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  How Graduate Unions Are Winning—and Scaring the Hell out of Bosses—in the Trump Era

  In a 1,035 to 720 vote, Columbia University’s graduate student union has agreed to a bargaining framework with the university’s administration, a milestone victory in the union’s nearly five-year... MORE

  Working  ·  November 29, 2018

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  These Faculty Organizing Victories Show Labor Doesn’t Need the Courts On Its Side

  At the University of Iowa and Fordham University, two new faculty unions recently won key victories by adopting unconventional strategies adapted from service-sector organizing. In contract negotiations for the academic year, contingent faculty... MORE

  Working  ·  August 31, 2018

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  Seattle Just Showed How to Rein In Amazon—And the Company Is Going to War

  While cities across the country line up to shower Amazon with billions of dollars in tax breaks and free office space, the Seattle City Council just hit the tech and retail giant... MORE

  Working  ·  May 15, 2018

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  University of Iowa Faculty Are Showing How Labor Can Organize Under Right-to-Work

  On April 18, non-tenure-track teaching staff at the University of Iowa marched with supporters through cold and sleet to deliver demands and a signed letter of support to University President Bruce Harreld’s... MORE

  Working  ·  April 27, 2018

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  Can the Democratic Party’s Left Flank Win in 2018? This Illinois Primary Could Be a Bellwether

  Progressive challenger Marie Newman is hoping to shock the political establishment by unseating House Rep. Dan Lipinski, a conservative Democrat and longtime incumbent. MORE

  Features  ·  February 7, 2018

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  University of Chicago Grad Students, After Being Told Their Labor Isn’t Work, Vote on Union

  Update: The students voted to unionize 1,103 to 479 (with 149 votes challenged). After months of legal battles, delays and high-dollar opposition from their administration, University of Chicago graduate students will vote in a... MORE

  Working  ·  October 17, 2017