Labor

Switzerland Rejects Minimum Wage, While Germany Prepares To Introduce First Ever
Catherine Stupp

A Brief, Bikeable 150-Year History of Labor Uprisings
Kari Lydersen

Trafficked Teachers: Neoliberalism’s Latest Labor Source
George Joseph

Deep Miner: ‘One Mistake and You’re Dead’
Kari Lydersen

‘Fight for 15’ Takes Its Battle to McDonald’s Front Door
David Moberg

Frack Till You Drop
Cole Stangler, Rebecca Burns and Mike Elk

Shutting Down the (Closed) Schools to Prison Pipeline
Kari Lydersen

As “Transportation Cliff” Nears, Unions Rally for Public Transit
Cole Stangler

The New ‘Harvest of Shame’: Children Who Pick Tobacco
Joe Conason, AlterNet

Supermarket Checker: ‘If You Want Personality, Then You Come to My Line’
Jeff Schuhrke
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