Labor

Austerity and Debt Conspire to Wreck the Lives of Working American Families

By Robert Kuttner / Knopf Publishing

Working families are sandbagged by the mortgage debt and, retirees can’t get decent returns on their investments.

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Indispensable Guide: Where to Shop to Avoid Buying from Businesses that Endanger Workers

By Bryce Covert / Think Progress

Casinos Are Booming Thanks to State Governments' Need to Exploit Gambling Addicts for Revenue

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Why Clean Air and Worker Justice Are in Peril at America's Ports

By Paul Rosenberg / AlterNet

Why the Person Building Your Next House Might Just Be a Woman

By Brigid O'Farrell / AlterNet

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Labor

Pregnant T-Mobile Employee Forced to Take Vacation Time to Use Bathroom, Fired Over 12 Cent Error

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Workers Around the World Unite For May Day

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It's All Too Easy to Get Fired in America: In 49 of 50 States, You Can Be Fired for Any Reason

Jake Blumgart / AlterNet

The Top 10 Things Black America Will Have To Show For 8 Years of President Obama -- None of Them Are Good

Bruce A. Dixon / Black Agenda Report

Why Economic Criminals View Bangladesh as a Model for Workers Everywhere

William K. Black / New Economic Perspectives

When Your Boss Steals Your Wages: The Invisible Epidemic That’s Sweeping America

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Pilots and Professors Barely Scraping By? 9 Surprising Jobs That Pay a Pittance

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Chicago's Fast Food and Other Low Wage Workers Stage One-Day Walk Out

Josh Eidelson / Salon

Billions of Corporate Dollars Are Hijacking University Research to Help Make Profits

Joaquin Palomino / East Bay Express

Are the Banks Already Orchestrating Another Meltdown?

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

American People Fight Obama’s Treacherous Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

PLAY: “Space Invaders” With a Twist -- New “Tax Evaders” Game Makes Corporations Pay Fair Share

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Give The People What They Want! Taxes That Pay for Jobs, Education, Healthcare and Science

Mattea Kramer / Tom Dispatch

Want to Get Americans Off Junk Food? Pay Them a Living Wage

Jill Richardson / Other Words

Chris Christie & Wisconsin's Scott Walker Are Right-Wing Soul Brothers: What It Means for Unions and Progressives

Don Hazen / AlterNet

Moyers: Imagine If America Had Adopted Martin Luther King's Economic Dream

Bill Moyers, James Cone, Taylor Branch / BillMoyers.com

Public Schools, Billionaire Agendas: The Threat of the 'Parent Revolution' Campaign

Gary Cohn / Frying Pan News

45 Years After MLK Assassination, What Have We Learned?

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

What You Need to Know About Today’s Fast Food Strikes

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

When America Came 'This Close' to Establishing a 30-Hour Workweek

John de Graaf / AlterNet

Republicans Love Sequester Until It Hurts Their Districts

Leo Gerard / AlterNet

A Crucifixion in Memphis: The King Assassination and What We Know Now

Mark Thompson / AlterNet

Walmart Wants to Take Exploitation to the Next Level and Have Customers Deliver Orders

Laura Clawson / DailyKos

Why Is Socialism Doing So Darn Well in Deep-Red North Dakota?

Les Leopold / AlterNet

Labor and Enviro Leaders Move Beyond Their Differences to a Common Vision for the Future

Joe Uehlein, Gus Speth / AlterNet

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