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On Feb. 5, 2024, the U.S. movement lost longtime anti-war, community activist Merle Ratner. She was killed instantly when a tow truck struck her near her home in New York City’s East Village. The daughter of leftist parents, Merle became involved in the movement against the war in Vietnam at…
Celebrating historical and present-day leaders of labor movements and civic networks
Participant reports of the formation of a union by workers in the 1960s, from nursing homes, shops and laundries. The workers, mostly Black women, relate their experiences in organizing, striking and demonstrating.
Work from home jobs are becoming more common for blue-collar employees. Drive-thru order takers, laundry workers, dispatchers among those benefitting
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—In February 2021, David Davila, a worker for Brooklyn-based Best Super Clean, a firm that sends teams to building demolition sites to clean up debris, was carrying a load down eight floors of a building that was coming down.