Run-DMC reminds us of the hard economic times of African-Americans during the Reagan years.
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The legendary cowboy singer Glenn Ohrlin with a comedic song about the very unpleasant work of castrating farm animals.
Blind Willie McTell on the perils of agricultural work and nature in the American South.
Dolly Parton reminds us about work and feminism.
This fine Labor Day, I want to run a series of posts remembering the great history of work and the lack thereof in American music. For the first post, here's.
John Logan has five reasons you should be optimistic about unions this Labor Day. First, most Americans hold favorable views of unions. According to a June 2013 poll by the.
Some of you probably caught this last week, but the death of this intern is extremely disturbing: Serious concerns have been raised tonight about the punishing hours endured by interns at City investment banks following the death of a young Bank of America Merrill Lynch...
Well, doesn't this just make you feel comfortable about the safety of our workplaces and our communities: A Dallas Morning News analysis of more than 750,000 federal records found pervasive.
I'm sure the timber industry is glad it retook its historically appropriate title America's most dangerous job. An excerpt from my book manuscript draft, part of which explores the history.
Matt and I have had our share of arguments over how to create a better life for working people, but I mostly endorse his statement about Guaranteed Basic Income. The minimum wage typically gets debated in terms of econometric studies about disemployment impacts. But the...
In a Democratic administration, OSHA makes alliances with women's groups to improve health and safety for women who work in construction. In a Republican administration, OSHA is controlled by industry.
Yuengling owner Dick Yuengling, Jr. is an anti-union extremist who thinks Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett is "a great man," hates unions, and is leading the Keystone State fight to make.