Working In These Times

Your ‘Distressed’ Jeans Are Wearing Out Workers’ Lungs

Michelle Chen

New Report: The Pulp and Paper Industry Can Save Jobs by Becoming More Energy Efficient

Kari Lydersen

Transgender Workers Win Discrimination Suits; Detroit Goes Bankrupt; Portland Truck-Makers Strike

Mike Elk

Heat Wave Prompts Strike at Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s

Mike Elk

Low-Wage Workers in D.C. Turn Pledge of Allegiance Into Protest Chant

David Moberg

Will Bangladesh Get Off the Hook on Safety Improvements?

Mike Elk

The Key to Stemming Gun Violence? Raise Wages, Say Chicago Retail Workers

Jeff Schuhrke

Democrats Paid ‘Pound of Flesh’ in National Labor Board Fight

Bruce Vail

What India’s Sex Workers Want: Power, Not Rescue

Michelle Chen

IBEW Chimes In with Obamacare Concerns

Bruce Vail

New Report: Unions Shield Workers—and States—Against Recession

Patrick James Drennan

Labor and Living Wage Advocates Thwart Wal-Mart in D.C.

Cole Stangler

Nurses—and a City Council Member—Brave Arrest To Stop SUNY Hospital Closing

Sarah Jaffe

Labor Weighs Whether or Not Immigration Bill is Worth Supporting

Mike Elk

Breadwinner Moms on the Rise—But Are They Really Winning?

Tamara Winfrey Harris

Deli Worker Speaks Out Against Sexual Harassment and Racial Slurs

Jeff Schuhrke

EXCLUSIVE: UFCW Rejoins AFL-CIO (Updated)

Mike Elk

Disaster Unpreparedness: Wildfire Tragedy Sheds Light on Dangerous Budget Gaps

Michelle Chen