rank and file in the driver’s seat. »

Seattle $15 Minimum Signed and Sealed, But with Unpopular Loopholes

Jun 3 / Paul Bigman

It’s official: with a unanimous city council vote, Seattle yesterday adopted a roadmap to a $15 minimum wage. »

Machinists Reformers Get Third of Vote in First Try

May 27 / Jon Flanders

The opposition IAM Reform slate took a third of the vote in the election for international officers. »

Social Security Threatens To Close All Field Offices

May 22 / Jim Campana

The Social Security Administration’s “Vision 2025” would close most of the agency's 1,000 community field offices in the U.S., laying off 30,000 of the workers who help beneficiaries navigate the system. »

‘Labor Priests’ Reviving Social Justice Teachings—and Action

May 28 / Robert Richter

Labor priests are once again gaining numbers, to advocate for workers and to walk with them. »

Empty Scrubs Need to Be Filled, Say San Francisco Nurses

May 23 / Carl Finamore

San Francisco General Hospital nurses flooded city hall and are planning a strike vote to redress severe staffing shortages at the city's premier public hospital. »

Hundreds of Miners Die, Turkish Government Sides with Company

May 20 / Emre Eren Korkmaz

The company had boasted of slashing costs from $130 per ton of coal to just $24. Yet the prime minister called the accident unavoidable, touching off renewed protests. »

TroubleMakers Blog

Pro-Marijuana Canvassers Strike over Unpaid Wages

Jun 16 / Shane Burley

After multiple bounced paychecks and never getting the pay rate they were promised, signature-gatherers in Portland, Oregon, walked off the job and marched on their campaign headquarters. »

Life on the Fifth Tier inside Ford's Rouge Complex

Jun 12 / Brad Duncan

Fifth-tier auto workers at the Big 3 are “independent contractors”—in other words, day labor. »

Autoworker Dues Increase Stirs Convention Debate

Jun 10 / Alex Wassell

Even at the heavily stage-managed event, members managed a healthy debate. »