Kari Lydersen - In These Times

Kari Lydersen is a Chicago-based journalist, author and assistant professor at Northwestern University, where she leads the investigative specialization at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Her books include Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago’s 99%.

Puerto Rico: A Bellwether for Public-Sector Unions?

Remembering Photographer Milton Rogovin

Illinoisans Call for Minimum Wage Increase

North American Solidarity Agreement

Steelworkers in the United States and Canada forge ties with Los Mineros in Mexico.

Hungry for Justice, Restaurant Workers Go for Gold in Chicago

How Budget Cuts and Privatization Endanger Workers in Psychiatric Hospitals

Chicago Teachers Vow Renewed Activism Over Revoked Raises

School’s Out in Chicago, But Labor Struggles Are Just Starting

Madison March Targets Influential Wisconsin Business Lobby Group

Report: Walmart Tries to Hide Right-Wing Donations

Unions Mean Safer Mines: Stanford Law Study

Workers Comp ‘Reform’ in Illinois Aims to Curb Alleged Abuses

Supreme Court’s E-Verify Decision Devastating for Employers, Immigrant Workers

From U.S. to India, the Casualties of Coal

Warehouse Workers File Second Lawsuit Against Chicago-Area Wal-Mart Contractors

IBEW Union Sides With Power Industry on Clean Air Rules

Chemical Industry Regulation Would Create, Not Kill Jobs

Domestic Workers Form Historic Partnership With AFL-CIO

From Sudbury to Chicago, Complaints About ‘Blame the Worker’ Safety

Faculty Unite to Unionize Via Card Check at University of Illinois at Chicago

From Racism to Lung Cancer, Workers Cope With Life in the Logistics Industry

Workers Memorial Day: A Call to Memory and Action

Chicago Power Play: Energy Company Pits Union Members Against Clean Air

After Detroit School Scandal, Strong Words From ICE Union President

Unions Join Protests Against Aggressive Immigration Enforcement in Michigan

Northeastern Illinois University Professors: Still Fighting After All These Years

At Boston’s PBS Station, Unionbusting Tactics and a Koch Connection

Job Training Programs on the Chopping Block if WIA Cut

As Congress Dithers, San Diego Shipyard Workers’ Woes Abound

Adjunct Faculty Conflict Heats Up at Chicago’s Columbia College

Stolen Wages and Death Sentences: Stories from the Wal-Mart Worker Tour

American Workplaces Are Safer…But Not for Everyone

The Ups and Downs of Chinese Unionists, and the ‘Interests of Humanity’

From Haymarket to Cairo, Workers’ Struggles Remain Fundamentally the Same

Q & A With BBC’s Paul Mason on ‘How the Working Class Went Global’

Temporary Workers on the Auction Block? And the Complicated Economics of Immigration

Ariz. Bill Drives Immigrant Workers—and Anti-Immigrant Agendas—to Oklahoma

Strike? Adjunct Faculty Consider Work Stoppage in Chicago and New York

Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers File Class Action Wage Theft Lawsuit

Missouri Legislator Wants to Increase Child Labor

Warehouse Workers Allege Wage Theft, Demand Pay Stubs

No Romance in Valentine’s Day for Restaurant Workers

Solidarity in Action: Unionists Across North America to Protest for Mexican Workers’ Rights

Austerity in Action: Illinois Workers—Public and Private—Still Losing Jobs

As More Funding Cuts Loom, Transit Union Uses Chicago Election to Leverage Debate

UE: FBI Investigation Hindered 2009 Bank Protest

Another Proposed Chicago Wal-Mart Sparks Opposition

The Man Who Said ‘No’ to Coal Companies: Activist Details State of Polarizing Industry

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