How Workers Across a Polarized U.S. Are Challenging Economic Inequality
This two-year series explores how American workers across political, geographic and racial lines are challenging an increasingly unequal economic status quo. Our reporters take readers inside some of the most innovative, high-stakes organizing campaigns in the country, from the Deep South to the industrial heartland to the urban centers of both coasts and beyond.
August 2023
In Minnesota, a New Model Challenges the Widespread Mistreatment of Construction Workers
Colleen Connolly, August 30, 2023
Community coalition targets major developers whose subcontractors stiff workers and allow dangerous conditions, signaling possible national strategy.
The Stakes Are Sky High in Historic Delta Labor Battle
John Ruch, August 30, 2023
A novel partnership among three labor unions to organize tens of thousands of airline workers could set a national example.