Twenty Years After Seattle, Is There a New Race to the Bottom?
Technology will continue to transform industries, but weak labor protections are a more serious threat to the quality of work.
Global Struggles
Latin American Protesters Are Demanding New Economic Models
In Chile, Haiti, and Ecuador, demonstrators want more than narrow policy changes. They want to transform the economic systems that have increased inequality for decades.
World Bank Rankings Promote Deregulation at the Expense of Working People
The highly controversial annual Doing Business report gives governments high marks if they slash taxes and worker protections.
Lesotho Garment Workers Strike Landmark Deals with Global Brands to Combat Gender-Based Violence
Levi's, Children’s Place, and the Wrangler and Lee jeans company will now require their suppliers in this African nation to cooperate with a worker-led, enforceable program to eliminate gender-based harassment.