Tag: labor

Besides fighting for better wages and working conditions, unions confront favoritism and discrimination when no one else will.

A contentious contract negotiation between teachers and a district in the Washington D.C. suburbs could foretell whether a transformative strategy for school improvement can dislodge entrenched leadership practices.

“Everyone wins when we’re safer.”

“Companies make any kind of excuse to raise prices on everything."

The fact that a handful of companies produce the majority of our food means that small disruptions will have big impacts. This time the impacts are borne by American babies.

The Poor People’s Campaign, ahead of its June 18 gathering, is calling out the false pro-corporate rhetoric on poverty, wages, and inflation.

“The severity seems to keep going up. It doesn’t go down.”

“Choose wisely, because cheaper does not mean better. You get what you pay for.”

It’s important to remember that rebuilding the nation’s industrial base will be a losing battle without stopping the serial trade cheaters who undercut U.S. producers and kill thousands of American jobs each year.

Teachers ended a nearly three-week strike, citing advances in pay and working conditions for many members. But more work remains.