Worker

Blocking Labor Department Wage Rule Condemns Young Americans to Unemployment

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 05.23.2012

Ross Eisenbrey

It is time for Congress to permit a true test of the labor market, a real opportunity for more U.S. workers to hear about and consider taking seafood-processing jobs like crab picking.

The Superbowl Is Over -- Now The Real Combat Begins

David Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

David Morris

For thousands of workers and millions of fans, the NFL game that really counts isn't Packers v. Steelers. It's Workers v. Bosses.

GOP Calls Unemployed Workers "Lazy"

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Papantonio

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Worker Status Checks To Start

Wall Street Journal | CAM SIMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Agencies across the federal government on Tuesday will start ordering contractors to use an electronic system to verify whether their employees are el...

Babu's Story: A Child Worker In The Shipyards Of Bangladesh

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Sandy Tolan

For many of the children here, the idea that they shouldn't work is an entirely foreign concept. Despite laws in Bangladesh restricting child labor, the reality is starkly different.

Getting to Work

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Bonifer

Throughout the campaign, this idea of getting down to work told us what kind of person we'd be getting as President.