Nation Topics - Labor Organizing and Activism | The Nation

Together, unions can force the government to take on the issue of green-collar jobs.

Few people watching the Firestone-sponsored Super Bowl halftime show are aware of the company's reputation in Liberia for harsh working conditions, child labor and environmental ruin.

If the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico succeed in smashing a miners'
strike, the reverberations will be felt even across the US border.

Partisan appointments to Bush's National Labor Relations Board have ensured it's virtually impossible for workers to get a fair shake.

Guest blogging at The Nation.com, gazing into Kristol's ball, revisiting Hoover's roundup.

Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.

The fast-food giant's insistence on paying poverty wages to tomato pickers could backfire, as student activists' campaign for fair food cuts into their business.

Freelancers staged a walkout at Viacom this week, instigating one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns in recent memory.

As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's nothing but reality.