Working In These Times

Global Labor Congress Pushes Back Against ‘Austerity’

Michelle Chen

Obama’s Stance on NAFTA Rules, Military Aid Aggrieves Mexican Labor

Roger Bybee

Union: Chicago Adjuncts Fired for Organizing

Kari Lydersen

Employee or Independent Contractor? Congress Investigates Employee Misclassification

Lindsay Beyerstein

Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Thousands Protest Bloomberg’s Cuts, Spirit Airlines Pilots Strike

Jennifer Braudaway

Will Deepwater Horizon Families Get Their Due?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Johnson Controls: Bad Faith on Both Sides of Rio Grande

Roger Bybee

Driven by Globalization, Today’s Slave Trade Thrives at Home and Abroad

Michelle Chen

Black Shirt Friday Commemorates Railroad Worker Deaths

Kari Lydersen

Senate Fights For Billionaire Fund Managers’ Tax Breaks, Blocks Jobless Aid

Art Levine

Bob King Set to Become UAW President as Calls to Restore Concessions Loom (UPDATED)

Akito Yoshikane

Defending Workers From a Bad Rap: Challenging Criminal Background Checks

Michelle Chen

Chinese Sweatshop Model Challenged, but Rulers Strike Back

Roger Bybee

OSHA: Refineries Ignore Safety, Workers Die

Lindsay Beyerstein

Come March With Us: Congress Hotel Strikers Celebrate 7th Anniversary

Kari Lydersen

Union Deaths Rise Around World, as Recession Heightens Attacks on Labor Rights

Akito Yoshikane

The ‘Blame the Teacher’ Movement, and the Public-Sector Union Crisis

Richard Greenwald

As Teachers Struggle with Obama’s Reform Agenda, ‘Merit Pay’ Gets a Demerit

Michelle Chen