Labor War in the Mojave Labor War in the Mojave
The multinational mining giant Rio Tinto has uprooted unions, slashed wages and abused employees all over the world. Now workers at its California facility are fighting a lockout.
Mar 12, 2010 / Feature / Mike Davis
Money for Nothing Money for Nothing
Networks are gutting news divisions while paying movie-star salaries to celebrity hosts.
Mar 11, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
Working Families Still Squeezed Working Families Still Squeezed
There were grumblings from all corners of the AFL-CIO at its winter meeting in Orlando recently. "Disappointment", "disillusionment", "unengaged&qu...
Mar 9, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Breakdown: Stimulus Wins and Losses The Breakdown: Stimulus Wins and Losses
Almost one year after the stimulus bill was signed into law, Christopher Hayes, with special guest Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute, assess its successes, failures and ...
Feb 12, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Working America’s Unwanted Jobs Working America’s Unwanted Jobs
Gabriel Thompson's book Working in the Shadows reveals what working like an immigrant in America is really like.
Feb 3, 2010 / MSNBC
AFL-CIO Letter Details Role In, Position On Citizens United Case AFL-CIO Letter Details Role In, Position On Citizens United Case
My January 24 column on the role of the AFL-CIO in the Citizens United v. FEC case highlighted the concerns of some unions regarding the federation's decision to file an amicus bri...
Jan 29, 2010 / John Nichols
Unions Can’t Compete With Corporate Campaign Cash Unions Can’t Compete With Corporate Campaign Cash
Some union leaders think that the Supreme Court ruling in the case of Citizens United v. FEC -- which essentially takes the limits off campaign spending -- will give them the same ...
Jan 24, 2010 / John Nichols
Obama’s Pro-Union Nominations to Labor Relations Board Stalled Obama’s Pro-Union Nominations to Labor Relations Board Stalled
If Obama's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are confirmed, the agency could offer workers more protections than the Employee Free Choice Act.
Jan 20, 2010 / Feature / Steven Hill and Dmitri Iglitzin
Labor’s Legacy Labor’s Legacy
The "Seattle coalition" for fair trade has suffered some setbacks, but on the whole we have filled the political space we created in the tear gas and drizzle a decade ago.
Dec 1, 2009 / Feature / Mike Dolan
Obama’s Choice Obama’s Choice
A decade after Seattle, there is no WTO expansion. But there is also no WTO turnaround.
Dec 1, 2009 / Feature / Lori Wallach