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Lipstick on a Gig: Why We Should Be Very Skeptical of Uber’s New “Portable Benefits” Scheme
Julianne Tveten
Labor
In a Historic First, the Chicago Teachers Union and Charter School Teachers Have Joined Forces
Jeff Schuhrke
Labor
Cities Scrambling to Attract Amazon Because It “Creates Jobs” Are Being Sold a Lie
David Dayen
Labor
Inside the Trump Administration’s Plan to Shrink the NLRB
Bruce Vail
Labor
Trump’s Jobs Claims in His State of the Union Speech Simply Don’t Add Up
Bryce Covert
Labor
Trump’s Hometown Teaches a Lesson in How to Resist His Workplace Immigration Crackdown
Michael Arria
Labor
Yes, Pensions Are Collapsing, And Progressives Can’t Remain in Denial
Doug Henwood and Liza Featherstone
Labor
In Davos, Trump Is Right at Home with the Global Financial Elite
Kate Aronoff
Labor
The Super Bowl Is Taking Over Minneapolis and Residents Are Mad as Hell
Sarah Lahm
Labor
That Time When Virginia Woolf Called for Wages for Housework
Dayton Martindale
Labor
Remembering the First Communist-Led U.S. Textile Strike, 92 Years On
Catherine A. Paul
Labor
These Teachers Banded Together to Protect a Student From Deportation—And Won
Andrew Willis Garcés
Labor
Is Your Pension Fund Plundering Puerto Rico?
Ethan Corey
Labor
No, Pensions Aren’t All Collapsing, and We Don’t Need To Scrap Them
Max B. Sawicky
Labor
Meet the Grassroots Organizers Who Stood Up Against ICE’s 7-Eleven Raids
Charles Davis
Labor
Modern Capitalism Has Opened a Major New Front for Strike Actions: Logistics
Kim Moody
Labor
Hondurans Are Out on a One-Week General Strike. Their Grievance? A U.S.-Backed Dictatorship.
Jeff Abbott
Labor
Trump NLRB Appointee Behind Major Anti-Union Ruling Accused of Corruption
Bruce Vail
Labor
In 2017, 82% of New Wealth Went to the Top 1%—While the Poor Got Nothing
Jon Queally
Labor
Here Are the 10 Worst Attacks on Workers From Trump’s First Year
Economic Policy Institute
Labor
Defending Democracy Means Organizing Your Workplace
Barry Eidlin and Micah Uetricht
Labor
In a Landslide Vote, the LA Times Just Unionized, Upending a Long Anti-Labor History
Kari Lydersen
Labor
Here’s How Trump’s Labor Department Quietly Gave Bosses Even More Power Over Their Workers
Michael Arria
Labor
The Trump Admin’s Approval of Medicaid Work Requirements Threatens the Lives of Poor People
Meaghan LaSala
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