Labor

Winning Basic Care for Care Givers Winning Basic Care for Care Givers

It's women and “minorities” vs. large corporations and Republican lawmakers. Will grassroots organizers beat big-dollar businesses to win fairness for home care workers...

Dec 27, 2011 / Laura Flanders

David Montgomery, Grand Master Workman David Montgomery, Grand Master Workman

 A pioneering historian convinced that another world was possible, and that working people would create it for themselves.

Dec 19, 2011 / Dana Frank

Wisconsin Recall Calculus: $5M Distant Dollars v. 500,000 Citizens Wisconsin Recall Calculus: $5M Distant Dollars v. 500,000 Citizens

Governor Walker thinks his money can beat a recall. He’s wrong.

Dec 19, 2011 / John Nichols

Unemployment Insurance Under the Knife

Unemployment Insurance Under the Knife Unemployment Insurance Under the Knife

With 5.7 million Americans out of work six months or more, benefits for the unemployed are woefully inadequate—and even so, the GOP would cut them.

Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Kate Kahan and George Wentworth

The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise

The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise

Cuts in service, shuttering facilities and mass layoffs will hurt workers, communities, the USPS and the economy.

Dec 6, 2011 / John Nichols

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Was for Recalls Before He Was Against Them Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Was for Recalls Before He Was Against Them

An old campaign tape reveals that Scott Walker, who is spending millions to avert a recall election, once hailed them as democracy in action.

Dec 3, 2011 / John Nichols

The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign

Suggesting that poor kids are only good at crime, GOP front-runner renews campaign to end child labor laws and make low-income children “clean the bathrooms.”

Dec 2, 2011 / John Nichols

NLRB’s Republican Member Backs Off Resignation Threat NLRB’s Republican Member Backs Off Resignation Threat

Despite earlier threats, a Republican on the National Labor Relations Board didn’t prevent passage of a key pro-worker rule.

Nov 30, 2011 / George Zornick

Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law

Even as Republican presidential contenders stake out extreme anti-labor positions in New Hampshire, unions in that state have succeeded in blocking an anti-union “Right-to-Wo...

Nov 30, 2011 / John Nichols

Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures Wisconsin Recall Drive Surpasses 300,000 Signatures

Two weeks into the drive to remove Scott Walker, more than half the required signatures have been gathered.

Nov 29, 2011 / John Nichols

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