Worker Cooperatives Are More Productive Than Normal Companies Worker Cooperatives Are More Productive Than Normal Companies
When maximizing profits isn’t the only goal, companies can actually work better.
Mar 28, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Until Last Year, No One Was Tracking Workplace Injuries Until Last Year, No One Was Tracking Workplace Injuries
Now that the government’s occupational safety agency is, the findings aren’t pretty.
Mar 22, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To
The government’s mistrust of local communities is so strong, it’s underwriting the miseducation of a whole generation.
Mar 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Donald Trump, Expert Negotiator, Refuses to Meet With His Unionizing Workers Donald Trump, Expert Negotiator, Refuses to Meet With His Unionizing Workers
Trump International Hotel Las Vegas employees want him to meet with their union—and he keeps running from them.
Mar 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year
The notion that they do nothing but drain public coffers is a myth.
Mar 14, 2016 / Michelle Chen
$15 and a Union for Students? Yes $15 and a Union for Students? Yes
A new wave of labor organizing by students, for students, is sweeping the country.
Mar 11, 2016 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Read This Before You Sign Any Contract Read This Before You Sign Any Contract
Buried in the legal language of the contracts we all sign for jobs, credit cards, and more are clauses that effectively curtail our constitutional rights.
Mar 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Some Good News in the Fight for 15 Some Good News in the Fight for 15
The highest labor board in the country just confirmed fast-food workers’ right to organize.
Mar 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Construction Is Dangerous Work Construction Is Dangerous Work
The construction industry accounts for only 4 percent of New York’s jobs but a full fifth of the state’s occupational deaths.
Feb 26, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Amputated Hands and Torn Fingers: The Meat-Processing Industry’s Horrifying Injuries Amputated Hands and Torn Fingers: The Meat-Processing Industry’s Horrifying Injuries
When a worker is seen as nothing more than a part on an assembly line, who cares if they break?
Feb 24, 2016 / Michelle Chen