Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Transit workers are ideally positioned to push down on the levers of power
Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly is an independent journalist, author, and organizer whose writing on labor, politics, class, and culture has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Nation, the New York Times, elsewhere. Her first book, Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, is out now.
Making Waves
Vulnerable workers from Boston to Wisconsin push back against impossible conditions
Striking a Blow
September 18, 2019
At GM, a wave of labor actions spills over into the manufacturing sector.
Strangled by a Safety Net
The year 2019 has been an anxious one for the American worker. In March, a report from the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas noted that corporate layoffs had hit their highest level for a first quarter since 2009—a 35.6 percent increase from 2018. As a result, ...
Taking Back Power
May 1, 2019
On May Day, looking back at a year in newly energized labor