Labor

Last week's disclosure by respected Tennessee journalist Phil Williams concerning Republican dirty tricks in the Chattanooga union election demonstrates beyond any doubt that the GOP unlawfully interfered.

Mark Dimondstein president of the American Postal Workers Union spoke in Chicago at the Labor Notes convention on how to defend the People's Post Office.

Millions of Americans are unable to afford life-saving health care, because Republicans would rather play politics than protect people's lives.

The Real News goes to the picket lines as Johns Hopkins Hospital workers launch a three-day strike for living wages.

Members of the union representing teaching assistants, associate instructors and undergraduate tutors across the University of California system went on strike for two days last week over working conditions …

The Supreme Court's majority ruled that a government of, by, and for the wealthy isn't corrupt.

Public support for a minimum wage hike is overwhelming, but lobbying by powerful corporations is tripping it up in Congress.

Thom Hartmann spoke with Truthout about his latest book, “The Crash of 2016,” a discussion that included Hartmann's wide-ranging counterpoints to a corporate media of conventional wisdom.

The income gap in America has widened exponentially since Reagan took office and implemented the so-called “Reagan Tax Cuts.”

This week, Bill speaks with Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, about the group's fight for better wages and working conditions for America's 10 million restaurant …