Labor 

U.S. Bancorp Oligarch Devotes Free Time to Dismantling Minnesota Orchestra

By Sam Pizzigati / Portside

U.S. Bancorp CEO Richard Davis runs contract negotiations for non-profit behind the Minnesota orchestra. Last year he offered the musicians a contract that would cut their pay in half pay and increase health care premiums by up to $8,000.
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Argentine Sex Workers Fight De-Humanizing Abuse with Legislation, Graffiti

By Roberta Radu / The Guardian

BEST VIDEO OF THE DAY: This Union-Made Dance Video Actually Kicks Ass

By Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Workers Are Taking Back Control of Their Unions from Stale Leadership

By Mark Brenner / Labor Notes

Judge: Unpaid Interns on "Black Swan" Film Should Have Been Paid

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

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Class of 2013: All Dressed Up and No Place to Work

5 Ways the Tech Companies Are Making Monster Profits by Stealing from Our Future

How Google and Silicon Valley Screw Their Non-Elite Workers

The Most Dishonest Words in American Politics: 'Right to Work'

Steven Wishnia / AlterNet

Half Lives: Why the Part-time Economy Is Bad for Everyone

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

How Chains Like Walmart and Whole Foods Free Ride on Taxpayers at the Expense of Responsible Small Businesses

Stacy Mitchell / AlterNet

Hundreds of Garment Workers in Bangladesh Factory Potentially Sickened by 'Contaminated' Water

Newest Strike Against Walmart Battles Years of Blatant Disregard for Workers

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorenson on The Gap's Deadly Greed

One Quarter of Americans Don't Get Paid Days Off

Back to the Land is Back in Vogue, and It Could Make You Happier

Emily Matchar / Simon & Schuster

The Death of the 'Good Union Job': Plight and Protest of Thousands of Mine Workers Barely Noticed By Mainstream Media

Laura Flanders / AlterNet

Why Apple is a Sociopathic Company

Curtis Ellis / Huffington Post

How to Build a New Labor Movement, One Step at a Time

How America's Retirement Crisis Is Crushing the Hopes of a Generation of Young People

84 Percent of NYC Fast Food Workers Report Wage Theft

Cambodia Shoe Factory Collapse Kills 2

Milwaukee Makes Five (Cities So Far): Fast Food Workers Strike for Higher Pay and Union Rights

Laura Clawson / Daily Kos

College Execs have Private Jets? New Report Finds Public University Presidents Live Large

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

The 182 Percent Loan? How Installment Lenders Trap Borrowers

Paul Kiel / ProPublica

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

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

Robert Kuttner / Knopf Publishing  

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

Bryce Covert / Think Progress  

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