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Organizing Wells Fargo

The campaign to unionize workers and rectify banking practices at America’s most notorious bank now reaches across the nation.

Harold Meyerson digs into the state of the labor movement.

by Rachel Phua July 25, 2022

Higher prices, an imminent economic downturn, and the stock market turmoil have turned working conditions from bad to worse for on-demand workers.

Cities hard hit by the pandemic economic slowdown maneuver to keep local income taxes flowing.

New strategies for pivoting from the pandemic crisis to a recovery built on economic justice

The new Clean Slate report alerts the public and policymakers about the dismal state of worker power and worker voice.

by Robert Reich January 2, 2020

Workers must be given a stronger voice so technological change benefits everyone, not just managers and executives.

CEOs, Silicon Valley investors, and techno-academics talk to themselves about new technologies, but workers must have a say in these debates as well.

It’s not truckers. It’s cashiers.

Our discussion of the quest for decent jobs continues.