The concept of “rising oceans” suddenly became real this week on the New Jersey coastline and in lower Manhattan, where work crews…
Jenny Brown
Latino workers in the Phoenix area are fighting back against the bullying sheriff of Maricopa County, Joe Arpaio. They’ve registered over 34,000…
Verizon workers struck for two energetic weeks last summer in response to billions’ worth of concessions demands from the profitable telecommunications company.…
Hotel workers in 20 cities are planning pickets, civil disobedience, and other actions to this week to protest relentless efforts by Hyatt…
Teamster art handlers voted to settle their dispute with Sotheby’s yesterday, ending a 10-month lockout that became a symbol of Occupy Wall…
Women workers are attacking low pay and bias from many angles, assailing wage laws that exclude them, suing over outright discrimination, and…
New York’s retail union announced a living wage deal with the powerful speaker of the city council in January, following a two-year…
Wrenching testimonies from laid-off workers are overflowing the internet, crying out from the pages of policy reports, and popping up in commercial…
Retail employees expect the holiday season to be hectic, but workers at big-box stores report a galling combination: unpredictable shifts but not…
“Farm to fork” may sound like a doctrine for foodies, but for workers in food production struggling for decent jobs, it’s an…