Labor 

The Maximum Wage: Coming Soon To A CEO Near You?

By Mark Engler / The New Internationalist

U.S. transit workers union leader Larry Hanley recently proposed a “maximum wage” law that would limit an employer’s income to being no more than 100 times the salary of his or her lowest-paid employee.
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Chinese Workers Take Over Their Factories, With Bosses Kidnapped

By Han Tang / Labor Notes

Royal Scandal: Saudi Princess Arrested on Counts of Human Trafficking

By Rod Bastanmehr / AlterNet

Absurd: Billionaire Koch Brother Claims Eliminating Minimum Wage Would Help the Poor

By Rod Bastanmehr / AlterNet

To Avoid More Fire Deaths We Need To Spend More on Fire Safety

By Michelle Chen / In These Times

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Labor

CEO Pay Went Up 16% Last Year to $15 million -- How Much Did Your Pay Go Up?

Got an Abusive Boss? There's an App for That

Wal-Mart Will Not Open D.C. Stores if Forced to Pay Living Wages

BART Strike Comes to End -- For Now

Debating Your Conservative Relatives at the July 4 Picnic—6 Popular Inequality Myths Debunked

Sean McElwee / AlterNet

Is the Beer You Are Drinking This Weekend Union Made?

Jake Blumgart / AlterNet

As BART Strike in California Stretches into July 4th Holiday, Talks Resume

April M. Short / AlterNet

7 Key Things You Need to Know About the BART Strike in California

Back To the Future: Workers Fight For Better Pay AND Shorter Hours

Even After One of Worst Worker Atrocities in Human History, Gap & Walmart Won't Get Serious About Preventing Another

In Wisconsin, Life after Collective Bargaining

If This Ruling Goes Against Labor, Union Organizing Could Get Even Harder

Bruce Vail / In These Times

Rank-and-File Movement Challenges Newark Teachers' Union Establishment

Josh Eidelson / The Nation

NYC's Labor Movement Fragments Over Race for Mayor

Ari Paul / Indypendent

Greg Kaufman: America's Poor Are Demonized To Justify Huge Cuts in Gov't Prgrams

How the Temp Workers Who Keep Huge Corporations Running Are Getting Crushed

The 5 Biggest Stories from the Fight for the Survival of Public Education

Will $2 Billion for Chicago Trains Create Good Jobs?

What It Looks Like When Teachers Really Put Students First

Megan Erickson / Jacobin

5 Activists Arrested in Protest of WalMart's Alleged Retaliatory Firings

Josh Eidelson / The Nation

New York Restaurant Bans Tipping, Gives Workers Wages and Benefits

Liz Fields / Salon

Florida Republicans Ban Citizens From Voting on Paid Sick Days

Supreme Court Stunner: Sometimes Workplace Harassment is OK

Shocking Rip-off by 'Do Gooders': Goodwill Pays Workers with Disabilities as Little as 22 Cents an Hour

Not So Fast: 10 Companies That Threatened to Cut Worker Hours to Avoid Obamacare Are Rethinking Or Backing Off

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