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The long, long Hollywood strikes have ended

By Alissa Wilkinson November 9

Why stop at the four-day workweek?

By Oshan Jarow November 9

One down, two to go: Autoworkers get a tentative deal with Ford

By Emily Stewart October 26

Going on strike is a risk

By Emily Stewart October 18

The actors strike negotiations have broken down

By Alissa Wilkinson October 12

The Hollywood writers’ strike is over — and they won big

By Alissa Wilkinson and Emily Stewart September 28

Everything you need to know to feel smart about the UAW strike

By Emily Stewart and Ellen Ioanes September 22

What’s the state of the Hollywood strikes?

By Alissa Wilkinson September 18

The myths we tell ourselves about American farming

By Kenny Torrella August 31

The Vox guide to extreme heat

This summer is giving us a glimpse at the dangerous future of work

By Whizy Kim and Kenny Torrella August 25

Nobody wins in the Hollywood strikes, including billion-dollar studios

By Emily Stewart August 23

“Going shopping” is dead

By Whizy Kim August 22

It’s not just famous actors and big-name writers the Hollywood strikes are hurting

By Emily Stewart August 22

Why thousands of LA service workers are on strike

By Li Zhou August 8

Workers are mad as hell this summer

By Rani Molla August 2

Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.

By Dylan Matthews July 18

Teachers are striking for more than just pay raises

By Courtney E. Martin July 16

Hollywood’s historic double strike, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson July 13

Hollywood is staring down the barrel of a double strike

By Alissa Wilkinson June 30

Why strikes might disrupt your summer Eurotrip

By Jen Kirby June 25

The Republican push to weaken child labor laws, explained

By Rachel M. Cohen May 5

The massive Los Angeles public school worker strike, explained

By Nicole Narea March 21

Stop requiring college degrees for jobs that don’t need them

By Rachel M. Cohen March 19

Child labor protections are the latest Republican target

By Ellen Ioanes March 12

The five-day workweek is dead

By Anna North February 22

What Michigan Democrats will do now that they control a key swing state

By Nicole Narea February 9

What banning noncompetes could mean for the US workforce

By Sara Morrison and Rani Molla February 7

America has an innovation problem. The H-1B visa backlog is making it worse.

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg July 13, 2022

Labor exploitation, explained by Minions

By Rebecca Jennings June 22, 2022

The case against SCOTUS

By Ian Millhiser May 3, 2022

It’s harder than ever to get fired or laid off

By Rani Molla February 3, 2022

A new era for the American worker

By Rani Molla January 11, 2022

What the first Starbucks union means for workers everywhere

By Rani Molla December 9, 2021

Hating work is having a moment

By Rani Molla November 12, 2021

More Americans are taking jobs without employer benefits like health care or paid vacation

By Rani Molla September 3, 2021

The death of the job

By Anna North August 24, 2021

What you’ve heard about people quitting their jobs might be wrong

By Anna North June 24, 2021

What are you legally allowed to say at work? A group of fired Googlers could change the rules.

By Shirin Ghaffary June 11, 2021

What should coal communities do when power plants shut down? Ask Germany.

By Lili Pike March 31, 2021

The Supreme Court showdown over whether colleges should pay their athletes, explained

By Ian Millhiser March 26, 2021