Tag: labor

Columns

Trafficking in Lies

Juno Mac,  Molly Smith

November 05, 2018

Viewing trafficking as conceptually akin to kidnap allows us to sidestep broader questions of safe migration.

Nostalgia Mining

Amber A’Lee Frost

October 22, 2018

Celebrating the men of a once-massive industrial labor union that essentially no longer exists.

Trade and Unions

Jamie Merchant

October 04, 2018

The shared struggle against the predatory global plutocracy ought to unite workers across national boundaries.

Unfree Agents

Liz Pelly

October 01, 2018

Spotify pushes an Uber-like model for independent artists.

Walking Away from Omelas

Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna

September 06, 2018

There’s a short story from 1973 by the late Ursula K. Le Guin about a utopian city called Omelas. In Omelas, music winds through the streets, sweetness fills the air and the people are described as genuinely and interminably joyous. But there’s a catch: also in Omelas, a ...

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

August 31, 2018

Wage Slavery: Good to the Last Drop

Which Side Are They On?

David A. Banks

August 21, 2018

If organizing across collars is going to work, it will need to overcome a deeper, more fundamental rift . . .

The Serve-Us Industry

Olivia Rutigliano

August 16, 2018

The gig economy tries to coddle the customer and render the worker invisible.

Superstar Power

Nathaniel Friedman,  Jesse Einhorn

May 31, 2018

Is it asking too much for some of the most prominent union members in the world to support the labor movement?

At the Columbia University Strike

Will Augerot

April 27, 2018

Graduate students unite as the university leans on the Trump administration.

We Were Supposed to Accomplish Something

Amber A’Lee Frost

March 28, 2018

You're old and you hate your job. It's time to get self-directed, friendly, and civic-minded.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

March 02, 2018

Dolce & Gabbana handbags borne by drones, Gucci Cyborgs, and CGI Instagram starlets, oh my!