Working In These Times
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SCOTUS Nominee a Cipher on Labor Issues (Updated)
Lindsay Beyerstein
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Natural Gas Fuels Steel Industry Rebound, Job Creation
Kari Lydersen
New SEIU Chief, Mary Kay Henry, Charts Her Path for Union
David Moberg
Job Growth Picks Up, But Unemployment Insurance Crisis Looms
David Moberg
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Green Jobs on the Rails?
Kari Lydersen
Disparity Between Productivity and Pay: $3 Trillion a Year
Roger Bybee
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Working Away Their Childhoods: Young Farmworkers Robbed of Rights
Michelle Chen
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Obama Was Leading Recipient of BP Cash
Lindsay Beyerstein
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Stengthened Senate Liberals Fighting Lobbyists, GOP on Financial Reform
Art Levine
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The Trouble With IKEA’s New ‘Social Responsibility’ Report
Jeff Ballinger
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Baseball Union and Players Speak Out Against SB1070
Akito Yoshikane
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Battle over Tenure Pushes Teachers to the Edge
Michelle Chen
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Friedman’s Flipped-Out Free-Trade Fundamentalism
Roger Bybee
NYU Grad Student Workers Renew Fight for Right to Organize
David Moberg
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Feds Crack Down on America’s Worst Bosses—But Fines Still Trivial
Lindsay Beyerstein
Revisiting the ‘Charleston 5’ Struggle, A Decade Later
Kari Lydersen
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Uprising in Cairo: A New Labor Movement Takes Shape
Michelle Chen
Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Thousands Rally for Finance Reform, Transit Workers Unite on Capitol Hill
Jennifer Braudaway