Labor

Governments and consumers will have much to gain if labor power can provide a check on the runaway predatory business model that platform companies have exported around the world.

The PRO Act, which offers a pathway to increased power for the working class, passed the House with bipartisan support.

The bipartisan bill would ease the financial challenges that critics have used to justify calls for postal worker wage cuts and selling lucrative parts of the service to for-profit corporations.

In his State of the Union address, the president made a poor attempt to conceal the continued rise in economic inequality under his administration.

A new campaign is building support for proposals to ensure that everyone who wants to work can have a good, living wage job.

Congress should take bipartisan action to protect this vital public service and the good jobs it maintains.

The prime minister resigned over the nationwide protests, catapulting a 34-year-old woman into Finland’s top job.

As the bankrupt toy chain attempts a comeback, retail workers who lost their jobs after private equity takeovers are fighting for accountability.

International leaders meeting at the ILO to discuss social protection policies must address the painful spending cutbacks that are provoking protests in many countries.