Heat Waves Are Putting Teamsters in Danger
UPS workers say the company is not doing enough to protect employees from scorching temperatures.
Climate Change
Community
Building Trades Leader: Any Politician Who Doesn’t Back the PRO Act Shouldn’t Get Labor’s Support
A conversation with Jimmy Williams, the progressive new president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.
Environment
The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change Is a Workers’ Rights Issue
The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis. There’s no real hope of fighting this crisis without a strong working-class movement.
Environment
How Unions Can Bridge the Gap Between Climate and Labor Movements
The unionization of environmental organizations is changing the climate justice movement for the better. Here’s how.
Environment
The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What’s Stopping the AFL-CIO?
For the faculty, teachers and paraprofessionals who make up the AFT, leading in the fight against climate change is paramount. And to get the rest of the labor movement on board, Nelson has some advice: “If you believe in something, you gotta be willing to fight for it.”
Unions
Striking Bus Drivers Steer the Way to a Better World
The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), which represents 200,000 workers in the United States and Canada, told In These Times that nearly 1,000 of its members have been infected with coronavirus, and almost 40 have died.
COVID-19
What Workers Have Already Won in the Face of Coronavirus
While many workers have lost hours or even been laid off in the last few weeks, others have made advances in various industries amid the crisis, including securing paid time off and health and safety guarantees.
Environment
Climate Activists Can’t Afford to Ignore Labor. A Shuttered Refinery in Philly Shows Why.
In the words of Jim, a former worker who requested only his first name be used due to fear of retaliation, “Fossil fuels need to be phased out aggressively. That being said, I’m in the industry. You can’t just allow the people in that industry to become like the coal miners, just floundering.”