Op-Ed: New York’s New Energy Era Needs a New Leader
Senators must reject Hochul’s latest right-wing nominee.
The Indypendent
Labor & Unions
So Close… Trader Joe’s LES Union Bid Defeated in 76-76 Vote
Trader Joe’s has come up with a new tactic for thwarting union drives.
Work Within the System? Plaza Tonatiuh Organizers Seek Legal Status
Organizers of a popular open-air market and community hub in Sunset Park are trying a new approach after being shut down by the NYPD.
France in Revolt: Pension Cut Protests Rage on Into Their Fourth Month
A protest movement against increasing the retirement age has become an existential struggle over the French way of life.
Militant Chicago Teachers Union shows how to transform a city.
Voices from May Day: New Yorkers in Union Square Celebrate Workers, Working-class History
The annual International Workers Day celebration brought together hundreds of workers and organizers. Read what a few of them have to say.
Retired City Workers Hold Largest Medicare Advantage Protest to Date
Retired city workers have been protesting mayoral plans to hand over their health-care coverage to privately run Medicare Advantage…
The Mayor’s Irresponsible New Police-Union Contract Demands Closer Scrutiny
Massive pay hikes and continued abuse of overtime pay send cop salaries soaring while other city agencies are starved of funds.
Op-Ed: Once the Most Secure, Public Sector Workers are Now Being Left Out To Dry
New York City has become a vanguard of the kind of collaboration between government and union leaders that is driving labor conditions downward.
Op-Ed: Unite with Newly-Arriving Immigrants to Abolish the Underclass
Calls for more immigration to lower wages and stem inflation or those for less immigration distract from the real problem: the criminalization of undocumented workers that is dividing the working class.