Labor

Developing countries will likely lose the most from accelerated automation, a dynamic that will exacerbate our already enormous global inequalities.

A new report helps quantify the abusive patterns experienced by survivors of human trafficking by following the stories of over 100 domestic workers.

The glossy façade of economic progress is propped up by a brick-making industry notorious for extreme worker exploitation. Originally published by Equal Times. When Brijesh Yadav borrowed US$300 from a...

The lead organizer of a union drive with the predominantly African American workforce at a Mississippi factory is building power through alliances with civil rights, faith, and student activists.

Trump says he'll spike bad trade deals, but he's still letting the big corporations that write them make the rules. Candidate Donald Trump promised to renegotiate free trade agreements that...

At a Capitol Hill forum, Roberto Ramirez shared his experience as a long-time employee of fast food king Andrew Puzder, Trump's choice to head the U.S. Department of Labor.

Through our weekly feature, we've been honored to lift up dozens of inspiring leaders in the fight for a more equitable country and world. 

Workers in Massachusetts are agitating for a $15 statewide minimum wage, buoyed by ballot-box successes in other states and widespread in-state worker support.

New play from veteran labor leader Gene Bruskin, an exciting tale of solidarity and worker uprising. Fiction has the capacity to transport us from the drudgery of everyday life to...