Warehouse Workers Moving Walmart Baggage Will Strike Today Warehouse Workers Moving Walmart Baggage Will Strike Today
Workers allege serious safety issues, and retaliation for exposing them.
Jul 24, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Who Should Fund Alt-Labor? Who Should Fund Alt-Labor?
With unions in crisis, alternative labor groups have seen explosive growth. Without automatic dues deduction, how should they pay the bills?
Jul 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia
Low-paid adjunct faculty, who are mostly female, have started unionizing for better pay—and winning.
Jul 11, 2013 / Kay Steiger
Greg Kaufmann: There’s A Lot We Can Do About Poverty Greg Kaufmann: There’s A Lot We Can Do About Poverty
The Nation's Greg Kaufmann joined Stand Up! With Pete Dominick to argue that there are ways to alleviate poverty in America and that it starts with increasing the minimum wage.
Jul 10, 2013 / Press Room
Men Want Work-Family Balance, and Policy Should Help Them Achieve It Men Want Work-Family Balance, and Policy Should Help Them Achieve It
Until men are also expected to take time away from work to be with children, workers of both genders face a vicious cycle.
Jul 9, 2013 / Bryce Covert
The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed
Inside the new—and exploitative—temporary economy.
Jul 1, 2013 / Michael Grabell, ProPublica
Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work Greg Kaufmann: Low-Wage Work Is Far From Living-Wage Work
The Nation's Greg Kaufmann joins Bill Moyers to explain why the need for food stamps is growing.
Jul 1, 2013 / Press Room
Want to Make Internships More Just? Stop Requiring School Credit Want to Make Internships More Just? Stop Requiring School Credit
By insisting that interns register the internship with their college, publications conveniently skirt legal responsibility to provide monetary compensation.
Jun 28, 2013 / StudentNation / Zach Schonfeld and StudentNation
The Chronicles of Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man The Chronicles of Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man
He never fails to save the day, one corporation at a time.
Jun 25, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Josh Eidelson: Fighting Back Against Walmart’s Exploitation Josh Eidelson: Fighting Back Against Walmart’s Exploitation
The Nation’s Josh Eidelson discusses the striking Walmart workers on Democracy Now!.
Jun 11, 2013 / Press Room