Labor

Dueling California Measures Set to Tax Rich, Gut Unions

By Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes

Two ballot measures for Californians this fall could shape the state's politics--a millionaire's tax, or a historic attack on unions' ability to influence campaigns.

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Why Agencies That Turn Full-Time Jobs into Temp Work Are Suddenly Facing Huge Obstacles

By Michelle Chen / In These Times

Too Broke for Babies: US Birth Rates Drop Because Money’s Tight

By Tonya Garcia / Madame Noire

California Governor Chooses Business Over Workers, Vetoes Important Worker Protection Bills

By Michelle Chen / In These Times

Seeking Living Wage and Humane Conditions, Workers Bring Fair Food Struggle to Chipotle

By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Fast Food Workers Launch Strikes Across New York City

America Didn’t “End” Slavery After the Civil War -- We Simply Exported It

How Walmart and Other Huge Companies Support Horrific Conditions That Kill Workers

Labor

Riot Police Called as Striking Workers and Supporters Shut Down Walmart Warehouse

Micah Uetricht / Labor Notes

'Flights From Hell': Is American Airlines' the Worst?

Agence France-Presse

Meet the Bank Exec Fighting to Foreclose on a Wheelchair-Bound Cancer Patient

Peter Dreier / AlterNet

After the Election, What Happens to Workers Whose Jobs Were Outsourced By Bain?

Dave Johnson / Campaign for America's Future

What We Learn from Two Strikes at Walmart Warehouses

Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes

Five Big Issues You Won't Hear About in the Presidential Debates

Mattea Kramer / TomDispatch

Why Are Bosses--And Lawmakers--Mistreating Pregnant Women?

Michelle Chen / In These Times

Why I Risked My Body to Stop Arctic Drilling

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Why Mitt Romney Is Losing Ohio

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Why You Are Way More Stressed Than Your Boss

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

"Won't Back Down" Presents a Ruling-Class Wet Dream: Teachers and Parents Working to Destroy Their Own Institutions

Liza Featherstone / Dissent Magazine

Big Money Knocks Paid Sick Leave Off Florida Ballot

Josh Eidelson / In These Times

Mitt Romney: Free Speech Is for Billionaires, Not School-Teachers

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

6 Major Reasons You Should Care About the Labor Battles in Professional Sports

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Are You Ready for the Post-Masculine World?

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Beware! 5 Depressing Stories About Food in the News This Past Week

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Classic Koch: How California's Prop. 32 Could Enrich Two Billionaires

Matthew Fleischer / Frying Pan News

Keep an Eye on Some of the Best Organizing Going On in America: 6 Activist Projects to Watch

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

Can Black Women Lead on Rethinking Marriage?

Dani McClain / On The Issues Magazine

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis: "Victory for Education" Comes from Strike

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Romney, Ryan, GOP Demand Obama Stop Strengthening Welfare Work Mandate

Leo Gerard / AlterNet

Who's Really Benefiting from Workplace "Wellness" Programs?

Carl Finamore / Labor Notes

Innovative Model Is Helping Save the Future of Unions and May Turn the Election

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Outsourcing Abuse: How Farm Workers Are Being Cheated Out of Their Hard-Earned Money

Tracie McMillan / AlterNet

Why Do Americans Have to Crush Others to Get Ahead?

Frank Joyce / AlterNet

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