Tony Newman, AlterNet. August 18, 2009. First the employers came for the smokers. Now they're talking about not hiring obese people. Your personal struggle or lifestyle choice may be next.
Amy R. Ramos, Miller-McCune.com. July 17, 2009. Stagnant wages, sexual harassment, worsening benefits, horrible treatment: just a few of the problems faced by American workers in all industries.
Mark Ames, AlterNet. March 13, 2009. If you keep squeezing workers to fatten filthy-rich executives' already-obscene bonuses, there can be very violent consequences.
Idealist.org with Stephanie Land, Penguin Books. March 6, 2009. More time spent at work means less time for volunteering and philanthropy. But there are ways to put your ideals to work in the office.
Apostolis Fotiadis, IPS News. January 5, 2009. After standing up to workplace injustice, two men poured sulphuric acid on Decheva Elena Kuneva, badly disfiguring her.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. December 30, 2008. America doesn't have enough women business executives for them to be visible, let alone destroy the economy.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. December 13, 2008. So do mean girls. Studies show that women's contributions at work are less likely to be recognized than men's, and it's not for lack of ambition.
Jennifer Waldref, Women's eNews. July 10, 2008. Research shows pay discrimination isn't going anywhere soon. Neither are promotion barriers, sexual harassment or bias against mothers.
Gerry Hudson, AlterNet. May 1, 2008. The crisis facing our planet is one of historic proportions and will require an historically broad coalition to solve.
Mark Klempner, AlterNet. March 31, 2008. An expatriate reflects on the cost of "free trade" for his adopted country of Costa Rica -- and his former home in the States.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. March 3, 2008. If Clinton had focused on women's roles in the economy, maybe we wouldn't be talking so much about the Senator from Illinois.
Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor. February 17, 2008. In an era of corporate-led "globalization," U.S. factories are competing by trimming workers and wages.
Mark Brenner, Mischa Gaus, Chris Kutalik, Labor Notes. January 15, 2008. In recent years, working people have made huge givebacks under the gun of employers, courts, and (yes, even) union officials.
Paul Buchheit, AlterNet. January 10, 2008. If this is democracy, why doesn't the average wage earner receive a fair share of America's productive economy?
Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. January 8, 2008. Mitt Romney's family history offers insights into America's recent past. But don't hold your breath waiting for Mitt to share it.
Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. December 24, 2007. All of us, as taxpayers, have done our part to ensure that Wall Street's fat cats have a happy holiday season.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. December 20, 2007. The gazillionaire behind the largest health care company in the U.S. discovered 'justice' a bit late in life.
Seumas Milne, Comment Is Free. December 16, 2007. The credit squeeze is set to trigger the end of the boom that has shaped our times. Politics is going to change with it.
