Working In These Times

• Wednesday
  March 31

• A Flexible Economy Needs a Nimble Labor Board

  By Amy Dean

• Wednesday
  March 31

• UAW Membership Reaches Postwar Low. Can the Iconic Union Bounce Back?

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Wednesday
  March 31

• A Black Agenda That Works for Everyone: Jobs and ‘Targeted Universalism’

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  March 30

• GOP Strategist Perversely Plans to Fight Wall St. Reform as ‘Bailout’

  By Roger Bybee

• Tuesday
  March 30

• SEIU vs. NUHW, Week One: Plaintiffs Make Case, Without Evidence

  By Carl Finamore

• Tuesday
  March 30

• Driving ‘Mobile Sweatshops,’ Cabbies Become A New Face of Movement

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  March 29

• As Congress Leaves Jobless in Lurch, Will Grassroots Push for Strong Jobs Bills?

  By Art Levine

• Monday
  March 29

• Obama Uses Recess Powers to Confirm Pro-Labor Appointees

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Monday
  March 29

• Remembering Cesar Chavez

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Saturday
  March 27

• Building on Health Reform Momentum, NYC Workers Push for Paid Sick Days

  By Michelle Chen

• Friday
  March 26

• Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Students Stand Up to Nike, Protesters Try to ‘Make Wall Street Pay’

  By Jennifer Braudaway

• Friday
  March 26

• Will Emboldened Obama Begin to Fight Overseas Job Relocations?

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  March 26

• Building Bridges, Opening Doors: Labor Education Conference Charts Movement’s Future

  By Kari Lydersen

• Thursday
  March 25

• Remembering the Triangle Fire

  By Richard Greenwald

• Thursday
  March 25

• Airline or Ego Trip? British Airways CEO Wants to Kill Unite, Profs Say

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Thursday
  March 25

• A Free Solution to the Jobs Crisis: End China’s Currency Manipulation

  By David Moberg

• Wednesday
  March 24

• The Death—and Life?—of Craftsmanship

  By Richard Greenwald

• Wednesday
  March 24

• Rapid Urbanization Pushes Global Slum Population Over 800M, UN Says

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Wednesday
  March 24

• In Broken Welfare System, ‘Needy Families’ Fund Offers Break for Jobless

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  March 23

• A King’s Ransom Is Enough for CEOs–Perhaps

  By Jonathan Tasini

• Tuesday
  March 23

• Healthcare Reform Post-Mortem: What Obama Must Learn from the Victory

  By Roger Bybee

• Monday
  March 22

• Better Than Nothing: Labor Reacts to Passage of Healthcare Bill

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Monday
  March 22

• Fired Worker Sparks Organizing Campaign at Family-Owned Chicago Grocery

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  March 22

• U.S., International Unions Aid Haitians’ Fight for Good Jobs and Reconstruction

  By David Moberg

• Saturday
  March 20

• Weekly Round-Up: Workers Protest Banks, Airlines, Mandatory Overtime

  By Jennifer Braudaway

• Saturday
  March 20

• Cast Adrift: America’s Jobless Cope With Shredded Safety Net

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  March 19

• Guestworkers Sue Employer, as Calls for Immigration Reform Grow Louder

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Friday
  March 19

• School Grounds as Battlefield: Political Lessons at an Arabic-themed School

  By Michelle Chen

• Friday
  March 19

• Battle Brewing Between Mexican Miners, Govt., After Court Rules Strike Illegal

  By Kari Lydersen

• Thursday
  March 18

• AFL-CIO: ‘Imperfect’ Health Reform is ‘Important First Step’

  By David Moberg

• Thursday
  March 18

• ‘Friendly’ Commonwealth Games Not So Friendly to Workers

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Thursday
  March 18

• $18 Billion Jobs Bill Passes—Just 10.8 Million Jobs Short

  By Art Levine

• Thursday
  March 18

• Sick and Tired, But Still Standing: Ground Zero Workers Weigh a Settlement

  By Michelle Chen

• Wednesday
  March 17

• Will Obama Pursue Promised New Approach to Trade, or Continue Bush Model?

  By David Moberg

• Wednesday
  March 17

• Moore Lappé on Why Wealth Concentration is Bad for Human Nature (Video)

  By Jeremy Gantz

• Wednesday
  March 17

• Farewell, Toyota: Union Agrees to Settlement Over Factory Closing

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Tuesday
  March 16

• In San Francisco, Union Democracy Goes on Trial

  By Carl Finamore

• Tuesday
  March 16

• Nationwide Bank Protests Push Reform Agenda, Ask ‘Where’s My Bailout?’

  By David Moberg

• Tuesday
  March 16

• Foreclosure Crisis Persists, as Families Eagerly Await ‘Cramdowns’

  By Roger Bybee

• Monday
  March 15

• Fired Warehouse Workers to Vacuum-Maker: ‘Clean Up Your Act!’

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  March 15

• On Eve of Election, Britain’s Labor Party Takes on Labor

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Monday
  March 15

• What Will Activists Do? Progressive Agenda, Health Reform On the Line

  By Art Levine

• Saturday
  March 13

• Fed Up With State Crisis and Cuts, Activists ‘March for California’s Future’

  By Seth Sandronsky

• Friday
  March 12

• Adding Insult to Injury: After Deep Union Concessions, Mercury Marine Execs Snag Bonuses

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  March 12

• E-ZPass Workers Face Stiff Resistance to Unionizing

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Friday
  March 12

• Injustice by the Pound: Farm Activists Work to ‘Bust Up Big Ag’

  By Michelle Chen

• Thursday
  March 11

• Republican Senators Crusade Against a FedEx Union

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Thursday
  March 11

• A Cry in the Dark? Q & A With Alabama Living-Wage Activist

  By Kari Lydersen

• Thursday
  March 11

• Obama’s Futile Bipartisanship Quest: Bad for Jobs, Real Health Reform?

  By Art Levine

• Wednesday
  March 10

• Can Freelancers Unite? New Union Aims to Organize Contract Workers

  By Richard Greenwald

• Wednesday
  March 10

• Illinois Judge: Verizon’s Proposed Landline Sell Off Too Risky

  By Rand Wilson, AFL-CIO Communications Coordinator

• Wednesday
  March 10

• When the Truth Hurts: Intelligence Agencies vs. Whistleblower Protections

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  March 9

• Flanders: Working Families, Unions Losing Patience With Dems (VIDEO)

  By Jeremy Gantz

• Tuesday
  March 9

• Facing Mass Lay-Offs, Whirlpool Workers Choose to Fight Company

  By Joseph Varga

• Tuesday
  March 9

• Struggling University Students Take on ‘Dr. Pepper Spray’ in Milwaukee

  By Roger Bybee

• Monday
  March 8

• The Socialist Roots of International Women’s Day

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Monday
  March 8

• L.A. Sparks Revolt Against Banks and Wall Street Shakedowns, Abuses

  By Art Levine

• Sunday
  March 7

• Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum Hits the Road

  By Kari Lydersen

• Saturday
  March 6

• Weekly Round-Up: Big Week for the Streets

  By Jennifer Braudaway

• Saturday
  March 6

• Jobless Rate Steady in February, as ‘Two Separate Americas’ Persist

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  March 5

• Seattle Students Take to Streets on ‘Day of Action’

  By Adam Case

• Friday
  March 5

• Stop and Go Negotiations in Alabama, as ‘Crimson Ride’ Drivers Push for Better Wages

  By Kari Lydersen

• Friday
  March 5

• Chanting ‘Save Our Schools,’ Tens of Thousands Rally Across California

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Thursday
  March 4

• Labor Unrest Roils Global Aviation Industry

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Thursday
  March 4

• Will Massive Statewide Protests Staunch Calif. Budget Bleeding?

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Thursday
  March 4

• After Breaking Logjam, Will New Senate Jobs Bills Fall Short?

  By Art Levine

• Thursday
  March 4

• Unions Plan Political Work Despite Strained Relations With Obama

  By David Moberg

• Thursday
  March 4

• A Union for the Unemployed? ‘UCubed’ Tries to Organize Jobless in Internet Age

  By Micah Uetricht

• Wednesday
  March 3

• Street Vendors Protest Stifling Regulations—and Start to Organize

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Wednesday
  March 3

• Axed in a Flash: Surviving Life After Layoffs

  By Stephen Franklin

• Wednesday
  March 3

• Young People Wait Out the Recession…and Their Youth

  By Michelle Chen

• Wednesday
  March 3

• Troublemakers Go to ‘School’ in Boston

  By Rand Wilson, AFL-CIO Communications Coordinator

• Tuesday
  March 2

• Will Apple Feel Any Heat for Violations of Its Own Labor Code?

  By Emily Udell

• Tuesday
  March 2

• Bunning Shamelessly Intensifies ‘National Experiment in Stress’

  By Roger Bybee

• Tuesday
  March 2

• Appraising Obama Alliance, Labor Leaders Push for Jobs

  By David Moberg

• Tuesday
  March 2

• Northwestern Students Challenge University With Living Wage Campaign

  By Chenault Taylor

• Tuesday
  March 2

• Calif. Unions Step Up Opposition to Public Education Gutting

  By Seth Sandronsky

• Monday
  March 1

• SEIU’s Mega-Local Meltdown: Size Matters, But Members Matter More

  By Steve Early

• Monday
  March 1

• AFL-CIO Leaders Assemble This Week to Talk Jobs, Strategize

  By David Moberg

• Monday
  March 1

• Greek Government Ignores Strikers, Listens to EU as Crisis Mounts

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Monday
  March 1

• Letter from the UP: Union Members at the Iron Inn

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  March 1

• Healthcare Reform: The Price of Failure if Democrats Don’t Win

  By Art Levine