Working Conditions

2007

The Kids Aren't Alright

Sharon Lerner : Government Programs

President Bush's neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.
The China Syndrome

Andrew Ross : China

Worried about toxic toys from China? Worry, too, about Chinese workers exposed to the poisons.
The High Price of Beauty

Virginia Sole-Smith : Feminism & Women

A scourge of health problems has nail salon workers wondering about the industry's safety standards.
Sick Children, Working Moms

Ellen Bravo : Children & Child Care

Guilt-ridden mothers send ailing kids to school or daycare for fear of losing their jobs. Isn't it time for paid family leave?

Hog Hell

Eric Schlosser : Labor Organizing & Activism

Low wages, segregation and dangerous working conditions in a North Carolina factory reveal a meatpacking industry where labor laws no longer matter.
Mexico's Labor Rebels

David Bacon : Mexico

On July 2, Mexico will choose a new president. Whoever wins will face an ongoing labor movement challenging the neoliberal policies of the past.
Harlan County Blues

Erik Reece : Labor Organizing & Activism

Life remains cheap in the coalfields of Appalachia because of the Bush Administration's incompetence and neglect in the face of human and environmental tragedy.
Why Mine Deaths Are Up

Peter Dreier : Labor Organizing & Activism

The May 20 mine disaster presents more evidence that the Bush Administration places miners in peril with budget cuts, regulatory rollbacks and industry-friendly appointees.
Who Killed the Miners?

Erik Reece : Energy

Recent mining disasters demonstrate that the Bush Administration should be called to account for replacing federal mine regulators, who were identifying hazards and meeting requirements, with industry-friendly stand-ins.

New York's Real Transit Crisis

Robert Fitch : Unions

New York City's first transit strike in a quarter-century resulted in an agreement that both the union leadership and the MTA insist is the greatest contract ever--but that the union's left opposition calls a disastrous sell-out.
A Fight for the Future

Joshua B. Freeman : Labor Organizing & Activism

New York City transit workers, now back on the job after a two-day strike, are fighting for the rights of future workers and against the lie that abstract, neutral economic necessity, not the ideas and interests of the rich and powerful, are driving the demolition of what remains of social solidarity.
Spin Control at Wal-Mart

Liza Featherstone : Wal-Mart

A hard-hitting documentary, an embarrassing leaked memo on healthcare and abandonment by customers who don't like its politics. It's getting harder these days for Wal-Mart to put on a happy public face.
Cancer, Chemicals and History

Jon Wiener : Cancer

Companies try to discredit the experts.

Be Our Guests

David Bacon : Labor & Immigration

Guest workers in the US are routinely punished for asserting their rights.
Tyson's Moral Anchor

Eric Schlosser : Labor Organizing & Activism

One of America's finest union leaders and her supporters are now under assault by one of the nation's meanest, toughest corporations.
Will Labor Take the Wal-Mart Challenge?

Liza Featherstone : Labor Organizing & Activism

Under the gun, unions are realizing they have to think outside the big box.