Working In These Times

• Thursday
  February 9

• iEmpire: Apple’s Sordid Business Practices Even Worse Than You Think

  By Arun Gupta

• Thursday
  February 9

• Caterpillar Lays Off Locked-Out Canadian Workers, Moves Jobs to Low-Wage Indiana

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  February 8

• Top 1% Shower Walker With Cash, but Recall and ‘Walkergate’ Loom

  By Roger Bybee

• Wednesday
  February 8

• Construction Work: Still Deadly, Still Badly Regulated

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Wednesday
  February 8

• CWA President Larry Cohen Is Pissed at Senate Democrats

  By Mike Elk

• Tuesday
  February 7

• Children of Immigrants Targeted by Tax Warfare in Congress

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  February 7

• Supreme Court Affirms Religious Exception Allowing Discrimination, Retaliation

  By Josh Eidelson

• Tuesday
  February 7

• The Golden Toilet Marches On, Inspires Calls for Development Reform in Chicago

  By Kari Lydersen

• Tuesday
  February 7

• Inspired by Cablevision Organizing Success, Workers Go on Wildcat Strike

  By Mike Elk

• Monday
  February 6

• For First Time in 10 Years, GE Workers Vote in Union

  By Mike Elk

• Monday
  February 6

• Exploited Hershey Students Win Small Victory Against Guest Worker Exploitation

  By Mike Elk

• Sunday
  February 5

• Weekly Workers’ Roundup: Bay Area Nurses Walk Out, Puget Sound Truck Drivers Protest

  By Patrick Glennon

• Friday
  February 3

• Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers Move Ahead in Fight for Justice

  By David Moberg

• Friday
  February 3

• Wisconsin on Steroids? Arizona GOP Wants to Make State Most Anti-Union in Nation

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  February 3

• ILWU’s Militant Defense of West Coast Turf Pays Off With Longview Victory

  By Mike Elk

• Thursday
  February 2

• Chinese Policies—and U.S. Companies—Threaten American Auto Parts Jobs

  By David Moberg

• Thursday
  February 2

• White House Delays Another Workplace Rule That Could Save Lives

  By Mike Elk

• Thursday
  February 2

• Below Soaring CEOs, Struggling Black and Latino Youths

  By Stephen Franklin

• Wednesday
  February 1

• Replacing Factories With Jails: Just 44% of Milwaukee’s Black Men in Workforce

  By Roger Bybee

• Wednesday
  February 1

• In Year of Uprisings, Reporters Brave Crackdowns from Wall St. to Tahrir Square

  By Michelle Chen

• Wednesday
  February 1

• Golden Toilet Does the Job in Chicago

  By Kari Lydersen

• Tuesday
  January 31

• Hostess, Bankrupt Maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, Pushes Major Concessions on Unions

  By Bruce Vail

• Tuesday
  January 31

• American Airline Workers Blast Bain, Prepare for Bankruptcy Fight (UPDATED)

  By Josh Eidelson

• Tuesday
  January 31

• Chicago Mayor’s Facebook Town Hall Leaves Teachers, Parents Venting

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  January 30

• Inspector General Finds GOP NLRB Member Sought Work With Anti-Union Law Firm

  By Mike Elk

• Monday
  January 30

• Canada’s Labor Movement Digs in for ‘PATCO Equivalent,’ as Lockouts Drag On

  By Mike Elk

• Monday
  January 30

• Facing Maternity Care Gaps, Midwives Push for Birthing Justice

  By Michelle Chen

• Sunday
  January 29

• Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Chicago City College Workers Protest Demand for Concessions

  By Patrick Glennon

• Saturday
  January 28

• For Reasons Unclear, Union Membership Changed Little in 2011

  By David Moberg

• Friday
  January 27

• With Cablevision Victory, CWA Wins Toehold in Cable TV Industry

  By Mike Elk

• Friday
  January 27

• Liberals’ Inequality Narrative Ignores Role of Free Trade, Unionbusting

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  January 27

• Domestic Workers and Their Children March for Rights in Calif.

  By David Bacon

• Thursday
  January 26

• ‘Get a Job’? Not So Easy for Teens, as Adults Snap Up Openings

  By Kari Lydersen

• Thursday
  January 26

• Did Warren Buffet-Owned Company’s Prison-Made Product Break U.S. Law?

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  January 25

• GOP Lawmakers Make Indiana 23rd ‘Right-to-Work’ State (Updated)

  By Roger Bybee

• Wednesday
  January 25

• Labor Takes Early Shots at Romney, Republicans—On and Off Air

  By David Moberg

• Wednesday
  January 25

• State of the Union Address Barely Mentions Unions

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  January 25

• Amid ‘Turnaround Agenda,’ Teachers, Communities Overshadowed by Corporate Reforms

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  January 24

• Emblematic of 1 Percenters, Cooper Tire Punk’d Workers

  By Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

• Tuesday
  January 24

• Center for Union Facts Steps Up $10 Million Ad Campaign Backing Broad Anti-Union Bill

  By Josh Eidelson

• Monday
  January 23

• Is OSHA Getting Tougher? For 2nd Time Ever, Federal Agency Pushes Company-Wide Settlement

  By Mike Elk

• Monday
  January 23

• Lockout at Quebec Rio Tinto Aluminum Smelter Drags On

  By Kari Lydersen

• Saturday
  January 21

• Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: IKEA Workers Unionize, and NH Becomes New Front in Public-Sector Fight

  By Patrick Glennon

• Friday
  January 20

• Partial Victory Bittersweet for Laid-Off Bakery Worker at Center of Class-Action Suit

  By Kari Lydersen

• Friday
  January 20

• The Right to Be Healthy: Supreme Court Weighs Sick Leave for State Workers

  By Michelle Chen

• Friday
  January 20

• Letter From Colombia: In Plastic Surgery Capital, How Real is the New Face?

  By Kari Lydersen

• Thursday
  January 19

• Trumka Voices ‘Dissent’ From Obama’s Corporate-Backed Jobs Council Report

  By Mike Elk

• Thursday
  January 19

• Opposition Erupts as Chicago City Council Passes G8/NATO Summit Ordinances

  By Kari Lydersen

• Wednesday
  January 18

• Wis. Recall Elections a Sure Thing, But New ID Law May Block Anti-Walker Vote

  By Roger Bybee

• Wednesday
  January 18

• Some Unions Support SOPA, But Would Anti-Piracy Bill Hurt or Help Workers?

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  January 18

• After Tragedy, Apple Tries to Polish Image on Workers’ Rights

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  January 17

• AFL-CIO’s Trumka Acknowledges Labor’s Divisions Over Keystone Pipeline

  By Mike Elk

• Tuesday
  January 17

• When New Obama Chief of Staff Was NYU Exec, School Ceased Recognizing Union

  By Josh Eidelson

• Monday
  January 16

• Goin’ Backward in Indiana: Muncie’s Omen and the Push for ‘Right to Work’

  By Stephen Franklin

• Monday
  January 16

• Stranger Than Fiction: Republicans Rip ‘Vulture Capitalism,’ While Obama Praises ‘Insourcing’ Firms

  By Roger Bybee

• Saturday
  January 14

• Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Auto Workers Protest, and Walker Less Than Welcome in Texas

  By Patrick Glennon

• Friday
  January 13

• Worker Unrest Returns to Foxconn Factory in China

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Friday
  January 13

• Amid Fuel Price Crisis, Nigeria Goes on Strike

  By Michelle Chen

• Friday
  January 13

• Wonk Bloggers and the Vanishing Voices of Workers

  By Mike Elk

• Thursday
  January 12

• Why Did Rick Santorum Flip-Flop on National ‘Right to Work’ Law?

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  January 11

• Labor Readies Goal-Line Stand Against Right-to-Work in Indiana

  By Roger Bybee

• Wednesday
  January 11

• Struggle for Immigrants’ Rights Highlights Split Within Organized Labor

  By Michelle Chen

• Wednesday
  January 11

• Workers Have Right to Class-Action Lawsuits Against Bosses: NLRB

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  January 11

• Republic Windows Redux? Chicago Bakery Faces Class Action Suit for Pre-Christmas Closure

  By Kari Lydersen

• Tuesday
  January 10

• More Than a Number: Troubling Trends Behind the Dropping Unemployment Rate

  By Stephen Franklin

• Tuesday
  January 10

• 100 Years After Lawrence Strike, the Cry for ‘Bread & Roses’ Still Resonates

  By Steve Early

• Tuesday
  January 10

• With Romney’s Backing, New Hampshire GOP Pushes Right to Work Again

  By Josh Eidelson

• Monday
  January 9

• All in a Day’s Work…Behind Bars

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  January 9

• Trouble in Candyland: American Licorice Workers Strike Over Healthcare Benefits

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Friday
  January 6

• NUHW Goes National, Winning Union Elections in Michigan

  By Mike Elk

• Friday
  January 6

• Super Bowl-Level Stakes for Indiana Labor in Battle vs. ‘Right-to-Work’

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  January 6

• Despite New Rule on Livestock Antibiotics, Infection Risks Still Plague Workers, Communities

  By Michelle Chen

• Thursday
  January 5

• Labor Department to Review OSHA’s Voluntary Workplace Safety Program

  By Mike Elk

• Thursday
  January 5

• Working on Ice: The Pros and Cons of Antarctic ‘Summer’ Jobs

  By Kari Lydersen

• Wednesday
  January 4

• Obama Makes Recess Appointments to NLRB. Is It Enough for AFL-CIO Endorsement?

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  January 4

• As Walker Recall Effort Heats Up, Labor Looks for Viable Candidate

  By Roger Bybee

• Wednesday
  January 4

• Ron Paul Would Allow ‘Open Season’ on Union Organizers

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  January 4

• Will Peasants and Migrant Workers Forge China’s New Political Vanguard?

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  January 3

• Class War at the Gray Lady? New York Times Gives Millions to CEO While Pushing Concessions on Union

  By Mike Elk

• Tuesday
  January 3

• In California, Competing Tax Hikes Divide Organized Labor

  By Josh Eidelson

• Monday
  January 2

• Union: Media’s Portrayal of TSA Employees Has Hurt Our Bargaining Power

  By Mike Elk

• Monday
  January 2

• The Secret of Rocky Flats: The Never-Ending Story of a Cold War Plutonium Plant

  By Kari Lydersen

• Friday
  December 23

• Happy Holidays? Not for 200 Pacific Steel Workers in California

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Friday
  December 23

• Nepal’s Migrants Lured By Empty Promises, Trapped by Bosses Abroad

  By Michelle Chen

• Friday
  December 23

• The Best of Times and the Worst of Times, When It Comes to Healthcare

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  December 23

• The Immigration Debate at Year’s End: Conflict and Contradiction

  By Kari Lydersen

• Thursday
  December 22

• New NLRB Rule May Be High-Water Mark for Obama-Era Labor Reform

  By Mike Elk

• Thursday
  December 22

• When Democracy Becomes Disposable

  By Roger Bybee

• Wednesday
  December 21

• Flight Attendants Vote to ‘Keep it Virgin’—and Transport Workers Union Cries Foul

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  December 21

• Oil Workers Rise Up in Kazakhstan, Face Brutal Crackdown

  By Michelle Chen

• Wednesday
  December 21

• Solidarity Inaction: Railroad Workers and the Occupy Movement

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  December 21

• Wage Theft at Mom and Pop Stores—and How to Fight It

  By Kari Lydersen

• Tuesday
  December 20

• The Antidote for Stupidity of Shipping Tax-Dollar-Financed Jobs Overseas

  By Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

• Tuesday
  December 20

• Will the NLRB Let Graduate Student Workers Down Again?

  By Josh Eidelson

• Monday
  December 19

• Baltimore’s United Workers Disrupt Christmas Shopping, Demand Stable Jobs, Better Wages

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  December 19

• Keeping Kids Out of Silo Deathtraps: Labor Dept. on Verge of Rule Change

  By Mike Elk

• Friday
  December 16

• Good News on Horizon for America’s Growing In-Home Care Workforce

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Friday
  December 16

• Occupy Harvard—and Other Campus Groups—Back HEI Hotel Workers’ Rights

  By David Moberg

• Friday
  December 16

• With Anti-Immigrant Law, Alabama is Again Ground Zero for Civil Rights

  By Michelle Chen

• Thursday
  December 15

• Obama Nominates Two to NLRB. Will GOP Block Them and Grind Agency to Halt?

  By Mike Elk