Red States See Massive Public Sector Job Losses Red States See Massive Public Sector Job Losses
Twelve red states account for 70 percent of all state and local public sector jobs lost since 2010.
Mar 27, 2012 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert
Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO
The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.
Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Labor and Occupy: A Match Made in… Labor and Occupy: A Match Made in…
Despite occasional friction, unions and Occupy have found a way to live happily together.
Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson
Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op Republic Windows Workers Consider Employee-Owned Co-Op
In 2008, a worker occupation at the Chicago factory sent up a flare of resistance. Now those same workers are considering alternatives to working for a boss.
Mar 1, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage
As a last resort to end a fourteen-year campaign for a living wage, fifteen students are now on day six of a hunger strike.
Feb 23, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Uprising, One Year Later Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Uprising, One Year Later
Feb 14, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation
John Nichols: Governor Walker and the Koch Brothers Are Behind Arizona’s Fight Against Unions John Nichols: Governor Walker and the Koch Brothers Are Behind Arizona’s Fight Against Unions
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has not limited the assault on collective bargaining to his own state.
Feb 3, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona’s Unions How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona’s Unions
Wisconsin’s union-busting governor traveled to Arizona and urged conservatives to join him in fighting public-employee unions. Now, the group he addressed is spearheading an ...
Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
The Deal That Saved Detroit (and Banned Strikes) The Deal That Saved Detroit (and Banned Strikes)
The Deal with Detroit is gold dust for Democrats. Reality is a bit more complicated.
Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Wisconsin Rises Up Against Walker Wisconsin Rises Up Against Walker
What does democracy look like? Try a grassroots campaign organized by ordinary citizens to recall their union-busting governor.
Jan 25, 2012 / Editorial / John Nichols