How New York’s Taxi Drivers Lost Their Health Insurance Fund How New York’s Taxi Drivers Lost Their Health Insurance Fund
The impasse facing the TWA healthcare program stems from the taxi workforce’s structural exclusion from labor protections
Apr 28, 2014 / Michelle Chen
New York City Now Protects Interns Against Sexual Harassment—but With One Major Loophole New York City Now Protects Interns Against Sexual Harassment—but With One Major Loophole
An untold number of interns could be excluded from the new law due to a question of classification.
Apr 25, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Chris Christie Lauds Scott Walker’s Union Bashing Chris Christie Lauds Scott Walker’s Union Bashing
The New Jersey governor backs Wisconsin’s governor, a potential 2016 rival, in his capacity as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
Apr 25, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Bad Apple Campaign Takes Its Message to the Technology Giant’s Doorstep Bad Apple Campaign Takes Its Message to the Technology Giant’s Doorstep
This afternoon, activists from Green America and China Labor Watch will stage a protest outside Apple's "cube" store in New York City.
Apr 25, 2014 / NationAction
Life Inside the New Minimum Wage Economy Life Inside the New Minimum Wage Economy
Taxpayers are basically moneylenders to a government that is far more interested in subsidizing business than in caring for their workers.
Apr 24, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
Your Government Owes You a Job Your Government Owes You a Job
The federal government can easily afford a job guarantee program, becoming our employer of last resort.
Apr 23, 2014 / Raúl Carrillo
‘Jobs vs. the Environment’: How to Counter This Divisive Big Lie ‘Jobs vs. the Environment’: How to Counter This Divisive Big Lie
We can, and must, create common ground between the labor and climate movements.
Apr 22, 2014 / Jeremy Brecher
Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees? Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees?
What does a positive test mean when your economic fate hinges on the result? What kind of “discipline” is maintained by subjugating bodily privacy in the name of “public safety”?
Apr 18, 2014 / Michelle Chen
What the French E-mail Meme Says About Your American Job What the French E-mail Meme Says About Your American Job
What if we really worked 9 to 5?
Apr 16, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws? Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws?
Could China’s justice system be morphing from an instrument of the authoritarian state into a contested political terrain?
Apr 16, 2014 / Michelle Chen