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The Shame of Boxing (Sports, Working Conditions, Society)

The fighters are powerless workers in need of rights and justice.

Jack Newfield
Labor Sifts the Ashes (Labor)

Unions are grieving over lost members while bracing for uncertainties ahead.

Marc Cooper
Which Way for the Teamsters? (Labor)

As Teamster/turtle ties fray, Hoffa faces Tom Leedham in his re-election bid.

Jim Larkin
Dust-up in the Dustbowl (Labor)

The last time Oklahomans voted on a "right to work" law, in 1964, the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

John Nichols
On the Record: Toward a Union Label (Unions, Music)

Courtney Love's plea to fellow recording artists
to join her in the creation of a new musicians' guild, printed below,
is the latest blow to the beleaguered "Big Five

Courtney Love and Johnny Temple
The Six-Year Itch (Labor)

John Sweeney sees the AFL-CIO through some growing pains.

David Moberg
Labor of Love (Labor, Unions)

Milwaukee's home-care workers discover each other.

David Glenn
The Sweat Behind the Shirt (Sweatshops)

The Labor History of a Gap Sweatshirt

Jesse Gordon
'Changing to Organize' (Labor, Unions)

Unions know what has to be done. Now they have to do it.

Kate Bronfenbrenner
Forum: Replies to Bronfenbrenner (Labor)

Responses by Adolph Reed Jr., Kim Moody, Andrew E. Stern, Jorge Mancillas, Jennifer Gordon, Sherrod Brown, Bruce Colburn and Nelson Lichtenstein.

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Blogs

Twenty Years After the FMLA, Our Family Leave Policies Are Dragging Us Down
Bryce Covert

The rest of the developed world has left us in the dust since we enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993.

February 5, 2013
More Families Suffer Financial Hardship When They Take FMLA Leave
Bryce Covert

New data shows families are resorting to ever more drastic measures when faced with unpaid leave.

February 4, 2013
Could New Orleans Be the Labor Movement’s Next Frontier?
Nona Willis Aronowitz

The city runs on tourism—and thousands of non-union restaurant workers.

January 31, 2013
Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets
Josh Eidelson

The agreement is designed to resolve Walmart’s allegations that workers’ Black Friday protests were illegal.

January 31, 2013
Why Are Domestic Workers Ignored in Immigration Reform?
Bryce Covert

They perform backbreaking work for low pay just like agricultural workers. Where’s their fast track?

January 29, 2013
For Black Boys, the NFL—and Traumatic Brain Injury—Can Be Lottery Tickets
Mychal Denzel Smith

What’s a little permanent brain damage when you’re facing a life of debilitating poverty?

January 28, 2013
Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight
Josh Eidelson

Target doesn’t deny that its contractors lock all the doors on the graveyard shift.

January 24, 2013
This Week in Poverty: An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013?
Greg Kaufmann

An Anti-Poverty Contract for 2013 might help grow the movement.

January 18, 2013
Walmart Cuts Off 'Brief Courtship' With Warehouse Worker Group
Josh Eidelson

After an initial meeting, Walmart has told a union-backed warehouse workers group it decided to break it off.

January 17, 2013
Are Walmart's Jobs for Vets Any Good?
Josh Eidelson

Walmart drew White House praise for pledging to hire 100,000 veterans, but some workers pan the plan.

January 15, 2013
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