A Grassroots Labor Uprising—at Your Bank? A Grassroots Labor Uprising—at Your Bank?
As a trade deal focusing on the financial sector is underway so too is a campaign to organize Wall Street’s rank-and-file.
Jul 9, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Wage Theft, Dangerous Conditions and Discrimination: Inside New York’s Food Industry Wage Theft, Dangerous Conditions and Discrimination: Inside New York’s Food Industry
A new report reveals the vast majority of workers are immigrants and people of color who earn about $8 less than the industry average.
Jul 1, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Will Undermine Gains Made by Low-Wage Home Healthcare Workers Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Will Undermine Gains Made by Low-Wage Home Healthcare Workers
Today’s ruling was not as devastating as labor advocates feared it would be, but nevertheless lays the groundwork for more sweeping attacks on unions.
Jun 30, 2014 / Michelle Chen
RI Workers Won’t Back Down on Living Wage, Despite Democrats’ Betrayal RI Workers Won’t Back Down on Living Wage, Despite Democrats’ Betrayal
A minimum-wage pre-emption measure, backed by the hotel industry and signed by Governor Chafee, has been met with hunger strikes, electoral challenges and protests.
Jun 27, 2014 / Sam Adler-Bell
Will the Democratic Party Deliver for Working Women? Will the Democratic Party Deliver for Working Women?
In The Curve’s second roundtable discussion, our contributors ask what legislative goals feminists can really achieve in Washington.
Jun 24, 2014 / Kathleen Geier and Curve Contributors
It’s Time for the Department of Education to Dump Sallie Mae It’s Time for the Department of Education to Dump Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae broke the law, and SLAP demands that the Department of Education terminate its contract.
Jun 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Beth Huang and StudentNation
Massachusetts Nannies and Housekeepers Now Protected From Long Days, Abuse, Sexual Harassment Massachusetts Nannies and Housekeepers Now Protected From Long Days, Abuse, Sexual Harassment
The legislation will establish rules on working hours, rest breaks and dealing with work-related complaints.
Jun 23, 2014 / Michelle Chen
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
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