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150 Arrested Protesting North Carolina's Attacks on Workers, Poor »
June 5, 2013 | Samantha WinslowRemember the dramatic, aggressive attacks on workers by legislatures in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan? Now North Carolina is following suit. Lawmakers have proposed dozens of bills attacking workers’ rights, health care access, voting rights, and social programs.
Feds’ Medical Marijuana Clampdown Just Another Reason to Join the Union »
June 4, 2013 | Jenny BrownA union has been signing up thousands of members at small nonprofits that grow and sell medical marijuana. But to the federal government, the entire industry is criminal.
Adjunct Faculty, Now in The Majority, Organize Citywide »
May 30, 2013 | Alexandra BradburyFaculty members who work on short-term contracts have launched citywide, cross-college organizing drives in Boston and Pittsburgh. Most teachers and students in higher ed today are working-class.
Frozen, Furloughed and Sequestered: Federal Workers Fed Up »
May 28, 2013 | Jane SlaughterUpdate August 6, 2013: The Department of Defense reduced the number of furlough days for 650,000 civilian employees from 11 to six.
Food Chain Workers Double-Team Wendy’s »
May 24, 2013 | Jenny BrownWendy’s felt a double dose of worker power at the company’s shareholder meeting in Manhattan yesterday as farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and workers from Wendy’s restaurants gathered outside in successive waves to present their demands.
