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‘This is history’: UAW workers from the picket lines

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Auto workers give updates on the UAW strike against the Big Three along with their thoughts on COLA, the two-tiered wage system, and more.

A worker in a red shirt holds up a sign that reads "United for a Strong Contract"

Economy and Inequality

Auto workers may strike next week—here’s why

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh September 8, 2023September 9, 2023

UPS workers in their uniforms carrying practice picket signs on a sunny day

The UPS Teamsters contract has been ratified. What now?

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

A group of UAW workers in matching red shirts stand together in a group, holding signs demanding a fair contract.

United Auto Workers could strike next after Teamsters

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh July 13, 2023July 13, 2023

A UPS worker on a winter's day pushing a cart full of packages.

UPS-Teamsters contract negotiations collapse—what gig work has to do with it

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh July 7, 2023July 7, 2023

A UPS delivery driver unloads packages out of the back of a delivery truck.

UPS Teamsters just voted to strike. What’s next?

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

In the foreground, Amazon Labor Union president Christian Smalls can be seen out of the camera's focus. Behind him, in focus, is Sean O'Brien. Sean is middle-aged, bald, bespectacled, and white. He has a blue suit on a maroon tie.

The Teamsters take Amazon

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

Two Black women stand at a conveyer belt where packages of various sizes are coming down a series of chutes and tubes. The woman in the foreground is wearing a blue shirt, and her arms are somewhat blurred from the speed of her sorting the packages. Her mouth is open mid-speech. In the background, her coworker laughs, apparently responding to something she has heard.

For women workers at UPS, fighting the bosses means fighting the patriarchy

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

Economy and Inequality

UPS and the Logistics Revolution

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

A United Parcel Service (UPS) driver sits in his delivery truck on Jan. 31, 2023, in San Francisco, California.

Contract negotiations between UPS and Teamsters off to a bitter start

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh May 4, 2023May 4, 2023