AFL-CIO Opens its Convention: Back to the Barricades AFL-CIO Opens its Convention: Back to the Barricades
The AFL-CIO is fighting two wars: standing with President Bush in the war on terror, and against him in his war against workers.
Dec 4, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Working-Class Heroes Working-Class Heroes
The September 11 attack on the World Trade Center led journalists and image-makers to rediscover New York's working class. In an extraordinary essay in Business Week titled "Real ...
Oct 25, 2001 / Joshua Freeman
The Shame of Boxing The Shame of Boxing
The fighters are powerless workers in need of rights and justice.
Oct 25, 2001 / Feature / Jack Newfield
Labor Sifts the Ashes Labor Sifts the Ashes
Unions are grieving over lost members while bracing for uncertainties ahead.
Oct 11, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Which Way for the Teamsters? Which Way for the Teamsters?
As Teamster/turtle ties fray, Hoffa faces Tom Leedham in his re-election bid.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / Jim Larkin
Dust-up in the Dustbowl Dust-up in the Dustbowl
Oklahoma pushes yet again for 'right to work' legislation.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
On the Record: Toward a Union Label On the Record: Toward a Union Label
Courtney Love's plea to fellow recording artists to join her in the creation of a new musicians' guild, printed below, is the latest blow to the beleaguered "Big Five
Sep 6, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Courtney Love and Johnny Temple
The Six-Year Itch The Six-Year Itch
John Sweeney sees the AFL-CIO through some growing pains.
Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / David Moberg
‘Changing to Organize’ ‘Changing to Organize’
Unions know what has to be done. Now they have to do it.
Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / Kate Bronfenbrenner
Let’s Get Organized Let’s Get Organized
When The Red Queen boasts in Through the Looking-Glass that in her country, "it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place," she could have been talking about tod...
Aug 23, 2001 / The Editors