Labor

Secretary Solis: End economic injustice, workplace abuse

September 9, 2009 By John Bachtell

Through eight years of the right-wing Bush administration, the secretary of labor helped lead the administration’s war against organized labor. The only time the labor secretary interacted with labor leaders was to threaten and scold. So...

The grim state of young workers

September 8, 2009 By Jake Blumgart

This week the AFL-CIO released a hefty 44-page report on the state of America’s young workers. Its autumnal publication date was no doubt purposeful—this isn’t light summer reading.

Two Labor Day wishes

September 5, 2009 By John Wojcik

If two big things could happen this fall we’d have a shot at re-creating the middle class society workers enjoyed in the past.

Labor-led alliance pressures Wal-Mart for change

September 5, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Unveiling a new "American values agenda" this week, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union launched a new coalition of labor unions, worker advocacy groups, environmental groups, faith-based communities and consumer protection organizations to "hold Wal-Mart...

‘Young workers: A lost decade’

September 4, 2009 By Tula Connell

Something bad happened in the past 10 years to young workers in this country: Since 1999, more of them now have lower-paying jobs, if they can get a job at all; health care is a rare...