Labor

In this excerpt from the new afterword to “Raising Expectations (And Raising Hell),” Jane McAlevey argues that unions have to start focusing on the inequality of power.

While the rich are getting richer, the rest of us are falling further behind.

Updates on no growth in the US; China overtakes the US; the costs of the GM bailout; defeat of the bill to raise minimum wage while Hawaii raises its …

American Family Voices (AFV) compiled a video to celebrate the publication of Elizabeth Warren's new book.

The majority of the Senate want to increase the federal minimum wage. However, 42 Republicans refuse to allow a debate on the issue, and more.

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.