Unions
The Political Scene Podcast
How the Reality-TV Industry Mistreats Its Stars
Lawsuits and the labor movement come to reality TV, by way of the Netflix hit “Love Is Blind.”
Daily Comment
Biden Is the Most Pro-Labor President Since F.D.R. Will It Matter in November?
The President is winning over union leaders, but not necessarily rank-and-file voters.
By Eyal Press
Dispatch
How the Yale Unions Took Over New Haven
A decade ago, blue-collar campus workers won a majority on the city council. Would an alliance with grad students dilute their power?
By E. Tammy Kim
Persons of Interest
How Jane McAlevey Transformed the Labor Movement
The renowned organizer and theorist has a terminal-cancer diagnosis. But she has long been fighting the clock.
By Eleni Schirmer
Notes on Hollywood
Joy in Los Angeles as the Writers Reach a Tentative Deal
A strike captain reflects on the emotional highs and lows of five months on the picket lines.
By Michael Schulman
Notes on Hollywood
Scenes from Hollywood’s Hot Labor Summer
A bartender, a background actor, a shrink, a hair stylist—a psychic inventory of a city in stasis.
By Michael Schulman
Notes on Hollywood
“Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy
The innovative and daring show was a worldwide hit for Netflix, but some of the actors say that they were never fairly compensated.
By Michael Schulman
Notes on Hollywood
Should Actors Be Paid for Auditions?
The streaming era has placed new burdens on actors to tape themselves, and an oft-forgotten clause in the SAG contract states that actors should be compensated for this work.
By Michael Schulman
Daily Comment
The Starbucks Union Fight Comes to Congress
A hearing on illegal union-busting pitted Howard Schultz, the coffee company’s former C.E.O., against Bernie Sanders.
By E. Tammy Kim
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Elon Musk to Seek Life on Mars and Keep It from Unionizing
The billionaire said that he would personally talk to the Martians and convince them that joining a union would be a mistake that they’ll regret.
By Andy Borowitz
Annals of Communications
What Happened to the Washington Post?
After a decade of growth, the paper is laying off staff and was reportedly on track to lose money last year. Its publisher and C.E.O. says it’s all part of a bold strategy.
By Clare Malone
U.S. Journal
UPS and the Package Wars
The company offers old-fashioned middle-class jobs and is enjoying record profits. So why is a strike looming?
By Jennifer Gonnerman
2022 in Review
As Pro-Union Sentiment Reaches a Fifty-Year High, U.S. Law Remains Pro-Management
A contract forced on railroad workers, and anti-labor conduct by Starbucks and Amazon, showed the difficulty of organizing in 2022.
By E. Tammy Kim
Annals of Communications
The Economics at the Heart of the Times Union Standoff
Thursday’s walkout was part of a bitter contract dispute over wages—but the impasse poses a larger question about how the growing company should invest in its future.
By Clare Malone
Our Columnists
What’s at Stake in the University of California Graduate-Worker Strike
The seventy per cent of Americans who support unions should understand that the future of organized labor won’t be in coal mines or steel mills but in places that might cut against the stereotypes.
By Jay Caspian Kang
The Political Scene
How Catherine Cortez Masto Won Nevada and Secured Democratic Control of the Senate
She positioned herself as a champion of working-class voters, courting organized labor and the Latino community.
By Stephania Taladrid
Daily Comment
Inflation Is Obscuring Biden’s Pro-Labor Achievements
The most pro-union President since F.D.R. has struggled to explain his vision for American workers.
By E. Tammy Kim
Dispatch
The Upstart Union Challenging Starbucks
Baristas nationwide are remarkably organized. Is the company’s C.E.O., Howard Schultz, using firings, store closures, and legal delays to thwart them?
By E. Tammy Kim
The New Yorker Radio Hour
“Bob’s Burgers” Hits the Big Screen
The animator Loren Bouchard talks about his beleaguered family restaurant—on television and in theatres. Plus, Masha Gessen on the quiet in Kyiv, and Eric Cervini on “The Book of Queer.”
Profiles
Flight Attendants Fight Back
Sara Nelson, the head of the largest flight attendants’ union, leads her members through turbulent times and mounts a major organizing drive at Delta.
By Jennifer Gonnerman