Blue-Collar Republicans Blue-Collar Republicans
The Republican Party has set itself firmly against the agenda of the labor movement. So to observe Labor Day in St. Paul was a strange experience indeed.
Sep 2, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Labor’s New Push Labor’s New Push
Meet Working America: a self-declared mass organization with a working-class base and a strategy to win.
Aug 29, 2008 / Feature / David Moberg
Labor’s War on Global Warming Labor’s War on Global Warming
Together, unions can force the government to take on the issue of green-collar jobs.
Mar 10, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith
Firestone’s Super Bowl Fumble Firestone’s Super Bowl Fumble
Few people watching the Firestone-sponsored Super Bowl halftime show are aware of the company's reputation in Liberia for harsh working conditions, child labor and environmental ru...
Feb 1, 2008 / Feature / Ruthie Ackerman
Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea
If the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico succeed in smashing a miners' strike, the reverberations will be felt even across the US border.
Jan 25, 2008 / Feature / David Bacon
Beyond the Labor Board Beyond the Labor Board
Partisan appointments to Bush's National Labor Relations Board have ensured it's virtually impossible for workers to get a fair shake.
Jan 3, 2008 / Max Fraser
Noted. Noted.
Guest blogging at The Nation.com, gazing into Kristol's ball, revisiting Hoover's roundup.
Jan 3, 2008 / The Editors
Writers of the World Unite Writers of the World Unite
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.
Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Luvh Rakhe
Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King
The fast-food giant's insistence on paying poverty wages to tomato pickers could backfire, as student activists' campaign for fair food cuts into their business.
Dec 14, 2007 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Permalancers, Unite! Permalancers, Unite!
Freelancers staged a walkout at Viacom this week, instigating one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns in recent memory.
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anya Kamenetz