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Unions

A museum educator wearing a LACMA apron smiles while holding a sign supporting unionization inside a workspace lit with warm lights.

Museum Educator Sierra Schiano On the Structural Pressures Behind LACMA’s Union Vote

She described long-standing issues—from understaffing to opaque decision-making—that gradually pushed them toward unionization.
By Dan Duray
A group of 17 people stands and kneels in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City, raising their fists in solidarity and facing the camera.

Mike Cavallaro On Building a Union (and a Community) at NYC’s School of Visual Arts

"It boils down to 'United we stand, divided we fall.' And education and labor rights in this country cannot be allowed to fall."
By Dan Duray
Sam Altman at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summi

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Doesn’t Fully Understand How GPT Works Despite Rapid Progress

"It does seem to me that the more we can understand what's happening in these models, the better," Altman said at an A.I. conference today.
By Rachel Curry
Striking Starbucks workers hold signs and chant outside of a Starbucks coffee shop during a national strike on November 17, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Thousands of members of the Starbucks Workers Union are striking at over one hundred Starbucks stores across the country as workers try to negotiate a contract with Starbucks. The one day strike is taking place on Red Cup Day, when Starbucks gives customers limited-edition reusable red holiday cups, one of the company's most profitable days of the year.

Starbucks Workers Hold Their Longest Strike Yet as Frustrations Mount Over Bargaining

By Courtney Vinopal
Members of the New York Times staff hand out flyers as they picket outside of the New York Times headquarters

The Wall Street Journal Exploits the New York Times Strike by Offering its Site for Free Today

By Rachyl Jones
The New York Times building is seen on June 30, 2020 in New York City

Is Worker Solidarity Worth Breaking a Wordle Streak? Striking Journalists Are Asking For Sacrifice

By Courtney Vinopal
In an aerial view, freight rail cars sit in a rail yard near shipping containers.

Biden Urges Congress to Block Rail Workers From Striking Over Sick Days, Challenging His Pro-Union Stance

By Courtney Vinopal
A Starbucks worker holds up a sign that reads "Starbucks Workers United" as pedestrians walk by one of the coffee chain's locations.

Workers at More than 100 Starbucks Stores Are Striking On “Red Cup Day,” a Major Holiday Sale

By Courtney Vinopal
A dancer dressed in black boots and a pink t-shirt holds but a blue sign that says #EquityStrong while addressing a crowd with a microphone.

Strippers Voting to Unionize a North Hollywood Topless Bar Face an Election Setback

By Courtney Vinopal
Close-up of Chris Smalls, Amazon Labor Union leader, in front of a black sign that says "Recognize the ALU."

Workers at a Second Amazon Warehouse Voted Against Joining the Amazon Labor Union

By Courtney Vinopal
Close-up of the back of an Amazon worker wearing a white sweatshirt that reads "Amazon labor" above an image of a fist raised in the air.

A String of Warehouse Fires Complicates Union Negotiations at Amazon

By Courtney Vinopal
Cars drive on a flooded Ave Kennedy in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A Century-Old Law Supported By Unions is Blamed for Holding Up Vital Supplies for Puerto Rico

By Courtney Vinopal
Exterior of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Are Striking For Better Healthcare and Salaries

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Workers service the tracks at the Metra/BNSF railroad yard outside of downtown on September 13, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.

Work-Life Balance, Not Wages, Is Driving A Potentially Massive Railroad Strike

By Courtney Vinopal
A Starbucks Divest sticker is seen on a plaque outside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery.

Starbucks Is Stepping Up Its Anti-Union Campaign With New Benefits For Non-Unionized Workers

By Courtney Vinopal
The New York Times building is pictured in Manhattan.

Nearly 1,300 New York Times Employees Are Protesting Return-to-Office Policies by Staying Home

By Courtney Vinopal
A woman drives a car outside a McDonald's store with a sign attached to her car window that reads "worker health is public health."

Why a Groundbreaking California Fast Food Worker Bill Could Transform US Labor Organizing

By Courtney Vinopal
celebrates following vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York.

The NLRB Hands Amazon Another Loss on Staten Island

By Courtney Vinopal
A minor league baseball player winds up a pitch on a field in front of a beige building and a sign that reads "Yellow House: John Deere."

Baseball Has Spent Years Fighting Minor League Pay Raises, and Now It’s Facing a Union Drive

By Courtney Vinopal

Inside LA’s Star Garden Strike: Strippers Are Organizing Whether You Like It or Not

By Erin Taylor
A copy of Tuesday's New York Daily News sits on the shelf of a newsstand, September 5, 2017 in New York City.

Journalists Are Fleeing the New York Daily News Under Its New Owner Alden Global Capital

By Courtney Vinopal
Two workers prepare burritos behind a window at Chipotle.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says Chipotle Will Pay $20 Million to Workers After Allegedly Violating Labor Laws

By Courtney Vinopal

Reuters Workers Make the News by Walking Out for a Day

By Rachyl Jones
Customers at Trader Joe's check out grocery items at a store in Florida.

Trader Joe’s Gets Its First Union

By Courtney Vinopal
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