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Protesters gather around the William McKinley Monument at the Ohio Capitol building on May 1 during a May Day action focused on public education. (Tatyana Tandanpolie)

Ohio activists fall short — for now

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Protesters gather around the William McKinley Monument at the Ohio Capitol building on May 1 during a May Day action focused on public education. (Tatyana Tandanpolie)

"Underdogs" fight Ohio's education law

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Heap of broken pieces of chocolate (Getty Images/HUIZENG HU)

Science could change chocolate's future

Joy Saha
Exhausted construction worker (Getty Images/FG Trade)

Workers pay the price under extreme heat

Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference at the Texas State Capitol on June 08, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Judge smacks down Abbott's "Death Star"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Linda Noneo's work as a community health representative for her tribe in Nevada is focused on providing transportation to health care appointments for Fallon Paiute-Shoshone members. (JAZMIN OROZCO RODRIGUEZ/KFF HEALTH NEWS)

Nevada paying tribal workers better

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez - KFF Health News
A UPS worker delivers boxes in Manhattan. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

340,000 UPS drivers poised to strike

Tushar Khurana - Grist
Aerial View of a Steam Passenger Train Puffing Smoke in Amish Countryside on a Sunny Spring Day (Greg Kelton via Getty Images) (GettyImages )

Workers striking for greener jobs

John McCracken - Grist
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Marin County Fire medic Kevin Stone prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to staff at The Tamalpais Marin assisted living facility in Greenbrae, California. (Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Why many unions oppose vaccine mandates

Jeffrey Hirsch - The Conversation
A nurse checks a patient in a temporary hospital for the COVID-19 patients set up in a gymnasium in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Thursday, March 05, 2020. Most of the patients have been discharged, and only about one hundred are still there. (Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Lawsuit says Tyson bosses bet on COVID

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
This photo taken on April 18, 2011, shows a security personnel walking past shipping containers at the International Container Terminal Services Incorporated (ICTSI) at a port in Manila. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty)

The international labor-rights abuser

Ari Paul - In These Times
Russian students working at a Jolly Roger amusement park prepare stuffed animals for prizes in Ocean City, Maryland. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Employers are misusing J-1 visa program

Jeremy McLean - Truthout
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The answer to work burnout is unionizing

Kayla Blado - In These Times
Workers shout slogans as they hold a rally near the Presidential Palace to mark the Labor Day celebrations on Thursday, May 1, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Various labor groups nationwide held protests, mostly to demand wage hikes, better working conditions and an end to corruption in the government. The sign reads: Workers Have Zero Benefits In The Four Years of Capitalist Government of Aquino. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) (Bullit Marquez)

May Day continues to capture hearts

Raechel Anne Jolie - In These Times
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What Sanders would mean for labor

Adam D.K. King - The Conversation
Women demonstrate during a pro-choice rally in New York, July 10, 2018. (AP/Julie Jacobson)

NY state codifies right to abortion

Shira Tarlo
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Philadelphia passes fair scheduling law

Bryce Covert - In These Times
Mayor Rob Ford's brother, Doug Ford, arrives at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Later in the day, Mayor Ford's doctor said he is suffering from a rare and difficult cancer that will require aggressive chemotherapy. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) (AP)

Workplace rights under attack in Ontario

Alison Braley-Rattai - The Conversation
Immigrants and activists protest to demand that the Department of Homeland Security extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 195,000 Salvadorans, January 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Andrew Caballero Reynolds)

Unions can save immigrant workers

HEATHER GIES - In These Times
Protesters rally against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as the Senate Judiciary Committee debates his confirmation, Sept. 28, 2018, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Kavanaugh is terrible on workers’ rights

Julianne Tveten - In These Times
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(AP/Carlos Osorio)

Michigan’s “workers’ rights” measures

Bryce Covert - In These Times
Inmates work on staining cabinet doors at the Habitat for Humanity Prison Build at the Ionia Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Inmate's guide to earning 24 cents/hour

Michael Fischer
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Worker's rights and climate change

Michael Arria - In These Times
Brett Kavanaugh (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Is Brett Kavanaugh a "moderate"? Nope

Amanda Marcotte
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