Labor

The largest private sector union contract in the US had been in limbo since last summer, as UPS workers around the country voted down their local supplements. Now the …

China's insatiable thirst for energy as it continues along its course toward international hegemony is having a profound effect on the countries that surround it.

The free trade agreement between the US and Colombia has produced a significant trade surplus for the US, but a plan to protect Colombians has been totally ignored.

Voluntary part-time employment has been rising, which is a predictable effect of the Affordable Care Act.

A wrap-up of the world's May Day protests against austerity for worker rights.

Twenty low-wage dependent trade groups band together to shut down the Senate's minimum wage hike, although the majority of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage.

Isn't it time we take the instance of yet another failed execution attempt to discuss not how to execute people better, but how to get rid of the death …

The failings of the Affordable Care Act are rooted in a long shift away from the idea of a truly universal health care.

The 21st century has seen a continuing decline in union membership and strikes. But it has also seen the emergence of unpredicted mini-revolts.

Not only is May Day not recognized here, but it was rejected with extreme prejudice by the US government, on the grounds that it had communist overtones and was …