The other day, I Googled the phrase “working in your sleep,” already harboring a grim premonition of what I might find.
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Elon Musk’s Creepy Workplace Is Techno-Feudalism in Action
Multiple harassment allegations illuminate why the tech mogul has embraced Trumpism.
Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, Shawn Fain, and Labor’s Anti-War Legacy
The UAW president’s high-profile advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza renews a tradition of advocacy for peace and justice by class-conscious union leaders. And he’s not alone.
Child Labor in America Is Back—and It’s As Chilling as Ever
It should be a reminder of how deeply retrogressive capitalism has once again become both here at home and elsewhere across the planet.
How Should Workers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Glacier Northwest?
The court’s ruling could have been much worse—and soon will be. Workers and unions need to be prepared.
The Most Harmful Trump-Era EEOC Rule Faces a Congressional Challenge
The rule made it more difficult for victims of discrimination to pursue justice and weakened the commission’s ability to root out discrimination.
Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?
Rolling back restrictions on child labor and dismantling public education will make the country far more unequal. For today’s GOP, that’s a feature, not a bug.
The Right’s Religious Liberty Agenda Is on a Crash Course With Labor Law
Religious employers have found a way to give themselves cover for blatant discrimination—and the Supreme Court is ready to back them up.
We Can Thank the Wobblies for the Biggest Labor Story of the Year
The radical tactics of the IWW are better suited to the bleak US jobs landscape than those of mainstream trade unions.
Truth, Light, and Title IX
How a cohort of young feminists helped launch the fight against rape and sexual harassment on college campuses 45 years ago.
How Antidiscrimination Law Fails Black Mothers
Title VII’s short period for filing a complaint harms one of the very populations the law is meant to protect: pregnant or nursing mothers—especially mothers of color.
How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce
Wendy Chun-Hoon, the new head of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, talks about how the Biden administration should seize this moment to prevent women from being locked out of the labor force for good.
The Trump Administration Gutted the EEOC
An inside account of how Janet Dhillon has hollowed out America’s only workplace civil rights watchdog.