working class

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

Library users plead for quiet places to read, write and study — but is anybody listening?

Laura Miller Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 47
Entertainment Libraries and librarians

Get ready: Automation could wipe out whole categories of employment, and not even 1 percenters are safe

Michael Lind Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Politics Economics, The 1%, technology, Jobs

A new study finds the white working class is less conservative than we think, if you leave out the South

Joan Walsh Thursday, Sep 20, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 78
Politics Democratic Party, Mitt Romney