Labor

We Were Supposed to Have a 15 Hour Work Week by Now! How to Stop People From Working All the Way to the Grave

By Robert Skidelsky / The Guardian

British economist Robert Skidelsky points out that the concept of retirement defines life by work – but we should be seeking a better balance for all ages.

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8 Ways America's Headed Back to the Robber-Baron Era

By Erik Loomis / AlterNet

There is No Substitute for Organizing: How Unions Might Help Win Future Battles

By Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jane McAlevey / The Nation

Bipartisan Support for Romney's Business Past Should Scare Us All

By Stephen Lerner / AlterNet

Job Insecurity: It's the Disease of the 21st Century -- And It's Killing Us

By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

84 Percent of NYC Fast Food Workers Report Wage Theft

Breaking Down This Week's Fast Food Strikes in St. Louis and Detroit

Amazon Warehouse Workers Forced to Wait at Security Checkpoints Without Getting Paid

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Labor

Teamster Sympathy Strikes Defeat Lockout

Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes

Why We Desperately Need to Revitalize the Labor Movement and Take Power Back from Corporations

Mark Brenner / Labor Notes

Corporate Profits at All-Time High; Wages at All-Time Low: Can We Call it Class War Yet?

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Under Cover of Darkness, a Corporate Coup Is Underway

Lori Wallach / AlterNet

Conservative Southern Values Revived: How a Brutal Strain of American Aristocrats Have Come to Rule America

Sara Robinson / AlterNet

Hunger Strikers Charge Congress with Starving Postal Service

Josh Eidelson / In These Times

Family Meltdown: Why the Nuclear Family Is Not the Model for Women Leaders' Success

Cynthia Liu / AlterNet

Backdoor Talks on Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Aim to Globalize Corporatocracy

Michelle Chen / In These Times

If Bankers Don't Want Regulation, Why Not Tax Them Instead?

Leo Gerard / AlterNet

"Having it All?" The Wrong Question for Most Women

Ellen Bravo / Women's Media Center

Some Employers and Republicans Want to Lower the Minimum Wage -- Here's Why They're Completely Out of Touch

Elizabeth Parisian / Huffington Post

As Labor Struggles, Have the Big Rights and Liberties Groups Like the ACLU Deserted Unions?

Mark Ames / The Daily Banter

New York Times' Adam Davidson Strikes Again, Tells Us to Ignore Downer Jobs Data and Trust the Confidence Fairy

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

How the Supreme Court's 'Knox v. SEIU' Decision Could Dismantle Union Security Around the Country

Mariya Strauss / AlterNet

What Happened to All Those Green Weatherization Jobs?

Mike Prokosch / Labor Notes

Democracy in the Workplace? Spain's Mondragon Corporation Shows Us an Alternative to Capitalism

Richard D. Wolff / Comment Is Free

The Truth Behind the Bath Salts "Epidemic"

Tony O'Neill / The Fix

Toxic Chemicals in Hair and Nail Salons Create Serious Suffering in the Name of Beauty

Michelle Chen / In These Times

Does the Liberal Establishment Care About Anything But Itself? The Hard Lessons of Wisconsin

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

'The People Need Robin Hood': Nurses Union Leads Nationwide Campaign to Force Wall Street to Pay Its Fair Share

Alex Kane / AlterNet

How to Tell if Your Favorite Companies Are Truly Progressive or Secretly Selling Out

Brittany Shoot / AlterNet

Unhappy Father’s Day! Paid Paternity Leave Far From Reality in United States

Kari Lydersen / In These Times

How Can We Combat Obama's Secret 'NAFTA of the Pacific'?

Cynthia Phinney / Labor Notes

Will Wisconsin Wake-Up Call Lead to Shake-Up in Largest Public Workers' Union?

Steve Early / Labor Notes

Teamsters Punish Lockout With Rolling Sympathy Strikes

Josh Eidelson / In These Times

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