Why Today Is a Sad Milestone for Minimum-Wage Workers Why Today Is a Sad Milestone for Minimum-Wage Workers
It took 41 days for federal minimum-wage workers to catch up to what they made in 2009.
Mar 1, 2018 / George Zornick
How the Parkland Kids Are Beating the Gun Industry How the Parkland Kids Are Beating the Gun Industry
George Zornick on gun control, Jane McAlevey on unions, and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr.
Mar 1, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
An Open Letter From the Women Leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Hollywood’s Time’s Up Movement An Open Letter From the Women Leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Hollywood’s Time’s Up Movement
Join us and help us show the world that there is a price to pay when a corporation turns its back on women calling for an end to sexual violence.
Feb 28, 2018 / Coalition of Immokalee Workers
For South Africa’s New President, ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ Is All About Personal Enrichment For South Africa’s New President, ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ Is All About Personal Enrichment
A courageous labor leader during the anti-apartheid struggle, Cyril Ramaphosa is now the face of neoliberal extractivism and worker exploitation.
Feb 27, 2018 / Patrick Bond
How Employers Already Compel Speech From Workers How Employers Already Compel Speech From Workers
There is selective concern about the central issue of Janus v. AFSCME.
Feb 27, 2018 / Sean McElwee
Are Uber’s Anti-Regulatory Crusades Hurting Drivers and Their Cities? Are Uber’s Anti-Regulatory Crusades Hurting Drivers and Their Cities?
By pushing business-friendly legislation, the ridesharing industry could be starving cities of taxes that could otherwise be invested in public transportation.
Feb 26, 2018 / Michelle Chen
These Cities Aren’t Waiting for the Supreme Court to Decide Whether or Not to Gut Unions These Cities Aren’t Waiting for the Supreme Court to Decide Whether or Not to Gut Unions
They’re finding ways to support organizing now.
Feb 26, 2018 / Cities Rising / Brad Lander and Helen Gym
Open Letter to the State of West Virginia From Its Students Open Letter to the State of West Virginia From Its Students
We understand that this strike is not just a day off from school for us; it is not about pay, it’s about what’s right.
Feb 23, 2018 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Will the Supreme Court Deal Public-Sector Unionism a Death Blow? Will the Supreme Court Deal Public-Sector Unionism a Death Blow?
The case Janus v. AFSCME, before the Court now, could make it even harder for unions to stay alive.
Feb 23, 2018 / Michelle Chen
My Daughter’s Tennis Coach Is a Corrupt Grifter. What Should I Do? My Daughter’s Tennis Coach Is a Corrupt Grifter. What Should I Do?
Another reader asks about the end of erotic attention in the workplace.
Feb 23, 2018 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone