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UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) academic workers from United Auto Workers Local 4811 picket on the first day of their strike on May 28, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: International

University of California union’s Gaza solidarity strike spreads across campuses

by Tyler Walicek June 3, 2024June 3, 2024

Labor support for Palestine at UCLA, Davis and Santa Cruz is the fruit of years of organizing. Others may join soon.

Dartmouth Big Green players huddle as a team before the college basketball game between the Dartmouth Big Green and the Harvard Crimson on February 10, 2024, at Lavietes Pavilion in Allston, MA. Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Edge of Sports TV

Dartmouth men’s basketball team votes to unionize

by Dave Zirin March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

Starbucks workers are striking due to overwhelming demands and understaffing at many of the stores in New York, USA, on November 16, 2023. Photo by Victor M. Matos/Thenews2/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

Macy’s, Starbucks workers use fake corporate holidays to strike

by Maximillian Alvarez December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

First Avenue workers pose with their fists raised outside the iconic Minneapolis music venue only a few hours before the First Avenue management voluntarily recognized the union. Photo: Isabela Escalona

Politics and Movements: US

First Avenue workers’ victory: another win for union and worker center collaborations

by Isabela Escalona November 15, 2023March 13, 2024

Workers picket outside of the Ford Assembly plant as the UAW strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers continues on October 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

With concessions already won, the UAW strike escalates

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

Split screen image with Diany Rodriguez (left), a rank-and-file SAG-AFTRA member, and Marcelina Pedraza (right), an electrician at Ford Chicago Assembly Plant and member of UAW Local 551, speaking on TRNN's Worker Solidarity Livestream on Oct. 18, 2023. Screenshot/TRNN.

Economy and Inequality

‘We’re all workers’: Striking UAW and SAG-AFTRA members won’t be pitted against each other

by Maximillian Alvarez October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

The Superblock development on East Broadway in Long Beach, New York on July 12, 2023. Photo by Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

We all live in a company town now. The labor movement can lead the way out.

by Ann Finkel and Lewis Barnes October 4, 2023October 4, 2023

The entrance to the House of Representatives on the East Front Plaza of the U.S. Capitol remains closed on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

If the government shuts down, so does the NLRB—that’ll hurt the strikes

by Maximillian Alvarez September 29, 2023October 5, 2023

US President Joe Biden (R) is welcomed by United Auto Workers (UAW) President, Shawn Fain (2nd L) and US Representative Debbie Dingell (L) on arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, on September 26, 2023. Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

Joe Biden’s trip to Michigan shows why you push Democrats, not capitulate to them

by Luke Savage September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

Kansas QB Jordan Webb (2) is sacked by Texas A&M Aggies linebacker Damontre Moore (94) and was off the field with an injury after getting sacked during the first half of the college football game at Texas A&M, Nov. 19, 2011. Photo by Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Edge of Sports TV

College athletes are being exploited. It’s time to unionize.

by Dave Zirin September 21, 2023September 21, 2023