Colleen Boyle is a union researcher and organizer.
Labor
In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From the Working Class
The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.
Colleen Boyle and Eric Dirnbach
For the $10 Billion It Gave Shareholders, John Deere Could Have Given Each Worker $142,000
Workers made a fortune for shareholders over the last six-year contract. They should demand that they get paid their true worth before shareholders get a penny.
Colleen Boyle
Feature
Banks Have Made $18 Billion From "Paycheck Protection Program" Processing Fees Alone
Fees paid to banks eclipse funding allocated to develop vaccines, provide medical supplies and feed children.
Colleen Boyle
Feature
Instead of Enriching Shareholders, These Companies Could Give 8 Million Workers a $46,000 Raise
How public companies like Nike and Apple are shifting money away from workers to the already very wealthy.
Colleen Boyle
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.