How to Write a New Organizing Playbook How to Write a New Organizing Playbook
By starting with workers at the local level, we can bargain with employers despite weak labor laws.
Jun 18, 2014 / Feature / Sarita Gupta
What if We Treated Labor Like a Startup? What if We Treated Labor Like a Startup?
We should move money toward innovation in the labor movement.
Jun 18, 2014 / Feature / David Rolf
Jed Rakoff and the Lonely Fight for Wall Street Justice Jed Rakoff and the Lonely Fight for Wall Street Justice
The federal judge is waging a one-man war on bank-friendly SEC settlements.
Jun 18, 2014 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
On ‘Tonight,’ Christie Yuks It Up, but the NJ Pension Crisis Looms Big On ‘Tonight,’ Christie Yuks It Up, but the NJ Pension Crisis Looms Big
Protests by union members, environmentalists, and others are growing.
Jun 13, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
How Women Are Shaping the Labor Movement and Winning Big How Women Are Shaping the Labor Movement and Winning Big
And interview with Journalist Sheila Bapat on how domestic workers—mostly immigrant women and women of color—are winning labor protections nationwide.
Jun 12, 2014 / Dani McClain
What if Your Ability to Stay in This Country Depended on Your Employer? What if Your Ability to Stay in This Country Depended on Your Employer?
After losing her seasonal position, guestworker Maria Guzman decided to stand up to her former employer.
Jun 12, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why Are Rhode Island Democrats Blocking Minimum-Wage Increases? Why Are Rhode Island Democrats Blocking Minimum-Wage Increases?
With friends like this, who needs Republicans.
Jun 11, 2014 / Sam Adler-Bell
Former Managers Allege Pervasive Inventory Fraud at Walmart. How Deep Does the Rot Go? Former Managers Allege Pervasive Inventory Fraud at Walmart. How Deep Does the Rot Go?
The retail giant acknowledges that a “thorough review” is under way and vows “appropriate action” if violations are discovered.
Jun 11, 2014 / Spencer Woodman
Does Feminism Have a Class Problem? Does Feminism Have a Class Problem?
Whatever you think of Sheryl Sandberg, her book Lean In achieved one very important objective: it exposed the deep class divide within American feminism.
Jun 11, 2014 / Kathleen Geier and Curve Contributors
Eric Cantor Defeated by a Conservative Who Rips Crony Capitalism Eric Cantor Defeated by a Conservative Who Rips Crony Capitalism
The Republican who pulled off 2014’s biggest upset is very conservative—and very critical of big corporations.
Jun 11, 2014 / John Nichols