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Working While Black

July 12, 2016

by Marc Bayard


With people of color soon dominating the working class, it's even more important that everyone earns a living wage. Without this we are doomed to eternal inequality.

Airport Workers Worldwide Are Uniting

July 6, 2016

by Steve Cotton


With global airlines registering record profits, unions around the world have formed a new organization to fight the airline industry’s cost-cutting culture and secure economic justice for airport workers.  Originally...

The Brexit Vote and Inequality

June 24, 2016

by Owen Tudor


The head of international relations at the British labor federation explains the implications for workers of leaving the European Union. Post-referendum update: Read Owen Tudor's response to the June 23...

Paying for Low Wage Pollution

March 2, 2016

by Liz Ryan Murray


Economic justice activists are championing laws that shift the costs of toxic poverty wages from communities to corporations. Imagine if a corporation set up shop in your community and immediately...

Get Ready to Be Forked

January 22, 2016

by Sarah Anderson


The leading advocate for U.S. restaurant workers is releasing a new book that aims to redefine success in the deeply unequal restaurant business.

How to Make Bad Jobs Good 101

September 24, 2015

by Claire Goldstene


Whether industrial or service, jobs become “good” only because of coordinated pressure from workers. Current campaigns across the United States to unionize service workers reflect a decades-long transformation, as service-sector employment...

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