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Obama and the Union Vote

Polls suggest mandate for reform surpasses support for Obama

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Blueprint for a Real Secretary of Labor

In recent days, colleagues have asked me to write about the near-collapse of the economy. My first response… more

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Americans Unwilling to Face Reality

It's not as though no one saw it coming. Here's the economist Michael Hudson, writing in the May… more

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An Unfolding Crisis in the Wake of Mississippi ICE Raid

The workplace raid at the Howard Industries electronics plant in Laurel, Miss., was the largest in U.S. history

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Making Goliath Walk

"This is a David-and-Goliath confrontation, but we believe we'll have enough stones in the sling to knock this… more

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Ivory Tower Inc.

For those of us who have flirted with a life in academia, Marc Bousquet's How the University Works:… more

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Five Years on the Hotel Picket Line

Directly west of Chicago's iconic Buckingham Fountain sits the Congress Hotel. Itself an icon during its heyday of… more

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Lights! Camera! Collective Action!

The Writers Guild of America strikes to secure a piece of the pie in the Digital Age

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Treaty of Detroit Repealed

The new contracts demonstrate that companies without unions, global labor markets and corporate power are dictating the future for American autoworkers--even for those who are in a union

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Has the Change Led to Wins?

Not yet, but organizers from the seven unions that split from the AFL-CIO have big plans.

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Tobacco Stains

The global footprint of a deadly crop

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Unionbusting Confidential

To keep out organized labor, you need the union-busting law firm Jackson Lewis

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Obama’s in the Eye of the Beholder

Can the junior senator from Illinois be both a stalwart progressive and a post-ideological unifier?

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Earth to Bush

While the prez pats himself on the back, 5 million more Americans have slipped into poverty, hunger and homelessness

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On Strike Without a Union

Cygnus employees prove they are a 'pea that weighs a pound'

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Labor Takes a Seat in the Classroom

Educators are taking steps to bring union history into American schools

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No Match? No Mas!

The Department of Homeland Security is trying to force employers to either fire workers whose names and Social Security numbers don't match. Widespread job loss often results when the government dons its immigration-enforcement blinders

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The Unions’ Man?

John Edwards does more than talk the talk on workers' but will he walk away with labor's endorsement?

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Iraqi Unions Fight the New Oil Law

"Written in the United States," the law would permit joint ownership of many Iraqi oil fields by foreign companies

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The Olympic Hustle

Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city

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The Plight of New Orleans Workers

Hands hired to clean up the Big Easy have been subjected to wage theft, exposure to dangerous substances, layoffs, tough discipline and discrimination

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What Vacation Days?

Despite being one of the richest nations, America denies its workers mandated paid vacations and sick days

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Developmentalism in the Big Apple

Cost of living has skyrocketed in New York, but under fatcats Giuliani and Bloomberg, the working man's wage has not

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Chicago Unions Flex Political Muscle

Instead of fighting Mayor Daley, labor movement goes after his aldermen pawns

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Doing It For Themselves

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers turns 'corporate social responsibility' from oxymoron into reality

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Rebelde for the Cause

United Farm Worker pioneer leads immigrant rights struggle

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Making Trade Work for Everyone

Voters aren't happy with the reality of free trade--and Democrats are starting to listen

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A Crime to Fit the Punishment

Black-listed Salt of the Earthhonors 1950s Empire Zinc strike in Grant County, New Mexico

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A Win for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

In the face of a giant protest, McDonald's caves into farmworkers' demands for a penny per basket raise.

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Productivity: Is The Boom Over?

While it may sound like an obscure detail for economics nerds, the Department of Labor's latest data on… more

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Solidarity Without Borders

Confronted with multinationals and business-friendly trade agreements, unions have begun to act globally

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Fights Over Chinese Labor Reform

Last March, in his annual speech to the National People's Congress, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced wide-ranging economic… more

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Americas Slave Labor

Inmates are being forced to work in toxic 'e-waste' sweatshops

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Does Andy Stern Talk His Walk?

High-profile victories by SEIU often run counter to its president's rhetoric about the 'power of persuasion'

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Organizing the Outsiders

Indian lawyer Ela Bhatt helps give informal workers a voice

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White-Collar Workers Unite

Barbara Ehrenreich received a grant from SEIU (Service Employees International Union) to start United Professionals (UP), whose mission is to "protect and preserve the American middle class..."

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Starbucks Gets Wobbly

Embattled baristas at the coffee giant turn to the Industrial Workers of the World for solidarity unionism

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Teamsters Face a Contentious Election

As the AFL-CIO split and workers continue to lose ground, the teamesters face a contentious election.

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Do You Have a Minute for ?

How the canvassing industry is burning out progressive youth

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Students vs. Sweatshops, Round III

The Designated Supplier Program targets college clothing companies

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