Labor

Do You Eat Lunch Alone At Your Desk? Why We Need to Reclaim Our Lunch Break

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Lunchtime is endangered. We need to fight back before it goes extinct.

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Time to REBEL! 5 Ways We Can Break the Big Banks' Death Grip on the Economy

By Stephen Lerner / AlterNet

A 50 Cent Raise over 5 Years? How Houston Janitors are Still Getting Screwed by JP Morgan and Other Rich Companies

By Josh Eidelson / In These Times

Republicans: Lack of Insurance Revokes Sanctity of Life

By Leo Gerard / AlterNet

Two Years After Fatal Mine Disaster, Workers are Still No Safer

By Michelle Chen / In These Times

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

Too “Sinful” to Fry Chicken? How Chick-fil-A Pushes Conservative Christianity On Its Workers

Josh Eidelson / Salon

The Scary Future of Municipal Bankruptcy - California Leads the Way

Thomas Ferguson, Robert A. Johnson / AlterNet

What's Campbell Brown Doing Smearing Teachers All Over the Media?

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Timothy Noah: Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Middle Class Is Disappearing

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

The War on Workers' Religious Liberty

Amanda Marcotte / RH Reality Check

Forced to Work on a Broken Ankle? Workers Defy Abusive Supervisors for Big Union Win

Gabriel Thompson / AlterNet

The Top 5 Most Hypocritical Corporate Sponsors

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

House Republicans' New "Job Creation" Bill Creates No Jobs, Increases Workplace Abuses

Anastasia Christman / AlterNet

Restaurant Workers Fight Unsavory Conditions, Wage Theft, Racism and More at Capital Grille

Michelle Chen / In These Times

Autoworkers Under the Gun: Why Republicans Demand Worker Concessions (It's Not About Money)

Gregg Shotwell / Haymarket Books

How Can the Labor Movement Move Beyond the Democratic Party?

Mike Parker / Labor Notes

5 Critical Actions That Really Can Put Us on a Sustainable Path

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Top 5 Reasons Why Raising the Minimum Wage Is Good for You and Me

Marshall Auerback / AlterNet

You've Got Mail -- Or Not: Why a Job-Killing Congressional Attack May Close Your Local Post Office

Brigid O'Farrell / AlterNet

7 Ultra-Rich Companies Rake in Profits While Paying Workers Peanuts

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Nationwide Boycott of Hyatt Hotels Launched; LGBT and Feminist Organizations Join Unions to Fight for Workers

s.e. smith / AlterNet

Pushing for a Sweatshop-Free Olympics

Michelle Chen / In These Times

The McDonalds of the Temp Industry

Gabriel Thompson / Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Which Side Are You On? Activists Launch "Women for Paid Sick Days" Campaign to Press Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

More Health and Safety Violations at Wal-Mart Warehouses: Does Anyone See a Pattern?

Kari Lydersen / In These Times

Criminalizing Condoms Puts Sex Workers -- and Everyone Else -- at Risk

Michelle Chen / In These Times

Barbara Ehrenreich: Why Are Working People Invisible in the Mainstream Media?

Amy Dean / TruthOut.org

Chicago Teachers' Fight Could Revitalize the Labor Movement Globally

Richard Seymour / Comment Is Free

How Less Work for Everybody Could Solve a Lot of Our Economic Turbulence and Make Life More Pleasant

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

Do We Need to Bribe Bankers to Rat Each Other Out?

Leo Gerard / AlterNet

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