EWOC Puts Workers In Charge of Their Own Campaigns

EWOC Puts Workers In Charge of Their Own Campaigns

This is the first installment in a LaborWise series examining worker organizing models that function outside the traditional NLRB framework. For information on these alternatives,…
The Caregiver Who Can’t Afford Health Care

The Caregiver Who Can’t Afford Health Care

Home care worker Joyce Rena Bumbray-Graves spends her days lifting, bathing, and feeding two women unable to care for themselves. One of them is her…
Data Centers Broke the Bargain Between Economic Development and Labor

Data Centers Broke the Bargain Between Economic Development and Labor

They are popping up as fast as permits allow. Nondescript industrial buildings materialize on the outskirts of towns across America, set back from the road…
No More Hustling for Serenity: CorePower Yoga and the Labor of Calm

No More Hustling for Serenity: CorePower Yoga and the Labor of Calm

Inside a CorePower Yoga studio on any given evening, the scene is the same. The lights are dimmed, the room is heated to about 98…
After Minnesota, the General Strike Question Is No Longer Hypothetical

After Minnesota, the General Strike Question Is No Longer Hypothetical

On January 23, 2026, in subzero temperatures, tens of thousands of Minnesotans refused to go to work. They refused to shop. They refused to send…
The Safety Net That Follows You: Establishing Protections for Freelance and Gig Workers

The Safety Net That Follows You: Establishing Protections for Freelance and Gig Workers

Murphy Smith spent four years unemployed in Eugene, Oregon, sidelined by severe asthma that made most jobs impossible. In 2024, he found rideshare driving, work…
“The People Who Provide Healthcare Should Have Healthcare”

“The People Who Provide Healthcare Should Have Healthcare”

The chants on Amsterdam Avenue were loud, unyielding, and defiant. Nurses in red union scarves and hats stamped their feet against the cold, clutching hand…
The Cost of Winning: How One Family Destroyed Pittsburgh’s Print Journalism Ecosystem in Eight Days

The Cost of Winning: How One Family Destroyed Pittsburgh’s Print Journalism Ecosystem in Eight Days

In the span of eight days, a single family decimated Pittsburgh’s print journalism infrastructure. On December 30, Block Communications shuttered the Pittsburgh City Paper, a…
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