Tag: labor

Under the current, broken system, the rich feather their own nests at everyone else’s expense.

Many Americans probably have never heard of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. But they’re safer because of it.

Pensions aren’t perks or “extras.” Workers earned these benefits, and they rely on that money being there during their golden years.

The G.I. Bill helped millions realize a future they otherwise may not have ever known. We can do the same again—on an even larger scale.

The PRO Act finally would protect workers from the threats and mind games of corporate bullies.

Bad trade costs millions of American jobs. Trump’s brand of deal-making won’t bring them back.

Corporate executives and Senate Republicans refuse to do the right thing, even if that means fueling Americans’ despair and sending more workers to early graves.

As long as the Trump administration hobbles OSHA, more American workplaces will become disaster zones and deathtraps

Is getting born any less of a right than the “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” set piece that buttresses our opening national gambit?

I’m talking about expanding something called the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. And although it’s been around for decades, it can be the basis of a revolutionary change in the lives of millions of people.