Akito Yoshikane - In These Times

Akito Yoshikane is a freelance writer based in Chicago.

Without More Jobs, Further Global Unrest Looms: ILO

LA Car Wash Workers Sign Industry’s First Union Contract

Locked-Out American Crystal Workers to Meet With Co.—This Time With Federal Help

Two-Tier System Remains in UAW Deal with Ford

Occupy Wall Street Spotlights Precarious State of Youth

Postal Unions Mobilize to Save Jobs, Prevent Closings

Obama’s Jobs Plan Leaves Out Manufacturing

Will the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Really Create Jobs?

Frustrated Chicago Teachers Union Grapples With Restrictive Strike Rights

Postal Workers to USPS: Don’t Shred Our Contract

Will Japan’s Largest Union Support Renewable Energy?

10-Month Iowa Lockout Ends With New Contract, and Disappointment

Chilean Starbucks Workers on Strike—and U.S. Baristas Show Solidarity

Unions Continue Pushback Against Split Telecom Workforce

African Americans Disproportionately Hurt by Public-Sector Crisis

Largest Teachers Union Endorses Obama (With Some Grumbling By Rank and File)

Has Rahm Emanuel Declared War on Chicago Unions?

New ILO Convention Gives Domestic Workers Historic Labor Rights

Deadline Approaching for Macy’s Strike

House Cuts TSA Funding, Eliminates Collective Bargaining Amid Union Election

Good News for Street Protesters: Inflatable Rats Are OK!

Did Housekeeper’s Union Membership Allow Her to Speak Out Against Strauss-Kahn?

Immigrant Workers’ Exploitation Highlights Perils of Job Placement Agencies

New York City Teachers Union Protests Education Cutbacks, Joins May 12 ‘Mobilization’

Gap Between Rich and Poor Continues to Grow Across Industrialized World

With Activists’ Focus On Wal-Mart, Similar Chains Quietly Enter Cities

Student Debt Keeps Rising. Is There an ‘Education Bubble’?

Are Union Workers Less Satisfied Than Non-Union Members?

New Yorkers Launch ‘Sweatshop Free Campaign’ Amid Labor Strife at Local Eatery

After the Rescue: Unions Push Chile to Adopt International Mining Standards

After Decertifying, Locked-Out NFL Players Union Appeals to Fans for Support

The Folly Of ‘Right to Work’ Legislation

As Friday Deadline Nears, NFL Players’ Union Plans Unusual Tactic: Decertification

Polls: Union Popularity Still Low, But Public (Mostly) Supports Bargaining Rights

UAW Workers Receive Bonuses From Big Three Automakers

Quiet on the Labor Front: 2010 Strikes and Lockouts Were Second Lowest on Record

After Rise in Fatalities, U.S. Mining Agency Proposes New Regulation Rule

Airport Security Workers Prepare for Largest Federal Election in U.S. History

GOP Austerity Plans Will Widen Racial Economic Divide, Report Says

In Iowa, Locked-Out Roquette Workers File International Complaint

Baby Boomers Struggle As They Near Retirement

Since Great Recession, More Working Families in Poverty

NFL Lockout Would Cause 115,000 Job Losses, Union Study Says

In Iowa, Lockout Continues for Roquette America Workers

Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia Highlight Migrant Work Abuse

Time For an Upgrade? Labor Rights Fall Short In Facebook Firing

Wal-Mart Eyes New York Again After Chicago Victory

U.S. Labor Law an Irrelevant ‘Anachronism,’ Says Prominent Harvard Economist