Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers
Upending Obama-era precedent, the NLRB is threatening the ability of workers at franchise restaurants to organize.
Feb 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise
A preemptive war on inflation will tamp down any real wage growth.
Feb 9, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage
Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue
Hans and Franz economics… Fear and self-loathing… Millennials vs. boomers… Agree to disagree… Taxation and miseducation…
Feb 8, 2018 / Our Readers
Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women
His administration has already made workers, especially women, poorer, less secure, and less safe.
Feb 8, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again
Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.
Feb 8, 2018 / Bryce Covert
Organized Labor’s Lost Generations Organized Labor’s Lost Generations
Unions have struggled to make substantial gains since the ’70s, but not for the reasons historians think.
Feb 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant
When Harassment Is the Price of a Job When Harassment Is the Price of a Job
As decades of activism meet the #MeToo moment, could the food-service industry be poised for sweeping change?
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service ‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service
Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam
You can also join a campaign to make your community fossil fuel–free or show up to fight attacks on immigrant communities.
Feb 6, 2018 / NationAction
Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure
The president’s latest proposal does nothing to change the fact that he has failed to deliver on the American people’s top priority.
Feb 6, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel