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Executive Excess: How Taxpayers Subsidize Giant Corporate Pay Gaps
The really big buckets of taxpayer money go to the federal government’s top contractors.
Five Lessons From the History of Public Sector Unions
History shows that workers can mobilize and organize even without cover of law.
I’m in Labor and Wondering: Why Doesn’t the World Recognize This as Work?
It is some of the hardest work I've ever completed, but it will never be recorded on a timesheet.
The Devil’s in the Details: NAFTA Puts Trump in a Political Pickle
Trump may be more interested in scoring points with voters than negotiating a successful agreement.
After 10 Days, Prison Strikes Spread to 11 States to Demand End to “Slave Labor”
Amani Sawari, prison strike organizer working on behalf of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, discusses more.
Department of Labor Gives Federal Contractors a License to Discriminate
Our tax dollars pay federal contractors, which means we're paying for discrimination.
BDS Win: How Tunisian Groups Blocked Entry of an Israel-Linked Cargo Ship
Stopping the “Cornelius A” was the culmination of a battle of wills between civil society and oppression.
NAFTA Renegotiation Should Reject Neoliberalism
We could be facing a rare opportunity to make vital, long-needed changes to the trade deal.
A New Framework for Labor Law: Shifting the Paradigm on Workers’ Rights
A new report provides a blueprint to protect workers, whose rights are being undermined at every opportunity.
New York Taxi Workers Defeat Uber and Lyft With Landmark Legislation
Ride-hailing companies and their corporate lobby were no match for the commitment of the city's cab driver union.