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.
Working in America
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Fast Food, Slow to Change
Workers at chain restaurants walk off the job again, this time in St. Louis.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Unions Are Getting Their Groove Back
In Chicago’s streets, in New Mexico, and at Wal-Marts around the nation yesterday, workers demanded a better deal—but not (for now) through contracts.
Posted inWorking in America
As Wal-Mart Swallows China’s Economy, Workers Fight Back
Strikes continue to erupt in Asia.
Posted inWorking in America
The Keystone Fight’s Labor Pains
The battle over the tar sands pipeline among unions has been XL on drama.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why the AFL-CIO Is Embracing Immigration Reform
An agreement between the venerable labor union and the Chamber of Commerce will make it easier to unionize low-wage workers.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The New Deal That Could Have Been
How the white-supremacist South made possible the New Deal—and drastically curtailed it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Forty Years Behind on Sick-Leave Policy, But Catching Up
The United States stands almost alone in not guaranteeing workers paid time-off when they are sick, but momentum is building around the country to change that.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Women Behind the Wheel
A look into the life of female cab drivers in New York City, the last story in a three-part series.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Men at Work
A look into the life of Latino construction workers in New York City, the second in a three-part series.
