Jenny Brown

Taking a Bite Out Of Overtime Abuse

Overtime laws only get enforced if workers get organized to do so, and many workers are doing just that, beating back employer demands for longer days.

Climate Campaign Tipping Point? Unions Get on Board

A major climate change march in New York September 21 may be a tipping point for labor movement participation in global warming activism.

Jobs Gone Bad: Reality TV Workers Organize

Tricky bosses, faked timecards, excruciating hours, dangerous scrapes… Sounds like fodder for a television show, perhaps “America’s Next Worst Job.” But workers say these are the conditions in reality TV itself.

Toronto Strikers Bump Up Boycott Tactics

Steelworkers are holding the line against two-tier wages and pensions at a can plant in Toronto—ruining the plans of their employer, manufacturing giant Crown Holdings.

Florida Farmworkers Score Surprise Walmart Agreement

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers had been talking to Walmart, but it’s the first company to sign up before any public protests. Organizers say the now up-and-running Fair Food Program made the difference.

Too Poor for Obamacare

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On a brisk December night in New York City, we walked to the Roosevelt Hospital emergency entrance, but my friend couldn’t make himself go in. We walked past the entrance twice.

2013 in Review: Aiming Higher, Labor Tries New Angles and Alliances

The year was marked by workers trying new things and setting higher standards, for their employers, their unions, and—in the case of low-wage workers—their pay.

Walmart Workers Plan Raucous Black Friday

Walmart workers are gearing up for Black Friday with a series of short strikes around the country this week. Many more actions are expected on Black Friday itself.

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