Labor

Your Letters, Right Or Wrong

How owners unionize, insurers skim fortunes and why we should go easy on Keith Olbermann. more »

Open The Labor Umbrella

A weak federal law and tightfisted employers deny millions basic worker protections. States must step in. more »

Leveling The Bargaining Table

To fight union busting, falling wages and bad laws, workers need The Employee Free Choice Act. more »

We Can Fight Modern Slavery

Embargoes on slave-made products don't work well, but specific demands on suppliers could. more »

Wal-Mart, Unions Join Forces On Health Care

Legalizing An Underclass

Powerful politicians, industry groups and think tanks want a supply of disposable, unempowered immigrant workers. more »

Righteous Irritation: Your Letters

From green jobs and global warming to good jobs and American empire, our readers respond. more »

The Shape Of Unions To Come

As traditional manufacturing unions decline, new forms of worker organizations are coming into being. more »

Firms Pushed To Turn Over Workers' Records To Avoid Immigration Raids


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The Senate Anti-Worker Caucus

Voters in November had a simple request: They wanted an increase in the federal minimum wage. more »

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