Why LaborWise? Because a Crisis Demands a Response

Why LaborWise? Because a Crisis Demands a Response

In the same year that worker strikes surged across industries, mass layoffs hit newsrooms from coast to coast. Labor reporters were among the first to…
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The Ballpark Isn’t Safe from the Bosses: Why Concessions Workers Walked Out at Fenway

The Ballpark Isn’t Safe from the Bosses: Why Concessions Workers Walked Out at Fenway

For 113 years, Fenway Park has been presented to the public as sacred ground: Boston pride, baseball tradition, and summer nostalgia wrapped into one. But…
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No Wi-Fi, No Job: The Digital Divide Is Working-Class Violence

No Wi-Fi, No Job: The Digital Divide Is Working-Class Violence

A home health aide based in a rural area loses out on a new job because she couldn’t access the agency’s online application. Her smartphone…
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Laid Off, Burned Out, and Still Expected to Be ‘Grateful’

Laid Off, Burned Out, and Still Expected to Be ‘Grateful’

There’s no preamble. Just a vague calendar invite. A too-casual “Can we talk?” And then it hits: this isn’t a meeting. It’s an exit. One…
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You Know O’Brien Is the Villain, Right? Then Why Is He Running Your Workplace?

You Know O’Brien Is the Villain, Right? Then Why Is He Running Your Workplace?

When George Orwell introduced us to O’Brien in his dystopian masterwork 1984, he didn’t give us a cartoonish tyrant. He gave us something far more…
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The Calls Are Coming From Inside the House: JPMorgan’s Union Moment

The Calls Are Coming From Inside the House: JPMorgan’s Union Moment

In the fall of 2011, protesters pitched tents in Zuccotti Park and chanted “We are the 99%” at the glass towers of Wall Street. They…
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The Other Rosie the Riveters: Black, Latina, and Indigenous Women Who Were Erased from the “We Can Do It” Story

The Other Rosie the Riveters: Black, Latina, and Indigenous Women Who Were Erased from the “We Can Do It” Story

Everyone knows Rosie the Riveter, or at least the sanitized version plastered on mugs and T-shirts. In the American imagination, She’s the white woman in…
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From DIY to ROI: Meow Wolf Workers Fight to Reclaim the Collective

From DIY to ROI: Meow Wolf Workers Fight to Reclaim the Collective

On July 24, 2025, employees at Radio Tave, Meow Wolf’s Houston outpost, filed for union recognition under CWA Local 7055, joining successful organizing efforts in…
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