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Workers’ Rights
Workers Cheated as Federal Contractors Prosper
Analysis found that government agencies paid $18 billion over an 18-month period to companies with wage violations.
AT&T Mobility Workers Dial It Up
AT&T Mobility workers are waging their largest-ever contract mobilization.
House Republicans Vow to Do “Everything We Can” to Roll Back Labor Law Gains
The assault on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) falls in line with broader GOP efforts to disempower the NLRB.
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Strawberries and Solidarity: Farmworkers Build Unity Around Driscoll’s Berries Boycott
“Their fight is our fight.”
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As Unions Decline, Construction Workers Are Dying at Alarming Rates
Without unions, workers in construction regularly find themselves both inadequately trained and forced to labor in situations that could — and do — kill them.
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What Was Trumka Doing in Trump Tower?
If the head of the main US union federation thinks he can get Donald Trump to relate to labor as a “partner,” he's mistaken.
The Dark Side of Christmas: The Impact on Sweatshops
It's not elves, but underpaid Chinese workers working around the clock that will enable you to unwrap your presents.
Getting the State to Switch Sides in the Fight for Workers’ Rights
Elizabeth Tang and Sanjiv Pandita discuss the obstacles to labor organizing in the wake of increasing corporate power and the potential for positive change.
“Open Borders for Corporations” Restrict Workers’ Rights
Janine Jackson interviewed Michelle Chen about Samsung's labor and environmental abuses.
The Threat of a Right-Wing Supreme Court: Analyzing Trump’s Prospective Justices
The next president will change the Supreme Court's ideological makeup for four decades.