The Alt-Labor Chronicles Archives - The American Prospect

How Gig Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of the Global Economic Crisis

by Rachel Phua July 25, 2022

Higher prices, an imminent economic downturn, and the stock market turmoil have turned working conditions from bad to worse for on-demand workers.

A panel event on the past and future of workers’ rights

Pablo Alvarado: An oral history

How a movement of the most vulnerable workers has won major social reforms—and how it can build on those going forward

Oral histories of five activists who’ve worked in and for worker centers

by Kim Fellner April 26, 2021

How—and why—worker centers expanded from providing services to engaging in electoral politics

by Kim Fellner April 26, 2021

Unlike unions, worker centers can’t be sustained by their members’ dues. So survival is an ongoing challenge.

In some cities, the two kinds of worker organizations frequently collaborate. In other cities, not so much.

The AFL-CIO president who aligned the labor establishment with the women, immigrants, and minorities of alt-labor

by Sarah Jaffe April 21, 2021

At the crossroads of diverse social movements and worker representation, many centers have become models of intersectionality.