Laboring Toward Election Day Laboring Toward Election Day
Despite the split following the 2004 election, labor groups are gearing up for the November elections like never before.
Oct 12, 2006 / Feature / David Moberg
Hog Hell Hog Hell
Low wages, segregation and dangerous working conditions in a North Carolina factory reveal a meatpacking industry where labor laws no longer matter.
Aug 27, 2006 / Feature / Eric Schlosser
Hard Labor Hard Labor
The organic label means your food is pesticide-free, but an investigation into California farms reveals that the label means nothing but pain for the workers who produced it.
Aug 24, 2006 / Feature / Felicia Mello
Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes
After pressure from the local newspaper and the City Council questioning the use of sweatshop labor to create Pittsburgh Pirates regalia, Major League Baseball seems willing to lis...
Jul 14, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin and Derek Tyner
Mexico’s Labor Rebels Mexico’s Labor Rebels
On July 2, Mexico will choose a new president. Whoever wins will face an ongoing labor movement challenging the neoliberal policies of the past.
Jun 28, 2006 / Feature / David Bacon
Harlan County Blues Harlan County Blues
Life remains cheap in the coalfields of Appalachia because of the Bush Administration's incompetence and neglect in the face of human and environmental tragedy.
Jun 28, 2006 / Erik Reece
Why Mine Deaths Are Up Why Mine Deaths Are Up
The May 20 mine disaster presents more evidence that the Bush Administration places miners in peril with budget cuts, regulatory rollbacks and industry-friendly appointees.
May 25, 2006 / Peter Dreier
The Case Against Coke The Case Against Coke
A global, grassroots campaign against Coca-Cola is using product bans and lawsuits to shed light on the corporate giant's exploitation and brutality in Colombia, India and elsewher...
Apr 13, 2006 / Feature / Michael Blanding
Envisioning Another World: Integración Desde Abajo Envisioning Another World: Integración Desde Abajo
Immigrant advocates at the World Social Forum offered real alternatives to the narrow debate over how to fix the system.
Feb 16, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Reversing ‘Right to Work’ Reversing ‘Right to Work’
Labor activists in Idaho hope to repeal repressive "Right To Work" laws and educate a new generation on the history of labor struggles.
Feb 8, 2006 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky