labor
I go into this a bit in Out of Sight, but Hester Eisenstein goes into much greater detail into how the global export industries have engaged in the widespread exploitation.
This is a huge decision. In what could be an explosive decision, the California Labor Commission has found that a driver for Uber in San Francisco is an employee of.
On June 15, 1990, 400 striking janitors in Los Angeles who had organized with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and were trying to secure a contract with International Service.
Noam Scheiber's dissection of how labor so successfully torpedoed the Trans Pacific Partnership in the House (thus far anyway, again I'm still suspicious this passes somehow) shows how labor can.
Really glad to see California move toward a $13 hour minimum wage tied to inflation. It's not nearly high enough, especially for a state as expensive as California. The minimum.
Minky Worden argues at Human Rights Watch that while corruption is a major issue, the new FIFA director needs to prioritize worker safety in building World Cup facilities. FIFA’s (non-corruption).
Chris Murphy and Al Franken have introduced a bill to ban one of the most egregiously oppressive practices against low-wage workers: noncompete clauses. The bill from Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
Above: George Meany, 1967 Stephen Lerner spoke at a plenary session during last week's Fighting Inequality conference. He asked us to engage in an intellectual exercise. If you could take.