Labor

Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed

Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed

Nation author Moshe Z. Marvit has been awarded this month’s Sidney Award for casting “a light on a previously obscure, but profoundly exploited class of workers.”...

Mar 12, 2014 / Press Room

Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals

Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals

Included among the hundreds of chemicals used in electronics manufacturing in China are known carcinogens and reproductive toxins.

Mar 12, 2014 / NationAction

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change?

Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Susan Freinkel

The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight

The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight

By pouring money into politics, pesticide companies have beat back attempts to protect the public.

Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Lee Fang

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

Students at the University of North Carolina want to ensure workers who make UNC apparel operate under safe conditions.

Mar 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Alexandra Willcox and StudentNation

How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform

How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform

Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.

Mar 10, 2014 / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus

Why Americans Should Take August Off

Why Americans Should Take August Off Why Americans Should Take August Off

Cadillac thinks we get more glory—and stuff—by working so hard. Research says the opposite.

Mar 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert

Obama Administration Gets It Precisely Wrong on Trade Policy

Obama Administration Gets It Precisely Wrong on Trade Policy Obama Administration Gets It Precisely Wrong on Trade Policy

The White House’s “2014 Trade Policy Agenda” rehashes failed ideas that harm rather than help economic renewal.

Mar 5, 2014 / John Nichols

Can Germany Reform American Labor Relations?

Can Germany Reform American Labor Relations? Can Germany Reform American Labor Relations?

German corporations are far more respectful of worker rights—and may have more influence on future US developments than our politicians realize.

Mar 5, 2014 / Feature / William Greider

Men of the World, Lean Out!

Men of the World, Lean Out! Men of the World, Lean Out!

We can’t change the workplace by asking women to lean out. We have to start with men.

Feb 27, 2014 / Bryce Covert

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