Workers, and NLRB, Under Attack Workers, and NLRB, Under Attack
Republicans have accomplished what Democrats and unions never could: they’ve made the National Labor Relations Board a household name.
Mar 5, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
2012: Year of the Co-Op! VIDEO 2012: Year of the Co-Op! VIDEO
Around the world, a billion people belong to co-ops. The top 300 have combined sales in excess of $1 trillion. That’s according to the United Nations. That’s right, it'...
Mar 2, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op
In 2008, a worker occupation at the Chicago factory sent up a flare of resistance. Now those same workers are considering alternatives to working for a boss.
Mar 1, 2012 / Laura Flanders
UK Labor Leader Threatens Strikes During the London Olympics UK Labor Leader Threatens Strikes During the London Olympics
We might have ourselves a good-old fashioned strike scenario during the London Olympic games.
Feb 29, 2012 / Dave Zirin
GOP Candidates Embrace Anti-Labor, Free-Market Fundamentalism GOP Candidates Embrace Anti-Labor, Free-Market Fundamentalism
The presidential contenders are pitching a teacher-bashing, union-damning fundamentalism that’s just as extreme as their religious demagoguery.
Feb 28, 2012 / John Nichols
One Mancession Later, Are Women Really Victors in the New Economy? One Mancession Later, Are Women Really Victors in the New Economy?
Women dominate growing sectors like retail and home healthcare—but the jobs there are grueling and the wages are low.
Feb 27, 2012 / Bryce Covert
This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest
Congress extended unemployment benefits, but it’s no good for those who’ve been jobless the longest.
Feb 24, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage
As a last resort to end a fourteen-year campaign for a living wage, fifteen students are now on day six of a hunger strike.
Feb 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule
Mark Miller, who led Wisconsin Democratic senators in the historic walkout in solidarity with Wisconsin's protest movement, wants to renew the progressive promise of movement ...
Feb 17, 2012 / John Nichols
This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget
If Obama wants his actions to match his rhetoric about helping the poor, he needs to show a lot more leadership.
Feb 17, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann