Author Archive
Jeremy Gantz
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Stop & Shop Workers Vote to Ratify Contract—Although Benefits Will Shrink for New Part-Timers
The new 3-year contract with Stop & Shop protects some benefits for current employees, but also contains a two-tiered system. MORE
Act Locally · May 2, 2019
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Stop & Shop Workers Vote to Ratify Contract—Although Benefits Will Shrink for New Part-Timers
On Wednesday, May Day, the last of five United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) locals ratified a new three-year contract with Stop & Shop, following a 10-day strike—one of... MORE
Working · May 2, 2019
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Europe, A Love Story: Michael Moore’s Latest Film Tries To Sell Social Democracy to America
In 'Where To Invade Next,' Moore marches around Europe with a flag on his shoulder, to dubious effect. MORE
Culture · December 17, 2015
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Let Old Labor Die
With union membership declining, Tom Geoghegan has a radical prescription for labor. MORE
Culture · November 24, 2014
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Colonial State of America
In a new book, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz unearths our bloody origins. MORE
Culture · September 23, 2014
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The James Foley I Knew
A great journalist, a better friend. MORE
Features · September 11, 2014
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Jazz Musician: ‘I See the Gap Between the Haves and Have-Nots’
For three years in the early 1970s, journalist Studs Terkel gathered stories from a variety of American workers. He then compiled them into Working, an oral-history collection that went... MORE
Working · June 16, 2014
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Will U.N. Investigation of Sri Lankan War Crimes Finally Bring Peace?
International news stories about Sri Lanka tend to fall into two categories: gee-whiz travel pieces or sports articles involving the country's national cricket team. But during the last few months, a third... MORE
The ITT List · March 28, 2014
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Secondhand Store Workers Push for First-Rate Treatment
CHICAGO—Ana Laura Lopez has working at Unique Thrift Store in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood down to a science. She’s sorted through loads of donated goods to determine what... MORE
Working · December 2, 2013
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‘Please Stop Exploiting People’
Forced and child labor are embedded in the 21st-century economy. What's Washington doing about it? MORE
Features · April 11, 2013
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The International Precariat
Foreign correspondents like James Foley, abducted in Syria, are at the most dangerous edge of the freelance economy. MORE
Features · February 8, 2013
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Romney’s 9-Point Plan to Annihilate Unions
What Mitt Romney and the GOP would like to do to labor. MORE
Features · October 24, 2012
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At Utopian Chipotle Festival, Immokalee Workers Protest ‘Food With Integrity’
CHICAGO—Chipotle is a rare breed in the world of fast food: the chain not only markets its 1,000+ locations as healthy alternatives to old stand-bys like McDonald's and Taco Bell, but... MORE
Working · September 25, 2012
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The 7-Year Itch: Desperate for Fare Increase, Chicago Cabbies Continue Weekly Strike
Angry over new ordinance raising vehicle lease limits, drivers push for fare hike and meeting with City Hall CHICAGO—In many ways, taxi drivers typify America’s steadily expanding freelance economy.... MORE
Working · July 9, 2012
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Oscar-Winning ‘Saving Face’ Director Says Movement Building to Quell Acid Attacks
Their faces are hideously vandalized and disturbingly devoid of expression. Plastic surgery can help only so much. Each woman bears the unique mark of a singularly grotesque act of violence: an acid attack... MORE
The ITT List · April 20, 2012
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Managing Dissent in Chicago
As the G8/NATO summits approach, activists protest restrictive new rules--and prepare for the spotlight. MORE
Act Locally · February 14, 2012
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Voices From the Occupations
Why occupy? Four protesters from around the U.S. discuss the nation's newest movement. MORE
Features · November 8, 2011
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Building on Occupy Wall St., ‘Take Back Chicago’ Protests Keep the Pressure On
Actions by coalition of community groups and unions continue all week CHICAGO—As he watched thousands of protesters march away from the Chicago Board of Trade building at about 4:45 p.m. yesterday,... MORE
Working · October 11, 2011
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Can Music Festivals Have a Conscience?
It's a fairly ridiculous question: People don't swarm onto large open spaces every summer—sometimes for serious money—to make the world a better place; they do it to hear the music they... MORE
The ITT List · July 14, 2011
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A May Day Message of Solidarity to Imprisoned Iranian Workers
The Iranian government continues to repress labor activists and deprive workers of their most basic rights. Although Iran is one of the oldest members of the International Labor Organization, independent trade unions remain... MORE
Working · April 30, 2011
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Free Foley: U.S. Journalist (and ITT Contributor) Captured in Libya Still Incommunicado
Jim Foley, reporting from Benghazi, Libya. Last month, my friend Jim Foley dropped me a line to say he was heading into Libya to do some reporting. On March 16, he wrote again to... MORE
The ITT List · April 18, 2011
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Foreclosure Crisis… and Opportunity
Months after the 'robo-signing' scandal, states are negotiating with banks—and activists are keeping the pressure on. MORE
Act Locally · April 13, 2011
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David Moberg on the State of the Unions—in Wisconsin, Chicago and Beyond (VIDEO)
2011 has barely begun, but it's already been a particularly bad year for organized labor in America, as newly-elected GOP governors argue that collective bargaining rights must be curtailed to cope with states' fiscal... MORE
Working · March 18, 2011
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Live From Madison: Farmers, Unionists, Activists Protest Walker Bill
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Working · March 12, 2011
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Why Do 48 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Unions?
Mike Elk, a regular Working In These Times contributor, offered his answer to that question this week on the RT network's Alyona Show during a feisty exchange with Christopher Prandoni, the executive director... MORE
Working · January 8, 2011
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Terrorist by Association
The Justice Department targets nonviolent solidarity activists. MORE
Features · December 13, 2010
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Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom of Exploitation
Some workers at Walt Disney World in Florida, members of the Services Trade Council union, are currently negotiating for a new contract that includes a living wage. In this new video (parts 1 and 2... MORE
Working · December 4, 2010
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The Wage Disparity is (Not Quite) Worse Than You Think (Updated)
Updated with wage figures corrected by Social Security Administration Thank goodness for David Cay Johnston, the former New York Times and current Tax Analysts' columnist who this week reported on some very disturbing... MORE
Working · October 28, 2010
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Between Disasters, Workplace Safety Struggles for Attention
Despite worker interest, new report shows scarcity of serious, sustained media coverage Coverage of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was right where it should have been this spring and summer, as the... MORE
Working · September 8, 2010
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Inside the World’s Deadliest City
Juarez’s anarchy cannot be separated from American policy and addictions, says journalist Charles Bowden MORE
Features · August 30, 2010
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Led by SEIU, Union Coalition Tries to Unionize Heart of U.S. Economy
It's been widely reported that "the Great Recession" was triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis, which in turn was triggered by banks' risky lending practices. Less noted has been the way many major... MORE
Working · July 30, 2010
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Pitchfork Day 3: And Then It Was Over
CHICAGO—Yes that's right: Pitchfork makes it short and sweet, so you have to wait a year for more. So it goes. Day Three equaled Day Two—surpassed it (save the final reunion... MORE
The ITT List · July 19, 2010
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Pitchfork Day 2: Headcount’s Uphill Battle to Bring Politics to Live Music
CHICAGO—Dan Conroe has one of the toughest jobs at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival, taking place right now in Chicago. While hip bands are driving adoring fans into a frenzy on three... MORE
The ITT List · July 18, 2010
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Pitchfork Day 1: There’s Nothing Wrong With Dancing Swedes
CHICAGO—I arrived late (6 p.m.) to Pitchfork's first day yesterday, but Robyn made me forget any regret—and worries that the festival might too much twee, not enough dance. The svelte Swedish... MORE
The ITT List · July 17, 2010
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The Pitchfork Music Festival: Can Indie Music Get Festive?
By Jeremy Gantz The thousands of people who will gather at Chicago's Union Park today for the annual Pitchfork Media Festival will be there for ostensibly one reason: to hear (and see) music... MORE
The ITT List · July 16, 2010
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America’s Never-Ending Way of War
America is a nation at war. Forever. Well maybe not quite forever, but any American under, say, age 75 can be forgiven for thinking the country has been in "perpetual war for perpetual peace" ... MORE
The ITT List · July 7, 2010
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‘So Is She Gay?’
Whether or not Elena Kagan is a lesbian shouldn't distract us from a simple fact: America isn't ready for an openly gay Supreme Court judge. MORE
Culture · June 18, 2010
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Good News for Doctors-to-Be—and Organized Labor—as Govt. Rules in Hospital Workers Favor
Memo to all intern and resident physicians working crazy long hours for (relatively) low pay at hospitals around the country: You are employees, and thus you have the right to form a union.... MORE
Working · June 9, 2010
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Hotel Workers Stage ‘Wildcat’ Strike in Chicago
Guests at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago must have been surprised when they found a letter slipped under their doors this morning. It was from hotel management, informing them that hundreds of... MORE
Working · May 26, 2010
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Elena Kagan and the “L” Word: Lesbian
By Jeremy Gantz So Elena Kagan's the one. The one President Obama has nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the one whose life is about to be picked apart mercilessly and... MORE
The ITT List · May 11, 2010
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A Long-Awaited Victory for Labor in Rail, Airline Industries
Federal rule change brings industries in line with rest of nation's workplaces, makes unionization easier for tens of thousands of workers For the last 75 years, workers in America's airline and rail industries hoping... MORE
Working · May 10, 2010
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In Solidarity, Labor Activists and Organizers Huddle at Biennial Conference
DETROIT, MICH.—The hundreds of union organizers and activists attending this weekend's Labor Notes Conference for a weekend of strategizing and solidarity are all too aware that the labor movement is as... MORE
Working · April 24, 2010
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Street to Senate: Get to Work for the Jobless
This video was produced by ColorLines. MORE
Working · April 9, 2010
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Labor Dept.‘s New ‘Sheriff’ Offers Overdue Help to Wage-Theft Victims
CHICAGO—A new Labor Department campaign is long overdue for the millions of U.S. workers struggling to be paid their fair share.On Thursday, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis—trying... MORE
Working · April 1, 2010
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Moore Lappé on Why Wealth Concentration is Bad for Human Nature (Video)
Frances Moore Lappé—author of the classic Diet for a Small Planet and other books that explore the roots of and solutions to hunger—appeared on GRITtv yesterday, and offered... MORE
Working · March 17, 2010
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Flanders: Working Families, Unions Losing Patience With Dems (VIDEO)
Laura Flanders offers a succinct take on the current mood of working families and organized labor, as the recession wears on and President Obama—the man for whom unions spent $200 million during... MORE
Working · March 9, 2010
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Helping Haiti, for a Price
Private security contractors begin to capitalize on the disaster. MORE
Act Locally · February 18, 2010
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Against All Odds, Argentine Workers Keep Co-Op Movement Alive
If you've seen Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis' excellent 2004 documentary The Take, you know about the cooperative/collectivist workers' movement that sprouted following the collapse of Argentina's economy in 2001. (If you haven't, you... MORE
Working · February 11, 2010
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GRITtv and Air America’s Domino Effect
If you're a progressive news junkie, you probably heard about the death of Air America Radio last week. (If not, check out this very sad web page.) The network closed after nearly six... MORE
The ITT List · January 29, 2010
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Farewell, Howard Zinn
Yesterday, America lost one of its foremost voices for peace, workers' rights and social justice: Howard Zinn, the historian, playwright and—above all else—activist who inverted the traditional telling of... MORE
Working · January 28, 2010
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