2025 Holiday Subscription Drive

I'm looking ahead to the new year, and wanting to add some projects to my to-do list, but in order to give myself the breathing room I need to do those projects, I am coming to you, hat in hand, and asking for your help. These projects include:

• A new labor-focused podcast, The Union Bug, premiering on December 30.
• More book reviews and author interviews, Q&As, and other members-only content

Over the holidays, I'd love to see if I can reach a fairly lofty goal: 250 paid subscriptions.

With…

• 250 paid subscribers, I could cover the bulk of my bills and do this newsletter with its various side projects almost full-time
• 300 paid subscribers, I could breathe a little easier and focus more time on the newsletter, rather than split my time between freelancing and this project
• 500 paid subscribers, I could travel more extensively for my reporting, outside Southern California and into the wider US to chase labor stories that matter
• 750 paid subscribers, I could pay and editor and give a producer a better-than-decent rate to help with the new podcast
• 1000 paid subscribers, I will fly anywhere in the U.S. to personally fight your boss (for legal purposes, this is still a joke)
• 5000 paid subscribers, I will fly anywhere in the U.S. to personally fight your boss…in a steel cage match (for legal purposes, this is still a joke)

To that end, here's the offer for folks:

If you subscribe to an annual subscription at the higher tiers between 11/24/25 and 12/26/25, you'll get 20% off for the year.

Here's where you can redeem these offers for each of the three subscription tiers: