Labor

Despite the optimism of those championing the status quo, the 21st century is one of the most perilous times in human history. The major superpowers aren’t at direct war with each each other, but the risk of human extinction escalates each day, and such superpowers inflict cruelty on weaker countries…

According to a recent report by Goldman Sachs, generative AI technology, such as ChatGPT, has the potential to automate up to a quarter of work done in the US and eurozone, leading to a projected 7% boost in global GDP over a 10-year period. However, the authors of the report…

March 11th 2023 — Video game workers joined 400 of our union siblings at a Los Angeles “Troublemakers School.” The event was organized by Labor Notes, the legendary publisher and worker center at the cutting edge of the labor movement. …

by Karim Baer, State of the South Director at MDC What a New Opera Tells Us About Labor Exploitation In February, Carolina Performing Arts (CPA) at UNC presented the new opera, “Omar” written by Rhiannon Giddens. They co-commissioned the piece with Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, where it premiered last…

Sirens were blaring. People were yelling. Noise machines I had never heard before were noising. A crowd of thousands of teachers and custodians, gathered to assert that they weren’t being compensated right. Right across the street was the town hall of the LA government. The employees had made their voice…

I’m A Married Single Parent Yes, I am the female in this cis, hetero, toddler-based scenario. My partner is a professional performer. When he goes on tour, I shift into single parent mode. The switch happens automatically, yet the magnitude of single parenting never feels completely familiar. With the close…

On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City consumes the lives of 146 garment workers; 123 women and 23 men. The victims perished from from the fire itself, smoke inhalation, or by falling or jumping to their deaths. Per company policy, they were routinely penned…

BY CHRIS VIOLA Chris Viola is an auto worker and member of UAW Local 22, Unite All Workers for Democracy, and Metro Detroit Democratic Socialists of America. The following article was originally published in Jacobin. Unite All Workers for Democracy, the reform caucus in the United Auto Workers, just won…