Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now! Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now!
Instead of waiting for the perfect Congress, Americans should demand that this imperfect Congress act before the election.
Sep 2, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day
The business press still insists on equating strong union organizing with communism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Laura Flanders
Reconnecting With the Very American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights Reconnecting With the Very American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights
Keith Ellison and John Lewis are right: the US should recognize union organizing as a civil right.
Sep 1, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Happy Labor Day, Mom Happy Labor Day, Mom
Education reformers have left out the human dimensions of a harsh labor market where women, like my mother, were regularly punished for not being men.
Aug 30, 2014 / Blog / William Greider
Minnesota Home Care Workers Unionize Minnesota Home Care Workers Unionize
Home healthcare workers in Minnesota just established a union, opening the door for negotiating higher wages.
Aug 29, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
The True Meaning of Labor Day The True Meaning of Labor Day
For America’s workers, Labor Day marks more than the end of summer. It’s a reminder of the struggles we have won—and those that lie ahead.
Aug 29, 2014 / Mary Kay Henry
Pregnant Women Just Earned More Workplace Rights in Illinois Pregnant Women Just Earned More Workplace Rights in Illinois
A new law in Illinois is set to modernize the way bosses deal with pregnant employees.
Aug 27, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
When Workplace Training Programs Actually Hinder Workers When Workplace Training Programs Actually Hinder Workers
After decades of investment in federal job training initiatives, it’s still difficult to see how much these programs are actually helping workers.
Aug 25, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
How to End the Criminalization of America’s Mothers How to End the Criminalization of America’s Mothers
Other countries provide childcare and income supports for poor mothers; in the United States, we arrest them.
Aug 21, 2014 / The Curve / Sarah Jaffe, Mariame Kaba, Randy Albelda, and Kathleen Geier
How Starbucks’s ‘Flexible’ Scheduling Is Stretching Workers to the Breaking Point How Starbucks’s ‘Flexible’ Scheduling Is Stretching Workers to the Breaking Point
There is real tension between the company’s soaring profits and the baristas’ daily grind.
Aug 18, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen