For the workers, not the billionaires
Our latest stories, including a piece on Trump’s escalation of corporate power around the world, coverage of International Sex Workers’ Day & May Day, and an exclusive interview with Jennifer Abruzzo!
Global Trade at Gunpoint
Read this piece, co-published with In These Times, on how Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world.
Minneapolis Celebrates 50 Years of International Sex Workers’ Day
Minneapolis sex workers and allies dance in the streets to honor organizing within their sector.
University of Minnesota Food Service Workers Allege Discrimination and Abuse
The union says the labor relations system is in shambles, and low-wage employees are subject to severe mistreatment.
Jennifer Abruzzo Wants Workers to Fight Back
Read our exclusive conversation with the former head of the NLRB covering everything from protesting about Gaza in the workplace to taking on multinational companies challenging the constitutionality of the NLRA:
“I do feel that this is a moment and an opportunity for workers to speak up and out about their pain points and their issues at this moment in time, and to seek accountability and to go and seek support from the court of public opinion, and to use their power to withhold labor, if that’s what it takes for them to be heard and for changes to be made that’s going to inure the benefit of them and their families and the communities."
Grocery Workers VS Goliath
Kroger and Albertsons tried to merge and union organizing stopped them. But the fight for grocery workers is just beginning. This article was co-published with In These Times, and the illustrations were made by Rachelle Baker!
No Wheat, Milk, Rice, Medicines: How the U.S. and Israel Are Starving Yemen
Read this piece, co-published with In These Times, on the Trump administration’s announcement of a truce with the Houthi rebels on May 6, after the United States had already bombed critical infrastructure for importing food and fuel.
One Grocery Worker’s Fight to Defend What Matters Most
Ryan Christensen is a 52-year-old grocery worker for Lunds & Byerlys, where he has been for 38 years. His wife has been battling cancer, and he’s battling for improved working conditions—and to build power for the next contract fight.
“For the Workers, Not the Billionaires”: Minnesota’s May Day Actions
We covered the week of action held by Minnesota’s labor and immigrants rights movements. A quote from AFA-CWA international president Sara Nelson:
“Talking about a general strike is really talking about helping people understand the power we have together. I’m talking about it very forcefully. We’re preparing for it.”
