Labor

Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea

If the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico succeed in smashing a miners' strike, the reverberations will be felt even across the US border.

Jan 25, 2008 / Feature / David Bacon

Beyond the Labor Board Beyond the Labor Board

Partisan appointments to Bush's National Labor Relations Board have ensured it's virtually impossible for workers to get a fair shake.

Jan 3, 2008 / Editorial / Max Fraser

Noted. Noted.

Guest blogging at The Nation.com, gazing into Kristol's ball, revisiting Hoover's roundup.

Jan 3, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors

Writers of the World Unite Writers of the World Unite

Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.

Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Luvh Rakhe

Divided States Divided States

A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.

Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Peter Schrag

Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King

The fast-food giant's insistence on paying poverty wages to tomato pickers could backfire, as student activists' campaign for fair food cuts into their business.

Dec 14, 2007 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Permalancers, Unite! Permalancers, Unite!

Freelancers staged a walkout at Viacom this week, instigating one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns in recent memory.

Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anya Kamenetz

WGA: Picket and Click It WGA: Picket and Click It

As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.

Nov 26, 2007 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta

Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels

New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.

Nov 14, 2007 / Editorial / Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Amy Traub

Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...

Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

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