Working and Poor in the USA Working and Poor in the USA
A vast impoverished population languishes in the midst of our economy.
Jan 22, 2004 / Feature / Beth Shulman
Free Martha! Free Martha!
Why Martha Stewart should be found innocent.
Jan 20, 2004 / Feature / Doug Henwood
Supermarket Showdown Supermarket Showdown
A joyless holiday season faces 70,000 unionized Southern and Central California supermarket workers who have been on strike or locked out since October 11.
Dec 24, 2003 / Marc Cooper
Wal-Mart’s Big City Blues Wal-Mart’s Big City Blues
The mega-retailer has set its sights on the urban market, but the living-wage movement is putting up a fight.
Nov 24, 2003 / Feature / Dan Levine
Wal-Mart in China Wal-Mart in China
The signs all over the store proclaiming Everyday Low Prices look the same (except that they're printed in Chinese), as do the neatly dressed "associates" patrolling the sellin...
Nov 20, 2003 / Carl Goldstein
A Watershed Strike A Watershed Strike
The retail food workers strike in California may be the first in a series of battles that could shape the future of labor-management relations throughout the US.
Oct 23, 2003 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Yale Workers Win Yale Workers Win
Late last week, Yale clerical and maintenance workers who had been striking for three weeks won a contract that will transform the standard of living of clerical workers at the u...
Sep 22, 2003 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein
Labor Fights for Rights Labor Fights for Rights
Workers have lost the right to organize. A new effort aims to get it back.
Aug 28, 2003 / Feature / David Moberg
Dems–Why Not Woo the Young? Dems–Why Not Woo the Young?
Since 1968 the Democrats have been shut out, more or less, as majority party. But with a small bump in left-of-center turnout, they'd be running the country.
Jul 2, 2003 / Thomas Geoghegan
A New Solidarity Front in Iraq A New Solidarity Front in Iraq
This fall will see a fact-finding mission to Iraq to evaluate the condition of workers and the status of the labor movement.
Jun 23, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock