The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss
Workers in the United States and Europe are beginning to ask the same question as their Latin American counterparts: why do we have to get fired?
May 15, 2009 / Feature / Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis
Who’s Afraid of Industrial Policy? Who’s Afraid of Industrial Policy?
We shouldn't pass up a chance to enlist the auto industry in a green transition.
May 13, 2009 / Feature / Max Fraser
Time for Another Reuther Plan Time for Another Reuther Plan
Autoworkers should meet this crisis as they have in the past: boldly and visibly.
May 13, 2009 / Feature / Nelson Lichtenstein
The Case for Kenosha The Case for Kenosha
Bailouts may protect the automakers. But what about the autoworkers?
May 13, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Will Workers Be Left Behind in a Green Transition? Will Workers Be Left Behind in a Green Transition?
As Congress prepares legislation to slow global warming, what kind of jobs will it create?
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Joe Uehlein
One Hat for Labor? One Hat for Labor?
In the late afternoon of January 7, fourteen union leaders gathered around a big oval table in the top-floor conference room of the United Food and Commercial Workers' (UFCW) W...
Apr 29, 2009 / Feature / David Moberg
Not Our Department Not Our Department
For the Labor Department damaged by eight years of Bush neglect, help is finally on the way.
Apr 8, 2009 / Editorial / Chris Hayes
Higher Education Takes a Hit Higher Education Takes a Hit
As university budgets dwindle, adjunct professors around the country are looking to unionize in a desperate effort to protect their jobs.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana
Global Labor’s G-20 Agenda Global Labor’s G-20 Agenda
As financial leaders assemble in London, the international labor movement offers a vision for a new global economy.
Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Max Fraser
Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On?
Every Democratic elected official must answer an old but newly relevant question: are you for or against labor unions?
Mar 18, 2009 / Editorial / Chris Hayes