Op-Ed | Worker Protests in Ciudad Juárez Shine Light on Workers’ Rights Violations Workers took action to improve conditions in the low-wage maquiladora sector. By Cathy Feingold , AFL-CIOBlog January 13, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections SCOTUS v. Public Sector Unions and Sanders v. All GOP Opponents New polls reveal Sanders far outpacing Clinton against all potential Republicans, and public sector unions take a beating. By Brad Friedman , TheBradBlog January 13, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor On the News With Thom Hartmann: Half of all Americans Are Living in or Close to Poverty, and More Half of all Americans have no savings at all, and nearly three out of four people who have saved have less than $1,000 on hand. By Thom Hartmann , TheThomHartmannProgram December 21, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor As Public Funding of Universities Dwindles, Faculty Are Unionizing Non-tenure-track university faculty are joining unions to challenge pro-business educational priorities. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout December 20, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | IKEA’s Double Standard on Workers’ Rights If IKEA is really committed to the right of workers to unionize, why did the company recently hire union-busting lawyers? By John Logan , Truthout November 18, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Reclaiming Labor History: How Domestic Workers Resisted Racism in the ’60s and ’70s Premilla Nadasen discusses how Black women domestic workers organized for better pay and conditions in the 1960s and 1970s. By Mark Karlin , Truthout October 18, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Teachers’ Resistance in Oaxaca Offers Lessons for US Activism The mass mobilizations organized by the teachers' unions in Oaxaca, Mexico, could serve as a model for activism in the US. By Ricardo Rosa & Lois Meyer , Truthout October 15, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | As TPP Deal Inked, Guatemala Labor Case Unmasks Free Trade’s Empty Promises As with all the previous trade deals, the president is making lofty claims about this one. By Dan DiMaggio , LaborNotes October 9, 2015 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Bankruptcy Lawyers Strip Cash From Coal Miners’ Health Insurance Secure health insurance has been one casualty of the wave of bankruptcies. By Alec MacGillis , ProPublica October 4, 2015 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor On the News With Thom Hartmann: Unions Are Still Good for Workers, and More According to two new reports, collective bargaining is the best tool we have to increase opportunity for workers. By Thom Hartmann , TheThomHartmannProgram September 21, 2015 Truthout