Labor
![]() Should We Have a “Maximum Wage”
Economists love to talk about incentives. In this case, such limits would motivate CEOs to augment the pay of their janitors, secretaries, and cashiers for a simple reason: Their own raises would depend on it.
![]() The Real “Farmer” Story: So God Made High-Fructose Corn Syrup
The Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.
![]() It’s Time for a Union at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart claims to respect its employees' freedom of association. Yet, of more than 4,500 "Supercenters" and other retail locations in North America, not one is home to a unionized workforce.
![]() Working in the iPad Empire
The death of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, a fresh wave of investigative reports, and protests by Chinese workers themselves have reopened discussion of a reality we regularly prefer to ignore.
![]() Ai-jen Poo: Organizing a Movement for Care
Talk to Ai-jen Poo about her work and it won't be long before you hear language you don’t often hear in the midst of intense social movement campaigning.
![]() Palm Trees in the Snow
There are no palm trees in Wisconsin. And public fiscal problems were not caused by union greed.
![]() Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri
Doesn’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.
![]() Four Ways of Looking at an Aztec Eagle
The contested legacy of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.
![]() Hilda Solis: Protecting Workers, Not Corporations
Amid the disappointments of Obama's first year in office is one bright spot: a Department of Labor that stands up for workers' rights.
![]() Progressive Good Tidings of 2007
Along with political challenges, the past year offered some hopeful advances-- many of which came just in last few weeks.
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