Labor

Erik Baker’s history of the entrepreneurial work ethic explores the unholy union between American psychology and American business.

'Rather than frantic productivity for maximum impact, I am focusing on small contributions, done as well as I can and with as much care as I can give.'

Independent senate candidate and union leader Dan Osborn hopes to revive blue-collar populism in deep-red Nebraska.

Hamilton Nolan's new book chronicles the struggles of the labor movement. But it takes more than heroic individuals to build power—it takes the government, too.

Jane McAlevey believed that the only reliable way to improve working conditions and create a more just society is for people to build their power to strike.

Michael Lind wishes for “a new and nonpartisan” labor movement. But he refuses to take seriously the labor movement that already exists.

Under Jennifer Abruzzo, the National Labor Relations Board is changing how labor law is enforced.

Striking autoworkers resist an economy designed to make the rich richer no matter the cost.

Dorothy Fortenberry, from the writers’ strike picket line, describes what it looks like when solidarity is put into practice.

We can’t afford to play dumb as labor protections fail and disappear. Treating children like cheap labor costs too much.

More needs to be done by federal enforcers and Congress to convince workers and organizers that antitrust is a friend of labor.

By signing a bill forcing a rejected contract on rail workers, Joe Biden flouts the principles of collective bargaining.

Facing punitive attendance policies, understaffing, and unsafe working conditions, America’s rail workers may be poised to walk off the job.