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Labor
Chinese Students and Workers Are Uniting Again, 30 Years After Tiananmen Square
Chinese workers are in a worse situation than they were in 1989.
Striking Ohio Hospital Workers Remain United, Head to Bargaining Table
Worker solidarity and community support have only grown in the two weeks since the strike began.
The US Labor Market Is Deteriorating for Black Men
A two-to-one ratio of Black unemployment to white unemployment is a national outrage.
The Exploitative Gig Economy Is Not “the Future of Work”
Wednesday's ride share workers' strike proves the gig economy is still vulnerable to traditional labor organizing.
ALEC Wants to Make Protest Illegal in Illinois
Dangerous anti-protest legislation is working its way through state assemblies all across the U.S.
Productivity Booms in First Quarter, But Will It Last?
The tax cut was supposed to increase productivity by producing a boom in investment. But no such boom has occurred.
Anything Other Than Decriminalization Leaves Sex Workers Behind
Criminalization of sex work further disempowers some of society's most vulnerable classes of people.
Unemployment Is Falling, But Jobs Aren’t Going to Black Workers
While the drop in the unemployment rate is good news, there are some aspects of the report that are disturbing.
Trump Golf Club Reportedly Made Undocumented Employees Work Overtime for No Pay
More than two dozen former employees were interviewed amid allegations that the workers were routinely underpaid.
Bank on the People Instead of Wall Street Parasites
The financialized economy has become a parasite feeding off the real economy, driving workers further into debt.