Last Saturday’s commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington spotlighted the power of grassroots activism. But it was no exercise in nostalgia. Activists are pushing for...
Tonight, port truck drivers employed by Green Fleet Systems, which contracts with companies like Skechers and Huffy bikes to haul cargo containers on and off the...
Low-income parents and child care providers who oppose a controversial finger-scanning policy in Mississippi won a reprieve August 15 when a judge issued an order that...
(This post first appeared on The Nation and is republished with permission.) Nine fired workers and a current employee were arrested around 2:30 p.m. Thursday after...
No one ever said housemaid or domestic. Pride matters more And here’s the truth of it: she was Tantie, a grand-mothering substitute chained to Miss B.,...
The Citizens Trade Campaign is coordinating efforts with labor, environmental organizations, health organizations and others to help persuade Congressional representatives of the need to opposed fast...
Rooftop solar has many benefits, like reducing the need for dirty natural gas plants that pollute our air. It is also a great tool for growing...
Why is the nation more bitterly divided today than it’s been in 80 years? Why is there more anger, vituperation and political polarization now than even...
As Labor Day approaches, here’s a question that many opponents of immigration reform don’t want to answer honestly: Can you be for the middle class and...
I’ve seen some pretty outrageous anti-worker opinion pieces written about the contract negotiations at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) over the last two months. But nothing...
Los Angeles Port Drivers and workers across America all have one thing in common: We are working harder than ever but struggling just to get by....
Writing on the building outside the Palmer House Hotel in downtown Chicago says “igniting passions since 1871.” The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held its 40th...
The baby was lifted in its flowing shroud And carried through the red-lit streets, Floating above the raised fists of men In headcloths. The wrapped body...
The future of immigration reform could well to be decided in the next three weeks. And this will occur not in the halls of Congress but...
The issues of immigration and workers’ rights are inextricably linked, as seen in the participation of 30 L.A. labor unions in today’s Citizenship Caravan to Bakersfield....
(Editor’s Note: On August 14, hundreds of cars from all corners of the state will travel in caravans to Bakersfield, California, to urge House Majority Whip...
Cathy Ellorin has to fight for each and every hour of her job. In fact, she has to fight to convince the people who pay her...
Job growth is sputtering. So why, exactly, do regressive Republicans continue to say “no” to every idea for boosting it — even last [month’s] almost absurdly...
Something is happening among our low-wage workers in America. Is the ghost of the Occupy movement stirring? Probably, but maybe more. In just one astonishing week...
Dear Brother, In my job I use a tiny torch it opens and closes as I stitch metal with a syringe of light bright as a...