Labor

How the Sequester Savages the Long-Term Unemployed How the Sequester Savages the Long-Term Unemployed

Congress has made sure you don't have to wait too long at the airport because of the sequester—but if you’re unemployed, you’;e out of luck. 

Jul 4, 2013 / George Zornick

Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Mom Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Mom

I leaned out when I should have leaned in. But the problem is about much more than individual women’s choices.

Jul 2, 2013 / Feature / Ashley Nelson

BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy

BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy

The media is back to villainize another strike—this time of BART workers.

Jul 2, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

Non-Union Federally Contracted Workers Will Stage Second Strike Today Non-Union Federally Contracted Workers Will Stage Second Strike Today

Today's strike is designed to pressure the president to use his executive authority to raise labor standards for federal contracting.

Jul 2, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed

The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed

Inside the new—and exploitative—temporary economy.

Jul 1, 2013 / Michael Grabell, ProPublica

Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work

Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann joins Bill Moyers to explain why the need for food stamps is growing.

Jul 1, 2013 / Press Room

Want to Make Internships More Just? Stop Requiring School Credit

Want to Make Internships More Just? Stop Requiring School Credit Want to Make Internships More Just? Stop Requiring School Credit

By insisting that interns register the internship with their college, publications conveniently skirt legal responsibility to provide monetary compensation.

Jun 28, 2013 / StudentNation / Zach Schonfeld and StudentNation

Newark Union Head Barely Wins Re-Election After Zuckerberg-Donation-Funded Reform Plan

Newark Union Head Barely Wins Re-Election After Zuckerberg-Donation-Funded Reform Plan Newark Union Head Barely Wins Re-Election After Zuckerberg-Donation-Funded Reform Plan

Following a Facebook fortune-funded teacher bonus plan, Newark teachers elected an incumbent president who supports a recent “performance bonus’ for ‘peer re...

Jun 28, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Grayson Announces Bill to Let Workers Personally Sue Bosses Who Retaliate

Grayson Announces Bill to Let Workers Personally Sue Bosses Who Retaliate Grayson Announces Bill to Let Workers Personally Sue Bosses Who Retaliate

In an exclusive interview, Alan Grayson says retaliation is ‘pervasive,’ and ‘the law against it has become utterly impotent.’

Jun 25, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

The Chronicles of Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man

The Chronicles of Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man The Chronicles of Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man

He never fails to save the day, one corporation at a time.

Jun 25, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

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