Labor

Michigan GOP State Rep Aims to Outlaw Key Measure Ensuring Working People Benefit from Development
Jonathan Brozdowski

Did Jimmy John’s Fire Yet Another Worker for Supporting a Union?
Bruce Vail

Oil Striker: “None of us wants to be the next person to lose his life for no good reason”
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Striking Oil Workers Say They’re Fighting Deadly Working Conditions
Rebecca Burns

Germany Just Passed Its First-Ever Minimum Wage Law—And It Covers Interns
Amien Essif

Billionaire Gov. Bruce Rauner Declares War on Illinois State Unions Through Executive Order
David Moberg

Boston University Adjuncts Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize
Kevin Solari

In 3,800-Worker Strike, the Ghost of Tony Mazzocchi Still Haunts Big Oil
Steve Early

Don’t Say He Didn’t Warn You: Ultra-Rich Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Spells Out Anti-Union Agenda
David Moberg

The Anti-Standardized Testing Movement Claims a Victory in Chicago
Yana Kunichoff
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