Nader Calls on Attorney General Garland to Create Corporate Crimes Database
The Department of Justice must compile comprehensive data on corporate crime to measure its incidence and severity.
As Job Gains Slow, the Fed and Congress Apply the Wrong Medicine
The economy is in imminent danger of slowing.
2021 in Review: The Only Way Out is Through
While we celebrate this year’s strikes, we should be sober about how few they still were.
Ralph Nader: This Is the Best Time for Americans to Unionize
A rare unionizing opportunity has arisen in Big Box and retail chains, but it won't last long.
Win for Alabama Workers as NLRB Orders New Union Vote After Amazon’s Alleged Misconduct
A union leader said the decision confirmed that "Amazon's intimidation and interference prevented workers from having a fair say in whether they wanted a union in their workplace."
Warren, Sanders, and Baldwin: Investors ‘Made Off Like Bandits’ at Expense of Striking Alabama Miners
Writing to the CEOs of two private equity firms, the senators decried the "blatant mistreatment" of miners, including forced 12-hour shifts and seven-day workweeks.
Americans Are Rediscovering the Power of Unions
Better wages and health care may always face headwinds in Washington, but unions are striking to win them directly.
Don’t Believe the Corporate “Labor Shortage” Bullsh*t
What's really happening is more accurately described as a living-wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a childcare shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.
Debt and Disillusionment: How College Is Like the Airplane Game
At many American colleges and universities, adjunct faculty members have become essential. So why don't they get their due in payment and benefits?
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
Bots filing bogus applications in bulk, teams of fraudsters in foreign countries making phony claims, online forums peddling how-to advice on identity theft: Inside the infrastructure of perhaps the largest…
New Report Shows Amazon Workers Injured More Than Twice Industry Average
"Amazon's abysmal health and safety record is not an accident," the report states.
This Invisible Essential Labor Force Is Organizing for a Better Life
The migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better future after the pandemic.
J4J: Inside an Epic Victory for American Labor
After decades of declining clout and shrinking membership, janitorial unions in Los Angeles led a labor movement revival at the end of the last century.
J4J LA: Justice for Janitors Timeline
The story of more than two decades of effective labor organizing in Los Angeles.