The Cleveland Model: A Grassroots Approach to Job Creation The Cleveland Model: A Grassroots Approach to Job Creation
Al Jazeera English's "Fault Lines" program discovers creative models local communities are using to address unemployment.
Apr 12, 2010 / Video / Al Jazeera English
A Test for Labor A Test for Labor
The death toll of a devastating explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia has reached twenty-five.
Apr 9, 2010 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan
“There’s No Question That Union Mines Are Safer” “There’s No Question That Union Mines Are Safer”
Want to avoid more mine disasters? Make it easier for unions to organize and protect miners.
Apr 8, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Labor to Lincoln: You’re Not Obama’s BFF Labor to Lincoln: You’re Not Obama’s BFF
Organized labor takes on Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in a pair of new ads.
Apr 5, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Californians March into the Heartland Californians March into the Heartland
Holding the budget hostage while state unemployment tops 12 percent, California growers and their political allies have slashed funding for schools and social services. The March f...
Mar 17, 2010 / David Bacon
Labor War in the Mojave Labor War in the Mojave
The multinational mining giant Rio Tinto has uprooted unions, slashed wages and abused employees all over the world. Now workers at its California facility are fighting a lockout.
Mar 12, 2010 / Feature / Mike Davis
Money for Nothing Money for Nothing
Networks are gutting news divisions while paying movie-star salaries to celebrity hosts.
Mar 11, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
Working Families Still Squeezed Working Families Still Squeezed
There were grumblings from all corners of the AFL-CIO at its winter meeting in Orlando recently. "Disappointment", "disillusionment", "unengaged&qu...
Mar 9, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
The Breakdown: Stimulus Wins and Losses The Breakdown: Stimulus Wins and Losses
Almost one year after the stimulus bill was signed into law, Christopher Hayes, with special guest Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute, assess its successes, failures and ...
Feb 12, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes
Working America’s Unwanted Jobs Working America’s Unwanted Jobs
Gabriel Thompson's book Working in the Shadows reveals what working like an immigrant in America is really like.