Paid Sick Days Have Momentum—but the Opposition Might Have More Paid Sick Days Have Momentum—but the Opposition Might Have More
Ten bills blocking paid sick days have been passed, seven this year alone. But that doesn’t have progressives down.
Nov 7, 2013 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery
The domestic workers’ rights movement offers powerful lessons for the broader fight against forced labor, trafficking and servitude.
Nov 7, 2013 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Nisha Varia and Foreign Policy In Focus
Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement
Three out of the four largest industrial disasters in the history of the garment industry have occurred in the past year alone.
Oct 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Garrett Shishido Strain and StudentNation
ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back ESPN Is Wrong: Grambling State Isn’t the First College Team to Fight Back
There’s a long history of players banding together for better playing conditions.
Oct 21, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team Why They Refused to Play: Read the Grievance Letter of the Grambling State Tigers Football Team
The grievance letter sent out by the Grambling State Tigers football team reveals a locker room too dangerous to call home.
Oct 21, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Bill de Blasio to Burger King: ‘This Is an Unsupportable Situation’ Bill de Blasio to Burger King: ‘This Is an Unsupportable Situation’
The mayoral hopeful is one of the most high-profile politicians to come out in support of the growing movement for low-wage workers’ rights.
Oct 18, 2013 / Lizzy Ratner
This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way
The history of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers shows us just how much can be accomplished with savvy organizing at the grassroots and perseverance.
Oct 18, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
A Reboot for the AFL-CIO? A Reboot for the AFL-CIO?
At its LA convention, organized labor vowed to reinvigorate organizing and strengthen progressive alliances. And not a moment too soon.
Sep 25, 2013 / Editorial / Josh Eidelson
Thousands of Grocery Workers Vote on Strike Authorization Thousands of Grocery Workers Vote on Strike Authorization
Tens of thousands of grocery workers in the Northwest may soon be on strike as part of a fight for healthcare benefits and living wages.
Sep 25, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
With New Protections for Domestic Workers, What Is Next for Big Labor? With New Protections for Domestic Workers, What Is Next for Big Labor?
Concerted pressure from labor, “alt-labor” community, women’s, immigrants, seniors and disability rights groups made change happen after eighty years. A pledge by...
Sep 22, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders