All 34 articles by Richard Greenwald

• 30 Mar 11

• Culture

  Digging the Underground Press

  The Sixties' scrappy alternative newspapers were the oxygen that kept the era's movements going. MORE »

• 29 Mar 11

• Working

  Triangle Fire: Remembrance of Things Past—and Present

  Last week there were, as there should have been, many events in New York City and beyond remembering... MORE »

• 22 Mar 11

• Working

  The Triangle Fire 100 Years Later: Lessons Learned and Unlearned

  This Friday is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Fire. On March 25, 1911, 146 mostly young immigrant women died in... MORE »

• 20 Dec 10

• Working

  Rethinking ‘the Last Days of the Working Class’

  In Stayin' Alive, Jefferson Cowie draws a surprising portrait of the 1970s The 1970s are the Rodney Dangerfield... MORE »

• 19 Oct 10

• Working

  Why Are Sweatshops So Invisible? One Answer: The Media

  As the 100th anniversary of New York City's Triangle Fire tragedy approaches (it's March 25th), I have been... MORE »

• 29 Sep 10

• Working

  Might New Union Leaders Speak—and Act— for All Workers?

  In his inauguration speech in mid-June, new United Autoworkers Bob King returned the focus of his once powerful... MORE »

• 06 Sep 10

• Working

  What’s Missing From the Movement? Leaders!

  They're needed more than ever this Labor Day There will, no doubt, be lots of posts and articles... MORE »

• 24 Aug 10

• Views

  A Modest Proposal for Teacher Tenure Reform

  Lifetime employment should be earned. MORE »

• 16 Aug 10

• Working

  Rushing for the Exits: Public Employees Take Retirement Over Retrenchment

  As the economy continues to stumble and state budgets (most many months late) have been slashed to the... MORE »

• 20 Jul 10

• Working

  Collaboration Power: How Are Unions and Educators Joining Forces?

  I participated in a remarkable event this past weekend, the Education and Labor Collaborative, hosted by Adelphi University... MORE »

• 14 Jul 10

• Working

  Losing Another Working-Class Hero: Graphic Novelist Harvey Pekar Dies at 70

  Harvey Pekar died on Monday July 12, 2010, but his death was overshadowed by the death of Yankee owner George... MORE »

• 06 Jul 10

• Working

  Remembering Charles Ensley, Union Reformer for an Uncertain Age

  When Charles Ensley, who headed Local 371 of the Social Service Employees Union, died at 69 on June 18, few noticed. ... MORE »

• 24 Jun 10

• Working

  N.Y. State Tries to Help Frustrated Freelancers Get Paid

  More and more Americans are freelancing today, as traditional 9-5 jobs seem to disappear faster than ice melting... MORE »

• 24 Jun 10

• Culture

  Working on a (Temp) Dream

  Welcome to the freelance economy, where workers are atomized, badly compensated and strangely optimistic. MORE »

• 23 Jun 10

• Working

  Where Are Our Organic Labor Intellectuals? Maybe Right Here!

  In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a fierce debate in labor and left circles... MORE »

• 11 Jun 10

• Working

  The ‘Blame the Teacher’ Movement, and the Public-Sector Union Crisis

  Will government workers join the race to the bottom? I was stopped dead in my tracks and felt... MORE »

• 25 May 10

• Working

  When Did Teachers Become the Enemy?

  Education has been consuming a great deal of attention of late. There have been two major articles in... MORE »

• 07 Apr 10

• Working

  Could Proposed N.Y. Triangle Fire Bill Lead to Better Workplace Safety?

  By Richard Greenwald State Senator Kevin Parker of Brooklyn, a Democrat and majority whip, recently introduced a bill... MORE »

• 25 Mar 10

• Working

  Remembering the Triangle Fire

  At 4 p.m. today, we should pause and remember everyone who has died in the struggle for better... MORE »

• 24 Mar 10

• Working

  The Death—and Life?—of Craftsmanship

  I was recently reading Richard Sennet’s book, The Craftsman, in an attempt to understand how the... MORE »

• 10 Mar 10

• Working

  Can Freelancers Unite? New Union Aims to Organize Contract Workers

  Many of us on this blog have been thinking a great deal about the future of labor in... MORE »

• 25 Feb 10

• Working

  Toyota Wages PR Battle With Workers

  Yesterday, Toyota was on Capital Hill trying to both explain its actions and lobby Congress to go easy.... MORE »

• 10 Feb 10

• Working

  Another Hospital Closure in NYC?

  On Monday, New York State Governor David Patterson announced that St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan would get another $6... MORE »

• 07 Feb 10

• Working

  What We Miss: Howard Zinn, 1922-2010

  By Richard Greenwald   When Howard Zinn passed away on January 27, we lost a champion of the progressive... MORE »

• 19 Jan 10

• Working

  Will Tuition Devolution for NY State Schools Hurt the Working Class?

  Today, New York’s Governor, David Patterson, will reveal his budget for the coming fiscal year. In... MORE »

• 06 Jan 10

• Working

  The Mall as Poverty Wage Center

  Can retail workers organize? Can they get a living wage? These may be philosophical questions, but to the... MORE »

• 29 Dec 09

• Culture

  Our Coffee, Ourselves

  The rise of Starbucks reveals how we really live, and it ain't pretty. MORE »

• 02 Dec 09

• Working

  How We Are Part of the Sweatshop Economy

  The International Labor Rights Forum has named Abercrombie and Fitch, Gymboree, Hanes, Ikea, Kohl’s, LL Bean,... MORE »

• 16 Nov 09

• Working

  Unions Must Attract the Young and Hip—or Become Obsolete

  Our mental images of labor seem so out of date. More to the point, they might actually hurt... MORE »

• 11 Nov 09

• Working

  20 Years After the Wall’s Fall, What Happened to International Solidarity?

  This week seems all about celebrating the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of... MORE »

• 14 Oct 09

• Working

  Lessons for Labor—and Progressives—from 1909

  A hundred years ago this fall, a group of young, immigrant and mostly female workers in the ladies... MORE »

• 01 Oct 09

• Working

  What the Liu Sweatshop Controversy Could Have Taught Us

  In a bitter New York City Democratic Primary for City Comptroller that finished Tuesday with a run-off election,... MORE »

• 03 Sep 09

• Working

  Day Laborers as a Leading Economic Indicator

  Journalists and economic commentators have been deeply concerned with predicting when the recession will end. Cable TV has... MORE »

• 19 Aug 09

• Working

  Freelancers: the New Working Class?

  Those who graduated college last May have had to make some economic adjustments. The recession changed their job... MORE »