Labor

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.

The contested legacy of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.

Supporting 'clean clothes' campaigns to end the exploitative labour practices that pervade the textile industry is not as simple as just picking the 'right' brand to buy.

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 Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.

Of more than 4,500 "Supercenters" and other retail locations in North America, not one is home to a unionized workforce.

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.

There are no palm trees in Wisconsin. And public fiscal problems were not caused by union greed.

Victories and challenges for the anti-sweatshop movement.

Just when we need some good news, those of us concerned with social and economic justice can see several of our efforts bear fruit.