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Unionization, strikes, bargaining, worker protections, compensation, and labor relations.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026297 stories
What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers↗ noemamag.com · HN · 1325 comments · 1110 points · Aug 07, 2026
Wikimedia Foundation refuses union recognition, hires union-busting law firm↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 349 comments · 357 points · Aug 02, 2026
Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%↗ mynintendonews.com · HN · 352 comments · 561 points · Jul 01, 2026
GTA 6 Developers Unionize↗ rockstarintel.com · HN · 537 comments · 758 points · May 29, 2026
Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs↗ bbc.com · HN · 433 comments · 526 points · Apr 30, 2026
2025434 stories
Rockstar employee shares account of the company's union-busting efforts↗ gtaforums.com · HN · 362 comments · 526 points · Nov 07, 2025
The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers↗ wired.com · HN · 574 comments · 517 points · Sep 25, 2025
International Workers' Day↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 151 comments · 401 points · May 01, 2025
DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 530 comments · 1013 points · Apr 23, 2025
Video game workers in North America now have an industry-wide union↗ engadget.com · HN · 194 comments · 412 points · Mar 19, 2025
2024665 stories
Tokyo is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees↗ cnn.com · HN · 349 comments · 704 points · Dec 06, 2024
New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 1242 comments · 717 points · Nov 04, 2024
Boeing workers vote to strike↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 542 comments · 563 points · Sep 13, 2024
New York Times tech workers union votes to authorize a strike↗ axios.com · HN · 620 comments · 539 points · Sep 10, 2024
UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns↗ politico.eu · HN · 296 comments · 529 points · Aug 29, 2024
2023937 stories
Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same rate their CEOs’ pay grew↗ cnbc.com · HN · 104 comments · 124 points · Sep 18, 2023
Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation'↗ kuow.org · HN · 44 comments · 80 points · Aug 10, 2023
Seattle Amazon workers plan walkout over return to office, layoffs↗ seattletimes.com · HN · 15 comments · 64 points · May 23, 2023
JPMorgan Chase & Co tracks employees to distopian extents↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 26 comments · 76 points · May 16, 2023
Nintendo Will Pay Its Workers 10% More↗ gamespot.com · HN · 8 comments · 77 points · Feb 07, 2023
2022767 stories
Managers with a business degree reduce employees' wages, do not increase profit↗ nber.org · HN · 258 comments · 629 points · Oct 07, 2022
Etsy Strike↗ etsystrike.org · HN · 554 comments · 1135 points · Apr 11, 2022
MIT graduate students vote to unionize↗ thetech.com · HN · 378 comments · 638 points · Apr 09, 2022
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize↗ nytimes.com · HN · 753 comments · 841 points · Apr 01, 2022
Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout↗ www2.ljworld.com · HN · 555 comments · 547 points · Mar 24, 2022
2021890 stories
Ontario bans non-competes and creates right to disconnect from work↗ gowlingwlg.com · HN · 171 comments · 575 points · Dec 27, 2021
Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today's (1991)↗ groups.csail.mit.edu · HN · 405 comments · 453 points · Oct 30, 2021
Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who is fighting cancer↗ shitlassian.com · HN · 733 comments · 1426 points · Sep 16, 2021
Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers↗ theguardian.com · HN · 237 comments · 576 points · Sep 10, 2021
Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm WilmerHale↗ promethean.news · HN · 360 comments · 627 points · Jul 29, 2021
2020671 stories
iPhone workers given choice of forced labor or being sent to detention centers↗ 9to5mac.com · HN · 1 comments · 575 points · Dec 29, 2020
Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges↗ theverge.com · HN · 740 comments · 933 points · Dec 02, 2020
The boss who put everyone on 70K↗ bbc.com · HN · 363 comments · 537 points · Feb 28, 2020
Kickstarter employees vote to unionize↗ vice.com · HN · 1092 comments · 910 points · Feb 18, 2020
Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay↗ brookings.edu · HN · 653 comments · 646 points · Jan 12, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Silicon Valley 'sex assault list' with 'over 100' names circulated↗ nypost.com · HN · 124 comments · 92 points · Sep 25, 2026
Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract↗ latimes.com · HN · 110 comments · 253 points · Sep 09, 2026
Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA↗ wikiworkersunited.org · HN · 174 comments · 300 points · Sep 05, 2026
What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers↗ noemamag.com · HN · 1325 comments · 1110 points · Aug 07, 2026
Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone↗ businessinsider.com · HN · 6 comments · 39 points · Sep 21, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA↗ wikiworkersunited.org · HN · 174 comments · 300 points · Sep 05, 2026
Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contract↗ latimes.com · HN · 110 comments · 253 points · Sep 09, 2026
Silicon Valley 'sex assault list' with 'over 100' names circulated↗ nypost.com · HN · 124 comments · 92 points · Sep 25, 2026
The American Worker vs. the Most Qualified↗ marginallycompelling.com · HN · 114 comments · 75 points · Sep 02, 2026
Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone↗ businessinsider.com · HN · 6 comments · 39 points · Sep 21, 2026
Eiffel Tower employees strike after female staff removed↗ dw.com · HN · 28 comments · 39 points · Sep 09, 2026
Wikimedia Workers Overwhelmingly Win Union with 93% Yes Vote↗ wired.com · HN · 1 comments · 32 points · Sep 04, 2026
The Continued Decline of White Collar Prosecutions↗ therevolvingdoorproject.org · HN · 3 comments · 21 points · Sep 06, 2026
1900 Blizzard Developers Just Won a Union Contract↗ kotaku.com · HN · 1 comments · 20 points · Sep 10, 2026
Women account for nearly all new US jobs in August↗ semafor.com · HN · 2 comments · 14 points · Sep 07, 2026

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