Labor Organizing

New York Airport Workers Organize to End Two-Tier Wage System

New York Airport Workers Organize to End Two-Tier Wage System New York Airport Workers Organize to End Two-Tier Wage System

Passenger service workers earn significantly lower wages than the largely unionized airline employees with whom they work. Now they’re organizing to change that.

Nov 26, 2013 / Allegra Kirkland

Labor Board Sides With Workers: Walmart Can’t Silence Employees Any Longer

Labor Board Sides With Workers: Walmart Can’t Silence Employees Any Longer Labor Board Sides With Workers: Walmart Can’t Silence Employees Any Longer

A landmark ruling by the National Labor Relations Board says Walmart unlawfully harassed and fired employees for protesting.

Nov 19, 2013 / Peter Dreier

Ohio Walmart Holds Food Drive For Its Own Employees

Ohio Walmart Holds Food Drive For Its Own Employees Ohio Walmart Holds Food Drive For Its Own Employees

If a company’s employees don't have enough money for food, it’s time to raise wages.

Nov 18, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

Paid Sick Days Have Momentum—but the Opposition Might Have More

Paid Sick Days Have Momentum—but the Opposition Might Have More Paid Sick Days Have Momentum—but the Opposition Might Have More

Ten bills blocking paid sick days have been passed, seven this year alone. But that doesn’t have progressives down.

Nov 7, 2013 / Bryce Covert

Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery

Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery

The domestic workers’ rights movement offers powerful lessons for the broader fight against forced labor, trafficking and servitude.

Nov 7, 2013 / Nisha Varia and Foreign Policy In Focus

Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement

Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement

Three out of the four largest industrial disasters in the history of the garment industry have occurred in the past year alone.

Oct 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Garrett Shishido Strain and StudentNation

ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back

ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back

There’s a long history of players banding together for better playing conditions.

Oct 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team

Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team

The grievance letter sent out by the Grambling State Tigers football team reveals a locker room too dangerous to call home.

Oct 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Bill de Blasio to Burger King: ‘This Is an Unsupportable Situation’

Bill de Blasio to Burger King: ‘This Is an Unsupportable Situation’ Bill de Blasio to Burger King: ‘This Is an Unsupportable Situation’

The mayoral hopeful is one of the most high-profile politicians to come out in support of the growing movement for low-wage workers’ rights.

Oct 18, 2013 / Lizzy Ratner

This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way

This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way

The history of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers shows us just how much can be accomplished with savvy organizing at the grassroots and perseverance.  

Oct 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

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