Capital & Main: There’s Power in Numbers
‘There’s Power in Numbers’ Ethan Bakuli, December 17, 2025In October, Michigan home care workers formed a statewide union of 32,000. Experts say it’s a template for protecting rights in 2026.
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Capital & Main: Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back
Kalena Thomhave, December 4, 2025Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
Is This the End of Democracy? / Switchyard
By Tracie McMillanRead the full piece on Switchyard’s website. I was taught to believe in the American Dream. For a Gen-X white girl in a white-flight exurb in the Rust Belt, that meant I grew up believing that the Founders meant what they said, that we are all equal. I was taught to believe that … Read more
Capital & Main: Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union
Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union Jesse Baum, October 15, 2025With unionization dropping under Trump, experts say “premajority” campaigns can help workers score wins.
Capital & Main: ‘I’m Tired of Looking Over My Shoulder’
‘I’m Tired of Looking Over My Shoulder’ Tatiana Walk-Morris, August 27, 2025What do nurses, Waffle House servers and Uber drivers have in common? Violence on the job — and a movement to end it.
Capital & Main: Pennsylvania Nurses Get Union Election Despite Trump’s Delays at Labor Board
Pennsylvania Nurses Get Union Election Despite Trump’s Delays at Labor Board Kalena Thomhave, August 14, 2025Contentious campaign prompted local officials to collect union-busting reports. Voting starts August 19.
Capital & Main: Private Equity in Hospice Care Spurs Workers to Strike
Private Equity in Hospice Care Spurs Workers to Strike Jesse Baum, July 30, 2025After 29 months without a contract, a new hospice union resists the financialization of end-of-life care.
Capital & Main: Ford-Owned Battery Plant Drags Heels on Union Vote
Ford-Owned Battery Plant Drags Heels on Union Vote Rainesford Stauffer, July 18, 2025BlueOval SK workers asked for a union vote six months ago. Trump administration changes could extend delays.
Capital & Main: ‘It’s Time to Ring the Alarm Bell’
‘It’s Time to Ring the Alarm Bell’ Gabriel Thompson, July 2, 2025Labor leaders say a May Supreme Court decision could turn the agency that protects workers into a rubber stamp for President Trump.
Tracie McMillan on “The Metro” / WDET
June 23, 2025 Discussing New York Times Opinion Guest Essay “I Got $4 a Week in Food Stamps. This Is the Reality of Hunger in America.” WDET The Metro
