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Articles in Labor (3)

US Companies Complain of Worker Shortages While the US Deports Workers to Their Deaths

March 29, 2023

We militarize our borders and keep people seeking work from doing it. Then legislators insist we need child labor to fill a “worker shortage.” What kind of country is this?

by Nathan J. Robinson

Whose Fault Is An Uprising?

January 10, 2023

When people resist intolerable conditions, those who created the problem always try to shift the blame onto the ones resisting.

by Nathan J. Robinson

The Boss is Watching

October 31, 2022

Businesses sit on a treasure trove of employee surveillance data, which is a threat to working class power and to a dignified work experience.

by Ruqaiyah Zarook

Why You Hate Your Job

September 25, 2022

A theory on the function of bullshit jobs: to maintain the illusion of meritocracy and to provide status and prestige for elites.

by Aravind Vinny Byju

How the Amazon Labor Union Defeated the Bezos Behemoth

April 22, 2022

Union member and Amazon worker Justine Medina on how workers achieved their historic victory when many doubted them.

by Current Affairs

How the Amazon Labor Union Defeated the Bezos Behemoth

April 22, 2022

Union member and Amazon worker Justine Medina on how workers achieved their historic victory when many doubted them.

by Current Affairs

The Left Must Be Ruthlessly Strategic

April 15, 2022

There is a difference between political actions that are expressive and those that are tactical. We have to act on the basis of what works, not what feels noble.

by Nathan J. Robinson

Organizing Against Precarity in Higher Education

April 06, 2022

As faculty positions become more like gig work, the future of higher education will depend on unionized workers.

by Maggie Levantovskaya

Publications Must Pay Their Writers, Period

January 04, 2022

It’s non-negotiable. Writers should refuse to produce uncompensated work, and publications should be shamed when they ask for it.

by Nathan J. Robinson