Tag Archive: Labor
Pandemic May Have Left Over 250 Million People With Acute Food Shortages in 2020
By
Robin Scher
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2021
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
Full ArticleWhy America Needs New Infrastructure to Survive
By
Tom Conway
Released for Syndication: 02/25/2021
Patricia McDonald layered on sweaters, socks and mittens and huddled under blankets for 15 hours as the temperature in her Duncanville, Texas, home plunged...
Full ArticleA Minimum Wage? A Fake Debate
Released for Syndication: 02/22/2021
Capitalism’s “conservative” defenders yet again oppose raising the minimum wage. They fought raising it in the past much as they tried to prevent the...
Full ArticleGOP Offers Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas
Released for Syndication: 02/19/2021
As freezing temperatures and mass power outages plague the state of Texas, Republicans blame renewable energy—and Texans.
Full ArticleHow Corporations Try to Divide and Exploit America’s Workers
By
Tom Conway
Released for Syndication: 02/18/2021
Dave Dell Isola, the son and grandson of union members, grew up grateful for the family-sustaining wages and benefits that organized labor won for...
Full ArticleThe Centers of Global Capitalism Are Migrating Away From the U.S., Europe and Japan
Released for Syndication: 02/12/2021
Modern capitalism began in England in the 17th century and spread eventually throughout the world. Its particular evolution produced a global economy organized around...
Full ArticleWhy Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
Released for Syndication: 02/11/2021
Workers at one of Amazon’s warehouses are deciding whether or not to join a union. Amazon’s union-busting efforts indicate just how important the vote is.
Full ArticleWhy U.S. Labor Laws Need a Major Update—The PRO Act Is a Great Start
By
Tom Conway
Released for Syndication: 02/10/2021
When workers at Orchid Orthopedic Solutions tried to form a union, the company quickly brought in five full-time union-busters to torment them day and...
Full ArticleHow Joe Biden Is Empowering America’s Workers
By
Tom Conway
Released for Syndication: 02/01/2021
Time and again over the past few years, as he fought to protect his coworkers at Bobcat’s North Dakota plant, William Wilkinson faced two...
Full ArticleExploring Local Solutions to Our Collective Crises That Actually Work—From California to Alaska
Released for Syndication: 02/01/2021