Labor

The High Price of Beauty The High Price of Beauty

A scourge of health problems has nail salon workers wondering about the industry's safety standards.

Sep 20, 2007 / Feature / Virginia Sole-Smith

Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped

A federal judge in San Francisco has put on hold new Homeland Security regulations designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the workplace.

Aug 22, 2007 / Feature / David Bacon

Argentina: Where Jobless Run Factories Argentina: Where Jobless Run Factories

Almost entirely under the media radar, unemployed workers here are taking over bankrupt businesses and reopening them under democratic management.

Jul 16, 2007 / Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis

Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout? Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout?

SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country. Why is he so cozy with corporations?

Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Michael Moore’s Sicko Michael Moore’s Sicko

Michael Moore's healtcare documentary is less partisan, less outrageous--but more real--than anything he's done before.

Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes

High-Tech Hysteria High-Tech Hysteria

Alarmist predictions of a talent shortage of high-tech workers are driving the race to the bottom.

Jun 15, 2007 / Feature / Elizabeth Schuster and Michelle Chandra

Sick Children, Working Moms Sick Children, Working Moms

Guilt-ridden mothers send ailing kids to school or daycare for fear of losing their jobs. Isn't it time for paid family leave?

Jun 13, 2007 / Ellen Bravo

In Praise of Immigrant Students In Praise of Immigrant Students

The educational odysseys of Hunter College's foreign-born graduates disprove the lies spread by anti-immigrant politicians.

Jun 11, 2007 / Feature / Ellen Chesler

Coming to America Coming to America

The US guest-worker program has locked thousands in a modern-day form of indentured servitude.

Jun 7, 2007 / Feature / Felicia Mello

Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying

The American labor movement must guard the interests of those it represents--even if it makes people in power uncomfortable.

May 21, 2007 / David Sirota

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