Big news for workers' rights today. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled McDonald's a "joint employer." This basically invalidates the claim used by fast food corporations that franchise out the stores that they are not responsible for what happens to the workers. Of course...
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I was unaware that Stanley Kubrick had made a documentary about the Seafarers International Union in 1953. I have not seen it, but it is now available here, although I.
Given that Steve Jobs was a sociopath and given the labor conditions at overseas factories where Apple products are made, it's not at all hard to believe that the company.
Freedom Summer was 50 years ago this year and its anniversary has been pretty underreported. Anyway, this is an interesting piece from one of the white organizers about the relationship between organizing civil rights workers and union organizing in Mississippi. Obviously, biracial unionism did not...
I know I am supposed to be all doom and gloom all the time. But that's only true 99% of the time. Sometimes there are victories. Such as the concession.
Should businesses who pay atrocious wages, just offloading the responsibility to keep people fed and clothed onto the state, be taxed to make up for it? Can you name the.
I am always amused by the idea that technology will set us free from the hassles of work. Talk about utopian. The reality is that technology chains us to our jobs, creating a state of permanent surveilliance by our employers who demand more and more....
Kathleen Geier, Sarah Jaffe, and Sheila Bapat have a great discussion of how the Hobby Lobby and Harris decisions conspire to undermine women's economic security. You should definitely read the.
As I stated earlier, I don't necessarily see the UAW-Volkswagen agreement as a major victory. It's certainly a positive thing for the workers involved, but as something to celebrate, I'm.
....Sorry for not including the link, I wrote this before a long and horrible day of travel and so just saw I forgot it now. Here is the original link, for what it's worth 20 hours later. Among the many potential impacts of the Hobby...
Yes, I too am shocked to find out that my small-time capitalist who sells lefty books also hates unions like a member of the Walton family.
One of the world's most exploitative industries is seafood, mostly for rich nation consumption. Two of the biggest areas of production are in southeast Asia and the Gulf Coast. In.