May/June 2025

features

Short Staffing

Deliberately hiring too few people—always one of employers’
favorite methods of work intensification—is reaching new extremes.

BY MIKE PROKOSCH

Why is the World Bank Attacking Land Reform in the Philippines?

A privatization law threatens farmworker cooperatives.

BY DAVID BACON

Salting the Public Sector at UC Berkeley

Lessons about what works to effectively organize a public-sector workplace.

BY ROBERT OVETZ

Worker Power Comes from Workers

What we can learn from Asian garment-worker uprisings.

BY AMANDA PAGE-HOONGRAJOK

the regulars

the short run

up against the Wall Street Journal | Super-Rich Households Gain $1 Trillion

making sense | Organizing in Higher Education

economy in narrative | Class Solidarity Stories for Children

economy in numbers | Keeping Track of the Assault on Working People