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Lightning over the railroad at night

Freight workers explain why a national railroad strike is looming

by Maximillian Alvarez September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Years of cost-cutting, profit-maximizing policies have pushed workers to a breaking point. Here’s what you need to know.

A United Parcel Service (UPS) driver gets into his truck while on his delivery route on July 30, 2020, in San Francisco, California.

Heat waves are literally killing UPS workers

by Maximillian Alvarez August 31, 2022September 1, 2022

Screenshot of Rattling the Bars co-host Mansa Musa.

Former Black Panther Mansa Musa: Prison abolition and the labor struggle are linked

by Maximillian Alvarez August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

Chicago Teachers Union press conference held before the Chicago Board of Education meeting on July 27, 2022.

Chicago teachers suspect Mayor Lightfoot tried to fire them for opposing a new scrapyard

by Maximillian Alvarez August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

A customer orders food at a Chipotle restaurant

Chipotle shut down its only unionized store. Organizers say it’s retaliation.

by Maximillian Alvarez August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

A supporter of the anti-LGBTQ group, MassResistance, is ejected by police while rebuking drag queen "Pickle" (L) and Satan "in the name of Jesus" during the Drag Queen Story Hour program at the West Valley Regional Branch Library on July 26, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

The new ‘Lavender Scare’ is an attack on the working class

by Maximillian Alvarez July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

Protesters come out in support of striking RMT workers on June 25, 2022, in Glasgow, Scotland, holding a banner that reads "Victory to the RMT".

Economy and Inequality

UK rail workers prepare for second round of strikes

by Maximillian Alvarez July 20, 2022August 18, 2022

Labor leader Chris Smalls, center, president of Amazon Labor Union, poses for photos with union members during the Labor Notes conference, in Chicago.

Organizers look back on Labor Notes 2022

by Maximillian Alvarez July 13, 2022July 17, 2022

A woman works at a distribution station at the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, on Feb. 5, 2019.

Economy and Inequality

A pro-union worker asked Amazon for injury accommodations. Amazon fired her.

by Maximillian Alvarez July 6, 2022July 7, 2022

Registered nurse Carmen Verano wipes her CAPR helmet after attending a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California, on December 18, 2020.

Politics and Movements: US

Frontline physicians in LA can’t pay rent, so they threatened to strike

by Maximillian Alvarez June 29, 2022July 1, 2022