Labor

Politicians Keep Promising Free Trade Agreements Can Protect Workers. We Should Stop Believing Them.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

30,000 Teachers Walk Out in Protest of Big Class Sizes in Washington State
Mario Vasquez

California Walmart Workers Go on Hunger Strike After Stores Closed in ‘Retaliation’ for Organizing
Julia Kann

Daniel Tobin and the Rise of the Teamsters Union
Bruce Vail

Why Labor Should Get Behind Bernie Sanders in the Primary Elections
Steve Early

LA’s Min. Wage Will Be $15 by 2020. But This Bay Area City’s Minimum Will Be $14.44 By July.
Andrew Klein

A View of Germany’s Economy from Die Linke, the Left Party
Amien Essif

Milwaukee Public Schools Staffer Suspended After Flipping Off Union Organizer
Marc Daalder

Forced Trade and the Damaging Effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Hawaii Teachers Union Reformers: Old Guard Rejected Election “Because They Didn’t Like” Results
Samantha Winslow
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