Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Tag: worker rights

The man in the bathtub, December 1, 1940

The 1930s were a rough time for all who labored.... Or sought work.

Labor Day 2017: Working families move closer to paid parental leave

For the nation’s poor working parents, the absence of paid leave is only the visible top of an iceberg of workplace challenges.

A New Bill of Rights for Workers: 10 demands the labor...

It is time for unions to return to demanding workers’ rights without apology. 

LGBTQ workers still face employment discrimination

In an era when 90 percent of America believes it is unfair to discriminate against someone due to their sexual orientation, it’s remarkable we haven’t made this law.

American workers seek trade enforcement, not protection

A good first step would be imposing Trade Expansion Act penalties that are as strong as American defense must be.

Companies can either make things or make CEOs rich

Making breakthroughs for consumers is hard, companies have found. But making fortunes for CEOs is easy.

Together at last?

‘The Majority’ Converges on May 1st

Forty plus years later & nothing changes

“It took me 13 years before I ever attempted to get a job with a corporation again.”

Coal communities ask Trump to honor his promises

They want Trump to take action to make sure coal CEOs and companies keep promises to restore the landscape and local environments by “reclaiming” the old mines, which would mean jobs in coal communities.

The man in the bathtub, December 1, 1940

The 1930s were a rough time for all who labored... Or sought work.

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A satellite view of Tehran, Iran. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran

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A military pharmacy. Photo: U.S. Air Force / Airman Trevor Calvert

Secret Pfizer and Lilly contracts favor drugmakers over patients, records show

The deals let companies raise prices overseas while carving blockbuster obesity drugs out of required discounts.