All 437 articles by David Moberg

• 17 Jun 13

• Features

  How Obamacare Could Flatline

  Employers are doing their best to exploit loopholes in the ACA, and that's just one of many perils. MORE »

• 12 Jun 13

• Features

  New Visions from the New Left

  Gar Alperovitz and Staughton Lynd have blueprints for an ‘America beyond capitalism.’ MORE »

• 06 Jun 13

• Working

  Striking Walmart Workers Bus to Bentonville Seeking Corporate Reform

  When Walmart holds its annual meeting in Bentonville, Ark., on Friday, Janet Sparks will deliver two important messages.... MORE »

• 22 May 13

• Working

  The Axe Falls on 50 Chicago Public Schools

  At times, the meeting of the Board of Education of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on Wednesday took on... MORE »

• 15 May 13

• Working

  Meet One of the Victims in the Right-Wing War Against the NLRB

  The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee hearing tomorrow morning about appointments to the National Labor Relations... MORE »

• 13 May 13

• Working

  Two Wins for Bangladesh Garment Workers, But The Fight Isn’t Over

  With a death toll of 1,127, the April 24 collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh has earned... MORE »

• 03 May 13

• Features

  3 Troubling Things To Know About Billionaire Penny Pritzker

  Obama’s Commerce Secretary choice raises serious questions. MORE »

• 24 Apr 13

• Working

  Chicago’s Fast Food Workers: “We Can’t Survive on $8.25”

  On a normal day, Sonia Acuña, a petite 41-year old mother of four, puts on her... MORE »

• 22 Apr 13

• Features

  Can Manufacturing Be Reborn in the U.S.A.?

  Maybe, but don't look to 'reshoring.' MORE »

• 09 Apr 13

• Working

  Where Jesus and Marx Intersect

  When Marx exhorted workers of the world to unite, I doubt he envisioned a major role for the... MORE »

• 22 Mar 13

• Working

  Penny and Me: UNITE HERE Campaigns for Housekeeper To Join Hyatt’s Board

  In Michael Moore’s highly praised 1989 documentary, Roger & Me, General Motors CEO Roger Smith famously refused... MORE »

• 18 Mar 13

• Working

  Fired Warehouse Workers Want Action From Walmart

  Last November, Phil Bailey’s boss at Roadlink Workforce Solutions, a firm providing temporary staff to businesses,... MORE »

• 12 Mar 13

• Working

  The Myth of the Overpaid Public Worker

  Even after slashing pensions in 2010 for new state hires, political leaders in Illinois are still faced... MORE »

• 04 Mar 13

• Working

  AFL-CIO Takes Up Immigration and Austerity, Even If It Means Fighting Some Dems

  Within a week of November’s hard-fought elections, the AFL-CIO and many of its member unions had... MORE »

• 03 Mar 13

• Features

  Labor’s Turnaround

  The AFL-CIO has a plan to save the movement. MORE »

• 20 Feb 13

• Working

  Are Mergers the Answer for Fractious Nurses Unions?

  Last week’s merger of the National Federation of Nurses with the American Federation of Teachers made... MORE »

• 06 Feb 13

• Working

  The Retail Justice Alliance Aims to Build Public Support for Wages, Respect

  Wal-Mart workers’ protests of management mistreatment late last year captured the imagination of many progressives and union... MORE »

• 06 Feb 13

• Features

  Ignore the Conservative Sideshow

  The only deficit we should be worrying about is the gap between rich and poor. MORE »

• 31 Jan 13

• Working

  How a Wal-Mart Warehouse Cheated Its Workers Out of $1.1 Million

  Is there any limit to how far bosses will go to deprive workers of wages they are owed... MORE »

• 01 Jan 13

• Features

  The Walmart Revolt

  The New Year promises new strategies for old labor. MORE »

• 11 Dec 12

• Working

  CWA’s Cohen: Can Labor and Allies Create an ‘American Spring?’

  Just before Christmas in 1986, Larry Cohen, having just been named organizing director of the Communications Workers of America ... MORE »

• 30 Nov 12

• Working

  Lawsuit Charges Walmart Can’t Shirk Liability for Contract Workers

  Walmart may soon find it harder to avoid responsibility, as it has in the past, for the mistreatment... MORE »

• 29 Nov 12

• Working

  NYC Fast Food Workers Strike for $15/hr Pay, Independent Union

  Two hundred workers from dozens of fast food outlets in New York City—including McDonald's, Burger... MORE »

• 26 Nov 12

• Working

  Walmart Strikers Challenge Culture of Threats, Fear

  On the seventh anniversary of working at a Walmart store in a Chicago suburb, Charmaine Givens-Thomas nervously spoke... MORE »

• 23 Nov 12

• Features

  Prosperity, Not Austerity

  Obama needs to resist deficit-oriented, anti-worker austerity policies. MORE »

• 15 Nov 12

• Working

  Next Wave of Walmart Worker Actions Kicks Off with California Strike

  Outside a Walmart distribution center in Mira Loma, Calif. yesterday, a few dozen striking workers were joined... MORE »

• 13 Nov 12

• Working

  Unions Played Major Unsung Role in Obama Victory

  Victory has many fathers, the saying goes, and in close elections, that is especially true. But if Barack... MORE »

• 03 Nov 12

• Working

  New Jobs Report: Solid Growth Boosts the Economy (and Obama), But Problems Persist

  Yesterday's report on the job market in October is good—but not stupendous—for both... MORE »

• 29 Oct 12

• Features

  Canvassers Gone Wired

  Labor's get-out-the-vote efforts go digital. MORE »

• 28 Oct 12

• Working

  Jerry Tucker: A Life on the Front Lines for Workers

  Jerry Tucker, one of the most creative leaders in the labor movement over the past several decades, was... MORE »

• 23 Oct 12

• Features

  The Blue-Green Jobs That Romney Ignores

  The Clean Water Act puts the lie to Mitt Romney's refrain that the government doesn't create jobs. MORE »

• 18 Oct 12

• Working

  ‘The Sensata Six’: Protesters Arrested Seeking Fair Severance for Outsourced Bain Workers

  Six citizens of the small, northwest Illinois town of Freeport submitted to arrest Wednesday morning in an... MORE »

• 11 Oct 12

• Working

  En Masse and Without Precedent, Walmart Workers Rise Up

  Today, OUR Walmart, an association of workers at the retail giant, announced it will stage a wide range... MORE »

• 04 Oct 12

• Working

  California Walmart Store Workers Go Out on Historic Strike

  About 60 morning-shift workers at the Walmart Supercenter in Pico Rivera, California, reported for duty Thursday--not in the cavernous... MORE »

• 02 Oct 12

• Working

  Riot Police Called In To Arrest Peaceful Protesters Outside Walmart Warehouse

  Several hundred supporters of strikers at a giant Walmart warehouse near Chicago converged on the tiny town of... MORE »

• 01 Oct 12

• Working

  As One Wal-Mart Warehouse Strike Ends, Another Snowballs

  Early on Friday, three dozen non-union workers at a large Walmart warehouse near Riverside, Calif., ended a 15-day... MORE »

• 25 Sep 12

• Features

  ‘Going Nuclear’ on Class

  The Democrats’ working-class disconnect. MORE »

• 19 Sep 12

• Working

  Labor’s Electoral Foot Soldiers Earn Right To Give Some Commands

  As every election day approaches, an army of union members and staff sets to work: running phone banks,... MORE »

• 19 Sep 12

• Working

  Chicago Teachers Strike Ends, But ‘Multi-Year Revolution’ Begins

  Chicago teachers--and their students--returned to their classrooms today after the union's 800-member House of Delegates voted... MORE »

• 17 Sep 12

• Working

  Strike Continues As Chicago Teachers Do Their Contract Homework

  Demonstrating their belief in union democracy and their distrust of Chicago school officials, the approximately 800 Chicago Teacher... MORE »

• 15 Sep 12

• Working

  Negotiations Look Promising for Chicago Teachers; Strike Could End By Monday

  This weekend--after five days on strike, daily mass marches, and marathon negotiations--the fired-up, 29,000-member Chicago Teachers Union... MORE »

• 14 Sep 12

• Working

  Day 5: Chicago Teachers Still Striking as Negotiations Edge Forward (Updated)

  UPDATE: The Chicago School Board told the New York Times Friday afternoon that in negotiations, an outline... MORE »

• 13 Sep 12

• Working

  Strong Local Support—And National Labor Allies—Lend Chicago Teachers Negotiating Clout

  For striking Chicago public-school teachers, who are now headed back to the negotiating table, public sentiment has been... MORE »

• 12 Sep 12

• Working

  ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Standardized’: Day Two of the CTU Strike

  The section of Ashland Avenue running through the Pilsen neighborhood on Chicago’s near southwest side is... MORE »

• 10 Sep 12

• Working

  Chicago Teachers Strike for Fair Contract (But Really for Better Schools)

  Early this morning, Chicago teachers organized picket lines at all entrances to William H. Ray Elementary School in... MORE »

• 10 Sep 12

• Working

  4 Reasons Chicago’s Teachers Are On Strike

  Across mainstream media and through the megaphone of city government, Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers have been consistently... MORE »

• 08 Sep 12

• Working

  Despite Optimism, Chicago Teachers Ready to Strike

  As roughly 29,000 Chicago teachers--as well as students, parents and politicians--prepared for a potential strike on Monday, Chicago Teachers... MORE »

• 30 Aug 12

• Working

  Which Way Will The Pendulum Swing? Chicago Teachers Give Notice of Strike

  CHICAGO—“What this is about, brothers and sisters, is about a moment in time where either... MORE »

• 22 Aug 12

• Features

  ‘Outsourced’ Workers Chase Elusive ‘Romney Hood’

  After Bain moved their jobs to China, three auto-parts workers are knocking on Romney's door MORE »

• 20 Aug 12

• Working

  U.S. Tax Code Encourages Excess CEO Pay

  The recent news that the richest 1 percent captured 93 percent of all income gains in the United States was... MORE »