When you see phrases like "the long decline of the American worker," it's easy to brush it off as hyperbole, but new numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest otherwise.
Fifteen major ports, including the ports in surrounding New York harbor, will grind to a halt on Sunday if a deal can't be reached. So what are they fighting over? And what does that mean for industry?
Harold Meyerson on the downside of right-to-work, Adam Ozimek on the upside of right-to-work, Maureen Dowd on Zero Dark Thirty, Francisco Toro on Venezuela after Chavez, and Soner Cagaptay on Turkey.
That's a day ahead of schedule — the same day some 12,000 protestors took to the state capitol in Lansing, up against riot gear and all. Rick Snyder said he signed the legislation as soon as it came across his desk.
The state's House of Representatives now has the anti-union measure ready for Governor Rick Snyder to sign, and we're inside the protests at the state capitol with photos, riot gear, and live updates.
In a scene all too reminiscent of last year's eruption in Wisconsin that led to a recall vote on Gov. Scott Walker, multiple arrests have been made this afternoon and police are spraying mace at pro-union protesters inside the Michigan State Capitol.
You know what, Walmart employees? Things could be worse. You could be working in, say, a flammable factory in Bangladesh.
Marvin Miller, the man who turned baseball players from lowly seasonal employees into the highest-paid players in all of sports, has passed away after a year-long fight against cancer.
The Chicago Teachers Union voted to call off its strike, which has kept kids out of class for seven days, The Wall Street Journal's Caroline Porter reports.
A Wisconsin judge has struck down the state law curbing public unions' power to collectively bargain, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution as well as the state's, the Associated Press reports.
The conventional wisdom is that Citizens United treats political spending by corporations and labor unions equally. But the freedom that the Court’s Citizens United decision gives to corporations and unions alike, other cases take away from unions alone. The result? A legally constructed advantage for corporations over unions when it comes to politics.
Look no further than the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to measure the price that Democrats are paying for the decision to hold their national convention in union-hostile territory.
Look at 2012 as labor’s rude welcome to politics in a post-Citizens United world.
Paul Krugman on Reagan, Robert Satloff on Syria, Peggy Noonan on Obama, Jonathan Chait on Romney's money, and John Yoo on drone strikes.
The recall victory of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is sending shockwaves through Europe as right-wing and left-wing newspapers marvel at the Republican's ability to survive an election months after stripping the collective bargaining rights of public-sector unions.
There is much punditocratic disagreement over what the Wisconsin recall election Tuesday night means for Gov. Scott Walker, President Obama, Democrats, and the general election. But there seems to be near universal agreement on one thing: Unions are toast.
A video of South Carolina AFL-CIO President Donna Dewitt smashing a piñata with the face of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is going viral Tuesday, and though she tells The National Review's Katrina Trinko she doesn't regret the game, she probably should.
President Obama has had a bad streak in polls after doing pretty well against Mitt Romney in April, and Republicans are looking strong in Wisconsin and Nebraska.
In today's Ad Watch: President Obama goes after Mitt Romney's business career, a conservative group makes an Occupy Wall Street argument, and Republicans try to reach young folks.
In today's Ad Watch: President Obama's campaign celebrates his decision to support gay marriage, Massachusetts Republicans attack Elizabeth Warren's ancestry, and a superPAC defends Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
The general election has begun! And so has the onslaught of campaign ads. Which ones succeed? Which fail? In Ad Watch, we review them as they come out. Today: President Obama makes his case that we've come a long way since 2008, and a conservative group goes on the attack against teachers.
Exemplifying a problem created by France's generous vacation and overtime rules the employees of the Hopital Vaugirard in Paris have accumulated 2 million days off, reports NPR's Renée Montagne on Morning Edition.
'Layoff' is an understandably dirty word around The New York Times newsroom(s) these days.
The New York Times is finishing up a new round of buyout packages for veteran employees, but with the report that the paper is paying $15 million to remove former chief executive Janet Robinson and a look at how much the paper has paid for a prior round of buyouts, it seems a tough way to trim costs.
Occupy Wall Street supporters from San Diego to Anchorage are planning a "West Coast Blockade" on Monday, hoping to shut down the nation's major ports with massive protest marches.
Even though a fake email last night announcing the Service Employees International Union's un-endorsement of President Obama's reelection was quickly contained, the hoaxer himself refused the drop his act with political reporters even when confronted over the phone.
Thousands of public workers across the U.K. staged what's being called the biggest general strike in a generation, shutting down schools, transportation, and some health care facilities, as unions fight with the government over pension reforms.
After conservatives criticized Herman Cain for his stumbling response to an answer about unions' collective bargaining power, his campaign sent out a press release that's a shorter version of the entire Cain campaign -- not-quite-factual statements, a refusal to offer details, and the hope that everyone will be distracted if he shouts "Ronald Reagan!" loud enough.
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker received some unexpected and very vocal visitors during his recent speaking engagement at Chicago's Union League Club.
A week after Oakland police ousted residents of a downtown protest encampment, sparking a clash with demonstrators that turned violent, the city braces on Wednesday for another massive protest that Occupy Oakland calls a general strike.
On Thursday Occupy Oakland announced a general strike that would "shut the city down," but while the unions have expressed support for the political movement, labor representatives said on Friday they won't be striking.
Ohioans will vote in two weeks whether to keep a law curbing union power on the books, and a lot of people wish the country were paying more attention to the election -- reporters, Tea Partiers, unions -- except for maybe Mitt Romney.
Labor is fighting to repeal a law that restricts collective bargaining
A Public Policy Polling survey finds more oppose a recall of the Wisconsin governor
Plus: Amy Winehouse's jailbird ex-husband might be writing a tell-all
The most recent of political symbolism out of Wisconsin goes to Republicans
Democrats won two out of six contested seats, preserving the GOP majority
Democrats will gain control of the state senate if they take three seats from Republicans
Terms of a new labor pact are in place, but there's still three days of paperwork before it is official
Estimates of those striking range from 100,000 to potentially 750,000
The state Supreme Court overrules a circuit court judge who halted the legislation
Said GOP violated transparency law in passing bill; didn't rule on merits of the law itself
On journalists as pimps, far right racism, and erotica for women.
The Democratic House in Boston passed a bill to curb bargaining for health benefits
JoAnne Kloppenburg is 204 votes ahead in perceived referendum on recent labor debate
The formerly reliable blue state will be a major battleground in 2012
Commentators frame the incident in light of the Wisconsin union standoff
On underestimating Steve Jobs, oversimplifying Libya, and a fix for Social Security
Jon Stewart compares the outrage at teacher pay with the defense of Wall St. paychecks
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