Nation Topics - Labor Organizing and Activism | The Nation

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using immigration control measures to retaliate against undocumented workers who stand up for their rights.

Low-wage workers in hotels near Los Angeles International Airport are the latest to benefit from the city's living-wage law, riding a wave of considerable political momentum.

The ICE chief's comments about immigration and unions raise troubling questions. Congress should seek answers.

Unions are pushing hard for the new Congress to ease the process of organizing labor by passing the Employee Free Choice Act.

Last week's walkout at the Smithfield Packing Company was a significant victory for labor organizers and exploited undocumented workers at the North Carolina plant.

United Professionals, a new organization for college-educated workers at risk in a global economy, is joining the movement for economic justice.

Despite the split following the 2004 election, labor groups are gearing
up for the November elections like never before.

Low wages, segregation and dangerous working conditions in a North
Carolina factory reveal a meatpacking industry where labor laws no
longer matter.

The organic label means your food is pesticide-free, but an
investigation into California farms reveals that the label means nothing but
pain for the workers who produced it.

After pressure from the local newspaper and the City Council
questioning the use of sweatshop labor to create Pittsburgh Pirates regalia, Major League Baseball seems willing to listen to activists' complaints.