Sep 30, 2026
“We are living in a pivotal moment in labor history,” Cole
Rockarts writes in their new book Fired Up About Unions.
“At a time when corporations have more power, profit, and political
influence than ever before, workers are leading inspiring union
organizing campaigns and taking on bosses to win big…...
Sep 23, 2026
On the morning of August 18, residents living near the Brent
Industries facility in Toledo, Ohio, awoke to a series of massive
explosions and a towering chemical fire in their backyards. Two
Brent Industry workers who were on shift at the time of the
explosion were killed. Members of the surrounding community say
they...
Sep 16, 2026
On August 27, registered nurses, patients, and community
allies rallied and stopped traffic in cities around the US to
demand that hospitals and elected officials cut all ties with
artificial intelligence giant Palantir. In this episode of
Working People, we speak with a panel of registered
nurses—Kelli Brennan...
Sep 9, 2026
Over the 2026 Labor Day weekend, Working People host
and TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez spoke at
the Reuther-Pollack Labor
History Symposium in Wheeling, West Virginia,
organized by the Wheeling Academy of Law & Science (WALS)
Foundation. The theme of this year’s Symposium was
“The Art of Labor,” and...
Sep 2, 2026
The 20th-century days of vinyl records, tape decks, CDs, Tower
Records, and MTV have given way to our 21st-century age of MP3s and
music streaming, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok, and
Ticketmaster. While certain people and certain companies in the
music industry are making more money than ever, working musicians
are...