Interview | Economy & Labor Why Fair Job Scheduling for Low-Wage Workers Is a Racial Justice Issue Neighborhoods Organizing for Change is leading the fight for fair scheduling in Minneapolis by being committed to racial justice. By Liz Ben-Ishai , InTheseTimes January 25, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Digging Up a Mountain of Debt As coal companies go broke, they're leaving taxpayers holding the bag. By Ryan Alexander , OtherWords January 25, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor To Fight Back Against Companies Like Uber, Workers Need Organizing – Not Technocratic Fixes Solutions must tackle the power differential between gig economy workers and the big businesses that control their labor. By Jonathan Rosenblum , InTheseTimes January 24, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Report Underlines Recent Worker Hazards at Old Weapons Plants Federal health investigators found serious problems when they inspected a former uranium enrichment plant being dismantled in Ohio. By Jamie Smith Hopkins & Jim Morris , TheCenterforPublicIntegrity January 22, 2016 Truthout
Economy & Labor Economic Update: Capitalism’s Results This episode provides updates on Obama's visit to Detroit, and more. By Richard D. Wolff , Truthout January 22, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Detroit Rocked by Teachers’ “Sickout” Protesting Dire Conditions Under Emergency Management On Wednesday, 88 of Detroit's roughly 100 public schools were closed in the latest mass teacher "sickouts" protesting underfunding and conditions. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! January 21, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Public Education: An Opt-Out Victory in New York New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo retreats from attempts to reduce public education to a series of standardized tests. What comes now? By Leia Petty , SocialistWorker January 20, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor The Most Disingenuous Attack on Bernie Yet Hillary Clinton isn't telling a true story about Bernie Sanders and his vote for the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram January 20, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor The Citadel Is Breached: Congress Taps the Fed for Infrastructure Funding Some experts say Congress should go further and authorize funds to be issued for infrastructure directly. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog January 19, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Fast-Food Workers Plan Wave of Strikes for 2016 Primaries Starting with strike to coincide with Democratic debate, workers launched initiative to push candidates to support union rights, wages. By Giovanna Vitale & Jack Temple , PopularResistance January 19, 2016 Truthout