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Fashion Model/Filmmaker Launches Workers' Rights Organization for the Modeling Industry

Paul Harris, The Guardian. February 9, 2012.

Model Sara Ziff, who made a film called "Picture Me" that revealed the seedy underbelly of the fashion industry, wants to help models fight for their rights.

Civil Rights Groups Call on Alabama Automakers to Oppose Harsh Anti-Immigration Legislation

Elena Shore, New America Media. February 8, 2012.

Civil rights groups are turning to a new potential ally in the fight against Alabama’s harsh immigration law: the state’s top automakers.

Join Us: AlterNet Expands its Coverage of Labor and Workers' Rights

Don Hazen, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

Conservatives' anti-worker crusade will not go unchallenged. We're ratcheting up our worker coverage by establishing a unique Labor special coverage area.

iEmpire: Apple's Sordid Business Practices Are Even Worse Than You Think

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

New research goes beyond the New York Times to show just how disturbing labor conditions at Foxconn, the "Chinese hell factory," really are.

The Dark Side of Chocolate: What Our Love Affair With Cocoa Means for the World

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. February 6, 2012.

In addition to labor issues, chocolate plantations can be responsible for deforestation. But it can also be empowering to farmers and relatively healthy for the environment.

How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. February 6, 2012.

That's what's on the rise: Management attempting to exercise control over their workers -- in a brutal display of power. Give in to us or lose your paycheck right now.

6 Things You Should Know About Arizona's Worse-Than-Wisconsin's Attack on Public Workers

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 5, 2012.

Jan Brewer has decided to get in on the union-busting action, introducing a bill that makes Ohio's and Wisconsin's attacks on public workers look mild.

Corporate Education Reformers Plot Next Steps at Secretive Meeting

Dustin Beilke, PR Watch. February 5, 2012.

Hundreds of state legislators from across the nation went to an "island" resort on the coast of Florida to a unique "education academy" sponsored by ALEC.

Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers Move Ahead in Fight for Justice

David Moberg, In These Times. February 5, 2012.

Warehouse workers in two distribution centers fight back against mass layoffs, threats, wage theft, and awful working conditions--and win support from a judge.

Obama Brags on Saving Detroit--But Auto Industry Bailout Came on the Backs of Working People

Laura Flanders, The Nation. February 5, 2012.

To make the deal that saved the auto industry, Treasury demanded concessions from workers and a ban on strikes. Now Obama's bragging that he saved workers.

How the Super Bowl Became the Center of a Political Showdown for Players and Workers

Jamilah King, ColorLines. February 5, 2012.

The NFL’s Players Association, the union that represents the league’s athletes, has come out in opposition to Indiana's proposed Right to Work legislation.

Keystone XL Opponents Need a Jobs Program

Brendan Smith, Jeremy Brecher, AlterNet. February 4, 2012.

The Keystone campaign was a great success, but environmental advocates must still convince the public that they care about jobs.

The Right-Wing Zombie Lie About Public Workers That Just Won't Die

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 2, 2012.

A new study on government employees' earnings has the Right buzzing -- and some progressive pundits repeating the myth that government workers are "overpaid."

Apple Tries Damage Control after Horrific Working Conditions at its Factories Exposed

Jeff Ballinger, Labor Notes. January 31, 2012.

Apple's attempts at cleaning up its image after recent scrutiny of its labor practices are more about reputation than actual change.

What Liberals are Still Missing About Inequality: Decades of Outsourcing and Union-Busting by the 1%

Roger Bybee, In These Times. January 31, 2012.

Many of America’s most liberal mainstream pundits have narrowed the debate over inequality, perhaps out of a desire to shield Obama from pressure coming from his left.

Can Labor Help Break the Power of the Democratic Establishment? A Connecticut City's Model for Change

Paul Bass, The Nation. January 30, 2012.

The success of a union-organized campaign to take over New Haven's city government offers a counternarrative to the old story of labor’s political decline.

Obama's Union-Busting New Chief of Staff? Jacob Lew Helped Destroy Grad Students' Union at NYU

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. January 29, 2012.

When Obama's new Chief of Staff was NYU executive vice president, school ceased recognizing the grad students' union.

26 Facts About the Awful Conditions Where Your Gadgets are Made

Lois Beckett, ProPublica. January 29, 2012.

Breaking down what we know about Foxconn, the massive factory in China where workers manufacture popular products like iPhones and iPads.

Mitch Daniels' State of the Union Response Shows GOP Priority: Beating Up on Workers

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. January 25, 2012.

Daniels’ response was the first to be delivered from a building surrounded by dozens of police cars and chanting activists, protesting his latest anti-union move.

Jobs Won't Come Back to America Until the Government Pushes Greedy Corporate Executives to Invest at Home

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. January 23, 2012.

Without bold government action on behalf of our workforce, good American jobs will continue to disappear.

Occupy the Super Bowl? Indiana's Workers Eye Dramatic Next Steps in Fight Against Anti-Union Bill

Theresa Moran, Labor Notes. January 22, 2012.

Dems in the legislature skipped sessions to block the bill, and rallies in protest draw crowds of thousands as Indiana workers fight a union-busting "right-to-work" bill.

Sugar High: The Dark History and Nasty Methods Used to Feed Our Sweet Tooth

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. January 20, 2012.

Sugar is now 20 percent of the American diet, but it's not just our health that suffers from its pervasiveness.

Suicide Threats and Strike Attempts at Apple Manufacturer: China's Workers Fighting for Rights at Work

Lijia Zhang, Comment Is Free. January 16, 2012.

Foxconn, a factory that makes iPhones and Xboxes among other gadgets, is seeing strikes by workers over low wages, long hours, and terrible conditions.

Struggle for Immigrants’ Rights Highlights Split Within Organized Labor

Michelle Chen, In These Times. January 15, 2012.

ICE officers' union resists reform measures to controversial Secure Communities program, while AFl-CIO wants to end it

Men's Earnings Haven't Just Stagnated Over Past 40 Years--They've Fallen

Meteor Blades, Daily Kos. January 15, 2012.

A new report shows that full-time male workers in the United States were making less in real, that is, inflation-adjusted, dollars in 2009 than they were in 1969.

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