Regular people who are not directly involved in the labor movement often find it hard to get interested in stuff that is…
Hamilton Nolan
Hamilton Nolan is a labor writer for In These Times. He has spent the past decade writing about labor and politics for Gawker, Splinter, The Guardian, and elsewhere. More of his work is on Substack.
Regular people who are not directly involved in the labor movement often find it hard to get interested in stuff that is…
The labor movement is a capricious friend – it hands out heartbreak as much as it hands out joy. But every once in a…
Here are four propositions about unions that are, I think, indisputable: 1. The single greatest crisis facing unions is the long term decline…
“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains,” philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau said in the 18th century. Likewise, the right to strike is…
This week, state legislators in Minnesota passed a package of pro-labor measures that instantly makes the state the envy of workers everywhere. The new laws include…
A Florida anti-union bill reminds us why we need to kick cops out of the labor movement. This week, Florida Gov. Ron…
There is nothing particularly novel about thinking to yourself, “You know, my job used to be pretty decent. Now, I’m working harder…
In 2015, a group of my colleagues and I decided to try to unionize our company, Gawker Media. This mostly involved an intense, weeks-long process…
Campus workers are organizing more than anyone else. It’s time for them to unify. Higher ed is unionizing. Like crazy! Last year,…
