Low-wage workers who are pregnant often face discrimination on the job, even unlawful termination. Could a bipartisan legislative effort help change that?
Working in America
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The Ugly Side of D.C.’s Corporate Bipartisanship
American retailers who don’t want to help Bangladesh in the aftermath of garment-industry disasters are getting cover from the Washington establishment.
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The New New Haven
How a union of Yale employees aligned itself with community activists and won control of a beleaguered city.
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A Devil of a Problem for Labor in the City of Angels
Los Angeles has the nation’s smartest, most successful union movement. So why is it coming out of tomorrow’s mayoral election so banged up?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Labor’s Plan B
Collective bargaining may just be a thing of the past, so what are unions hoping will take its place?
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D.C. Circuit v. Worker Rights
The latest example of the federal court bending over backward to defend business interests is yet another reminder of why judicial appointments matter.
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The Upside Down Economy
Corporate profits are soaring despite declining sales and temps are working longer hours than regular employees. What gives?
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Are Vouchers Dead?
The policy that was once the heart of the school choice movement is losing steam.
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Unions to Banks: Pay Up
Instead of raising taxes, labor leaders in collective-bargaining talks have a new proposal for closing state budget gaps: Go after the financial institutions that ripped off governments.
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Fast Food, Slow to Change
Workers at chain restaurants walk off the job again, this time in St. Louis.