Sarah Lazare, Author at Workday Magazine

Midwest

Exhausted, Injured and Angry: Autoworkers Are Ready to Strike

By Sarah Lazare | September 11, 2023

This article is a joint publication of Workday Magazine and In These Times. CHICAGO – Wearing a red United Auto Workers (UAW) t-shirt, Anastasia Gibson, 48, is warm and polite, quick to flash a broad smile. But her anger rises when she talks about her sacrifices to Ford, which made $10.4 billion in profits in 2022. Gibson works 10-hour shifts and injured her back on the job in 2021. “They don’t value anything we do. They want us to get as many cars off the line as we can.”

Such anger was palpable among the roughly 200 workers who gathered alongside Gibson in the late afternoon of September 6 outside the UAW Local 551 union hall in far southeastern Chicago, not far from the Indiana border.

Midwest

The Conflicted Analysis of What an Auto Workers Strike Would ‘Cost’

By Sarah Lazare | August 23, 2023

General Motors and Ford are clients of Anderson Economic Group, which released a study about a potential strike’s cost to ‘the economy.’

Midwest

In a Summer of Record Heat, These Striking Workers Are Making Climate Demands

By Sarah Lazare | August 8, 2023

Pennsylvania workers represented by United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America have been on strike since late June. They’re fighting for a green overhaul of the rail industry.

International

Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care.

By Shuaib Almosawa and Sarah Lazare | July 27, 2023

There are just three flights leaving Sana’a every week. But Yemen has an estimated 71,000 cancer patients who need out-of-country care.

Midwest

Amazon Says a Worker’s Death Was Not Work-Related. But a 911 Call Appears to Contradict the Company’s Narrative.

By Sarah Lazare and Jeff Schuhrke | June 26, 2023

A 911 call, obtained through a FOIA, only cites dehydration as the possible cause of the fatal medical emergency.

Midwest

The Unions and Workers Supporting Cop City Protestors

By Sarah Lazare | June 8, 2023

“Cops are the first line of defense for business owners and employers, so I think it makes sense for labor to be opposed to Cop City.”

Media

Minnesota Prison Officials Seized $10,000 in Wages From Incarcerated Workers

By Sarah Lazare | May 26, 2023

Stillwater prison authorities gave 44 incarcerated workers a raise and then, months later, said they had to pay it back. The incarcerated workers say it’s wage theft.

Midwest

Inside a Teamster Rebellion: This Is What Union Democracy Looks Like

By Sarah Lazare | May 15, 2023

In Des Moines, Iowa, the militant Local 90 is preparing for what could be the largest strike against a single company in US history.

Minnesota

How Secret ‘Bondage Fees’ Trap Contracted Workers in Low-Wage Jobs

By Sarah Lazare | April 21, 2023

Though the Federal Trade Commission is proposing to ban noncompete agreements, other kinds of restrictive covenants perform a very similar function.

International

Preparing for War in the South China Sea

By Sarah Lazare | April 7, 2023

Ahead of massive war games involving US and Filipino troops, the Defense Department announced that it will get access to four new sites in the Philippines.