The boom in steel is not what it seems.
Trickle Downers
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pressuring Bosses Is Good. Policy Change Is Better.
Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour, but shouldn’t get a pat on the back just for doing what the government should have done long ago.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s America: Poor Immigrants Need Not Apply
A proposed Department of Homeland Security rule would make it more difficult for indigent people to obtain green cards.
Posted inWorking in America
McDonald’s Workers Strike to Demand Response to Sexual Harassment Charges
Women employees walked off the job to force the company to take their complaints seriously.
Posted inWorking in America
Tipped Workers Do Better When They’re Paid the Same as Everyone Else
A new study shows that laws like D.C.’s Initiative 77 boost employees’ incomes and don’t cripple the restaurant industry.
Posted inWorking in America
Incarcerated Workers Demand Better Conditions in Nationwide Strike
After three weeks, prisoners will have ended their work and hunger strikes, but their demands are no less powerful.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Donald Trump, Fiscal Conservative
On Thursday, President Trump sent a letter to Congress making clear he wants to freeze federal employees’ pay for 2019. Here’s what his letter said: Under current law, locality pay increases averaging 25.70 percent, costing $25 billion, would go into effect in January 2019, in addition to a 2.1 percent across-the-board increase for the base […]
Posted inWorking in America
The Coming Progressive Agenda for Workers’ Rights
Fixing the National Labor Relations Act is a must—but only a start.
Posted inWorking in America
The Big Business of Exploiting Au Pairs
A State Department program that oversees the nation’s au pair programs isn’t doing much overseeing at all.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Sorry, Sarah Sanders: Black Job Creation Doesn’t Excuse Racism
Besides, the administration is pushing policies that would only further hurt black workers.