Labor

Beanie Baby manufacturer’s corrupt labor practices

Ty Inc. relies on illicit labor brokers, or raiteros, to recruit immigrant workers who earn well below minimum wage VIDEO

Michael Grabell, ProPublica Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 9:56 PM UTC
Social ProPublica, ty inc, Labor

How will the Boston shutdown affect workers?

Labor leaders worry hourly workers will lose wages or vacation time for not making it to work during the shutdown

Alex Seitz-Wald Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 24
Business Labor, Boston, Boston Explosions

Fixing Obama’s “fix it first” infrastructure plan

If the U.S. wants to create more jobs and compete with emerging markets, it can't focus on existing roads alone

Amy B. Dean, Boston Review Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 9:15 PM UTC
Politics Boston Review, U.S. Economy

`Target the underemployed, not just the unemployed

To reinvigorate the labor market, we have to help underutilized and part-time workers as well as those without jobs

Jared Bernstein, On the Economy Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 5:45 PM UTC
Business On the Economy, Labor

Liberals should fear Chris Christie

The GOP all-star is far from a moderate -- he's a social progressive's worst nightmare

Don Hazen, Alternet Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 5:23 PM UTC 16
Politics AlterNet, Scott Walker

NCAA tournament highlights America’s inequities

College sports is not a distraction from society's struggles -- it's a business that embodies them

David Sirota Monday, Apr 8, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 26
Entertainment NCAA, ncaa basketball

Fast food workers plan surprise strike

UPDATED: Workers in some 70 restaurants expected to walk off job, potentially shutting down several eateries today

Josh Eidelson Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 10:00 AM UTC 33
Business Fast food, Fast food strike

Can immigration reform save the American workforce?

Legalizing undocumented workers would prevent employers from undercutting the country's largest unions

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 9:39 PM UTC
Business RobertReich.org, Unemployment

Paid sick leave: The next liberal litmus test?

Providing paid sick leave for workers is rapidly becoming a national Democratic priority. Oppose it at your peril

Randy LoBasso Friday, Mar 29, 2013 4:33 PM UTC 10
Working Ahead Philadelphia, Michael Nutter

The art of labor

"There's no way I could be half the artist I am without the support of the union" VIDEO

AFL-CIO Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
All Salon AFL-CIO, Working Ahead, Unions

Defeating useless rich people

Taming wealthy, unproductive "moochers" will require a populist campaign to stop them. Here's how we can do it

Michael Lind Monday, Mar 25, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 101
Business Labor, Progressives, Taxes

Apple kills a sweatshop app

Hypocrisy alert: Child labor and blocked fire escapes are somehow too offensive to be allowed on an iPad

Andrew Leonard Friday, Mar 22, 2013 6:26 PM UTC 12
Technology Apple, app store, sweatshop, Labor

Google’s worker paradise

In house visits from Justin Bieber? Free Pilates? How would Karl Marx explain this madness?

Andrew Leonard Friday, Mar 15, 2013 9:11 PM UTC 11
Technology Google, employee perks, Workers

Leaning in won’t help your career

If you want a better job, unionize

Brigid O'Farrell, Alternet Friday, Mar 15, 2013 12:02 PM UTC
Technology Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer

Karl Marx and the semantics of a “post-work left”

Conservatives like Ross Douthat disregard the free, productive activity that is lacking in capitalism's wage labor

Evan Burger, Jacobin Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 29
Social Jacobin, Karl Marx, Work, Labor

Living in a “post-work” society

The vision of a "post-work" world involves more part-time jobs and shorter hours. Sounds good? Not to conservatives

Peter Frase, Jacobin Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 4:31 PM UTC 13
Politics Jacobin, Economics, Labor

Southern poverty pimps

The “original sin” of the Southern political class is cheap, powerless labor

Michael Lind Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 7:59 PM UTC 122
Politics The South, Economics, Poverty

Work becomes more like prison

Supermarket chain TESCO is one of a few companies that use high-tech surveillance to track employee productivity

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 6:34 PM UTC
Life AlterNet, Labor, Surveillance

I’m sick of working for free

I do volunteer design work and they treat me like a dog. I'm through giving it away!

Cary Tennis Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 47
Life Since You Asked, graphic design

Will “alt-labor” replace unions?

As union membership steadily declines, new non-union workers' groups are filling the labor movement's biggest void

Josh Eidelson, The American Prospect Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 8:45 PM UTC
Social The American Prospect, Labor

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